Maurice Duruflé - Requiem, Op. 9

[@ScriabinistheGOAT24]

This requiem is special. It doesn't feel harsh or dramatic but rather reverential and redemptive. This is what I expect heaven to sound, a welcoming warmth that takes us away from our mundane problems. It has to be one of the most gorgeous pieces ever written. I had tears in my eyes in Agnus Dei and In Paradisum before even realising what I had just heard.

[@riccardofortino134]

The "Pie Jesu" is simply out of this world.

[@charlesrae3793]

I well remember, one chilly day in May around 1985, I was visting York, and as I stepped inside the minster, I heard this music. The sun was streaming through the west window and what with the beauty of the scene and the music it was ovewhelming. I felt tears come to my eyes.

[@philipmoore7222]

That is so good to hear. I must have been conducting! Philip Moore

[@philipmoore7222]

Oh my goodness. I will have been conducting! Thank you so much for this affirmation. Philip Moore

[@MrRhurbarb]

@@philipmoore7222 Sure bud, you were a conductor on the bus the guy got to York Minster! Stop bullshitting man.

[@perttirasilainen1142]

Dearest Charles, so beautifully written & described, that it was possible to place one-self to that moment.

[@thesaucegroup1877]

@@MrRhurbarb How dare you! A simple Google search of the legend Philip Moore of York Minster will prove you wrong. You obviously know nothing of York Minster's musical directors otherwise you wouldn't comment something so idiotic.

[@josephmcgowan9936]

That final chord will never fail to give me goosebumps. I could listen to it forever.

[@mc-funk]

I think that was the intent ;)

[@messager3000]

Yes, In Paradisum really inspires cosmos, this is my favorite part too !

[@Doug19752533]

It's F#7 add 9 chord

[@PuddintameXYZ]

It's the second to last chord for me, which is C(aug4)? The last one is just an F#7, ​btw, which is the V7/V, no G#'s. Still great, though edit: My bad. Totally ignored the G# in the organ. It starts out just an F#7, then adds the G# a quarter note in.

[@annakimborahpa]

1. Using American jazz theory, I would classify the second to the last chord of the ending as a C Major/G add #11. 2. Although the key signature is five sharps, which is usually the key of B Major or G# Minor, the tonality is modal so I classify the key as F# Mixolydian. 3. The cadential chords of the last three measures are B Minor, D Major/A, C Major/G add #11, F#7, then add 9. 4. Using European figured bass chord function analysis that is based on the ionian mode (c to c octave white notes on the piano), I would classify these last four chords in the key of F# Major as iv, VI 6/4, #IV 6/4, I b7 then add 2. 5. That final dominant 9th chord is the closest chord humans have that resembles the combined fundamental and dominating upper partials in the overtone series of a single fixed pitch note, hence its cosmic and universal sounding effect on the listener.

[@jasontiller]

Got to be the most beautiful "In Paradisum" of all the requiems. Just unbelievable the static, eternal feeling of bliss and unburdened peace evoked by this movement.

[@miriamoconnor2285]

. . .and that bliss and unburdened peace is UNENDING.

[@michaelm3115]

What about Faure? (In Paradisum)

[@gruffyddrimmington5690]

​@@michaelm3115 Not a patch

[@FROZENbender]

I sang this in a choir a whihle back. Immensely powerful piece of music. And that ending... The listeners were so stunned by it that they forgot to clap for like 15 seconds.

[@sambarton5963]

Kudos on having the score pages change about a beat early to allow us to sight-sing along! :)

[@JoshuaSobel]

@Bruce Xu bruh what are you doing here lol

[@raymondwiggins354]

Now if we can only put our penciled in notes in there too

[@SteveFoerster]

Even bigger kudos for those who really can sight-sing this!

[@thenomad4606]

Never learned of Maurice Durufle before today; I'm glad that I did.

[@charlestipton1949]

Th most beautiful work ever written and I am going to hear it LIVE tomorrow afternoon in Norfolk, Virginia!

[@herrsitar]

Some of the most beautiful music ever written in my opinion.

[@MegaCirse]

Comme la première lumière de l'aube, cette musique ouvre les yeux à de nouvelles promesses et à toutes les merveilles de la nature. Evocatrice de pouvoirs au-delà de l'observation, ces pièces tirent les ficelles du cœur, attirent les nostalgies et éveillent les amours, les vies écorchés et les veilleurs endormis.

[@lendeprang4137]

there is no more profound a piece of music to be heard. As a Bach worshiper that is hard to say. This is transcendent.

[@gl7293]

Bravo. I agree that this and the Faure are priceless.

[@MrKeithterrett]

Have just discovered this Requiem, what a treasure to behold!

[@harryandruschak2843]

A superb example of what a Requiem should be.

[@dianalee3059]

One of the most magnificent works ever written. Moves me to my core. Thank you, Mr. Durufke

[@dianalee3059]

Durufle*

[@williamcooper1165]

This is based on the mass of the dead. Durufle makes this a masterpiece. This cannot be the only Durufle you listen to. He was a genius.

[@thomasromano9321]

Amen, William Cooper. Durufle was also very hard on himself, and often threw away his music! Only rescued at the last minute by his wife!

[@tinkaluisa8540]

I absolutely love his organ music. Olivier Latry plays it beautifully.

[@shahaadahabdul-jame8259]

He was brilliant!

[@brh062222]

I know what you mean - a bit more mystical.

[@Aurongroove]

just stopped and listened all the way through. Haven't encountered this piece since singing it in Uni. It's definitely my favorite Requiem.

[@Luna_and_Miles]

Same! Absolutely gorgeous.

[@amycrousore4021]

There's so many good Requiems to choose from. Mozart, Faure, Rutter. Is it morbid to say all my favorite music are requiems?

[@steveegallo3384]

@@amycrousore4021 -- Yeah, they're all OK I guess....BUT WAIT TIL U HEAR ROSSINI's!

[@tacul9333]

One of the most beautiful choral works ever written.

[@MrKeithterrett]

A very beautiful Requiem, just love the Pie Jesu and In Paradisum. Great use of the choir & soloists, piquant harmony and sublime settings of the Latin text.

[@monicacall7532]

I’ve played this requiem several times and listen to it often. Of all of the requiems written this my very favorite. This truly is the music of heaven.

[@aenema22]

The Kyrie was stuck in my head all day at work and I was struggling to place it. So happy I found my way here to this glorious comment section!

[@dawnmurphy5652]

Brilliant composer, touching, emotive requiem.

[@vetlerradio]

I can't accept its beauty all at once, after the amazing passage from 0:00 to 3:25, I always need to stop. Love it!

[@JASalam]

Angelical, hermoso, extraño, armonías únicas, sencillo, entendíble. Eso es este Requiem... Me encanta, siento que es un compositor comprometido con el significado de las palabras del poema. Gracias por esta obra

[@matteogenerani5097]

00:00 - I. Introit 03:25 - II. Kyrie 06:47 - III. Domine Jesu Christe 14:58 - IV. Sanctus 18:08 - V. Pie Jesu 22:03 - VI. Agnus Dei 26:02 - VII. Lux Aeterna 29:38 - VIII. Libera Me 35:23 - IX. In Paradisum

[@sea-amthompson1669]

Thank you

[@LindaHolroyd]

Very helpful...thank you

[@prototropo]

Always, always appreciated!

[@VallaMusic]

so wonderful to have this sublime masterpiece on you tube with the score

[@Luna_and_Miles]

Absolutely gorgeous. It transports me. Your choir and orchestra performed this beautifully. I learned of the Durufle first about 15 years ago, when I sang it with my Berkeley, California choirs. I had the great pleasure of singing it twice. I could not listen to this without singing along. It opens my heart like no other Requiem (although the Brahms and the Verdi come very close!).

[@danielecarretta3629]

Goosebumps, shivers and paradisiac aura. I know this piece since a long time. But I'm never tired of it.

[@gattojeanclaude4718]

Merci beaucoup de m'avoir fait connaître ce magnifique Requiem, et d"'avoir joint la partition qui nous permet, en tant que choristes, de l'apprendre.

[@kniazigor2276]

Une oeuvre extraordinaire de ce très grand maître de l'orgue

[@gamingaccordionist3048]

Wonderful. Lux Æterna nearly brought me to tears on my first listen.

[@davidarlenthebassman8276]

Simply a beautiful emotional piece especially the Kyrie, Lux Astern, And the In Paradasum

[@Rupe51]

Thanks for posting. My late father often mentioned that his favourite choral work to sing was this Requiem. And although I've sung all my life I've never had the opportunity to sing the Duruflé ... until this very season. Your posting is most appreciated. As I learn the part I'm using it to augment what the simple SATB score does not reveal. It's a great help for entries. Best wishes from Canada.

[@olla-vogala4090]

+Rupe51 I'm happy to hear that this helps you to learn the part, and the nice story about your father! Good luck with the performance. Greetings from The Netherlands :)

[@brh062222]

Thank you so much for posting this with the score - I heard it for the first time the other day on Sirius and it knocked my socks off.

[@trevorwilliams6815]

beautiful and a firm favourite. I have listened to this today in memory of Captain Sir Tom Moore whose death was announced today, RIP Captain Tom. Your work is done.

[@monicacall7532]

I’ve performed many requiems as a member of the orchestra, but this is without a doubt my favorite one of all.

[@Scriabin_fan]

God I love this piece so much.

[@michaelarmitage1709]

THis is probably the best music I have ever heard, and I must thank you for posting such a magnificent Requiem. I've always loved this work, and this version just makes me tingle every time I listen to it! Sadly perhaps, I want this for when they eventually plant me, so while I can hear it, well, that's my pleasure! Thank you so much - it's a beautiful work, and well presented by your good Self!

[@melindalemmon2149]

What you are made of is planted. Who you are is not...

[@bartlettandbosc]

Just discovered this. Goodness gracious. My heart feels warm. This is beautiful. Wow.

[@cowheadcow]

This is a great piece, I've been listening to it nonstop for weeks.

[@СергейЛовцов-ъ2э]

Kyrie is the most beautiful piece of music ever

[@arcana830]

Best thing I've heard this month. Wonderful orchestration and that organ sound!

[@rodterrell304]

Wow what a beautiful piece of music. Never heard of this composer but will look him up for further listening.

[@benshapiroisgay]

I sang this with Chorus niagara in 2008. One of the most incredible experiences of my life. I was only 16 though. I would love to do it now, I think it'd be a whole new rich experience.

[@TheKillahKyla]

we are singing it now in our choir, come join us!

[@nickgierus6377]

Good grief, so beautiful. Thank you.

[@msisings]

Superb flow and interpretive sensitivity. Beautifully performed. Thank you for sharing.

[@nunocarmona]

The "In Paradisum" of this work is a perfect soundtrack for an arrival to the Heavens. Thanks for sharing the score.

[@olla-vogala4090]

+Nuno Carmona Yes it's so beautiful! My pleasure of sharing this music :)

[@MrCjsb]

+Nuno Carmona The Lord Jesus is coming soon. Then we will be able to sing to His glory!

[@oddviews]

+CJ SB You know something nobody else knows?

[@olla-vogala4090]

CJ SB If he comes, should we all sing this piece?

[@MrCjsb]

+Chris Crutchley Lots of people know it.

[@ClausVestergaardJensen]

Thanks a lot! I really enjoyed listening to this recording. I have had the pleasure of conducting it earlier, but that was the organ only version. I felt great joy listening to this wonderful music again.

[@herol64700]

my current favorite. the Pie Jesu---- flawless. thanks for the upload

[@scottjampa6374]

Ed Herold I have to admit I like the Rutter Pie Jesu over this one.

[@lionelbax5316]

@@scottjampa6374 you can't compare Rutter to Durufle!

[@TarotAstrologerTHOMAS]

the first piece I sang in my university choir, so many fond memories 😊

[@TonusFabri2024]

I dearly love this work, its rich ambiguous harmonies stir me deeply. A fine, moving performance, and so great to have the score perfectly synchronized - an invaluable resource. Thank you.

[@etiennepernot]

Great to have the score attached ! Thanks !

[@jonathanperini4187]

I wish the organ was just a little bit louder in the mix. It's one of the coolest organ parts I know of, but it's so hard to hear in this recording

[@เรียนภาษาอังกฤษวันนี้]

True. Especially the whole effect of the Sanctus is gone with such an opaque soup. This recording has a lot of problems.

[@matthewscott7198]

@@เรียนภาษาอังกฤษวันนี้ agreed! The choir is dreadfully out of tune.

[@Reid-yy5nw]

If left on this earth with one piece of music, besides the Bach B minor Mass, I couldn't survive without the Durufle Requiem either.

[@robschneider7140]

I had the honor of performing this work at Severance Hall with the Cleveland Orchestra Youth Chorus/Cleveland Youth Orchestra many years ago. Thank you for allowing me a moment down memory lane.

[@Innperlenburg]

Heavenly. Sang this with CUMS in King's Chapel, Cambridge many years ago. Never fails to give me goose bumps.

[@primar7611]

My choir sings this & every time I listen to it, it's like an outer-body experience💝😮😱

[@davidforbes7772]

"outer-body" experience? Like it is only skin deep? I like stuff that tickles my kidneys, myself.

[@claudegaudron8112]

Merci pour le paerage de cette splendeur; merci aussi pour les paroles et la partition!

[@12345677396]

Un grandissimo lavoro!!!! Costruito con grande sapienza compositiva e il cui risultato estetico è a dir poco affascinante. E ovviamente una esecuzione degna di nota!!!

[@WonderTracks]

They performed this requiem in my local church some time ago. A masterpiece. Thanks for sharing

[@adlfm]

Wow! I'm not religious, but that's a really touching piece. The relatively simple melodic style coupled with the impressionistic extended harmonies works beautifully, that's quite different from the at sometimes excessively 'heavy' language of other liturgical music.

[@olla-vogala4090]

+Albert de la Fuente I'm not religious either, but music like this is the only thing that could make me doubt ;)

[@soulcornflake1]

Albert de la Fuente Durufle loved Gregorian Chant. This was inspired by it, but the real kick in the head is that this is a 20th century work, published in the late 40's.

[@melindalemmon2149]

Neither am I religious. But I know Christ and this music reflects his beauty and holiness. So my heart thrills.

[@melindalemmon2149]

@@olla-vogala4090 As it should...

[@danielsawler]

I sang the Sanctus from this piece last semester. What an amazing work!

[@АнгличанкаЛипецк]

Daniel Sawler nice

[@motondosoinaumento7737]

Opera splendida e misconosciuta. Molti passaggi memorabili, fra questi certamente il Kyrie. Di rara bellezza la frase musicale da 33:42 a 34:40.

[@JoshuaSobel]

Great performance, editing, and good description.

[@BruceXuHasADream]

thank you for your contribution

[@christinejones9620]

Wonderful ❤️ thank you for sharing this.

[@ziegunerweiser]

Unrelated - the word requiem evokes - to me - thoughts of Brahms, I was surprised to learn that it wasn't until his german requiem premiered before he started to become popular, when he was about 35. I also read a catholic requiem is basically prayers for the dead where as a german requiem emphasises the living. It seemed so strange to me a master of the instrumental form became popular through vocal music. That and the time frame - it was not written until about 10 years after the death of Robert Schumann, it seems so strange to me how he could write such wonderful music and for some of the greatest musicians in the world praising your music and still not become popular, well I guess the same thing happened to Schubert but I think he knew everything was just about to open up for him and breakthrough into a world of success and public gratification. When I hear requiem I always think of Brahms. It's funny how we go from modern germ cell composition in one video to ancient Gregorian chant influences in the next. Keeps things interesting I guess not always focusing on the same kind of music. Me I'm the same way I listen to so many different kinds of music, keeps things fresh.

[@olla-vogala4090]

+scottbos68 Yes and Schubert had at least his Lieder that were very popular with the crowd, for Bruckner it wasn't until he wrote something like 7 symphonies, at the end of his life, that he was finally recognized... well, better late than never I guess! And yes I like to change music styles/genres often on my channel, like you said it keeps things interesting!

[@0413dec]

Love this Requiem.

[@mr99boxer30]

+olla vogala Thank you for posting this beautiful piece. I also enjoy reading all of the fantastic comments below. It is like a music education course with these experts below analyzing every note, key and cadence. Very intellectual ! It is like going to the Hague University. Dank u meneer Meister. Ik zie waarom iedereen volgt uw muzikale postings. Groeten uit Chicago!

[@visionfugitiva]

I love this piece sooo much! I can put the first 12 bars over and over and be close to the Stendhal syndrome in every loop!

[@daveherbs]

Pandemic - says it all - sadness and glory great lost found again on wings of song and hope like feathers we ascend

[@johnfu3850]

I am going to sing this in Paris next summer, in the same church (St. Etienne du Mont) where Durufle used to be the choir master. I sang there 3 years ago. I can't wait.

[@TwistedThunderKittie]

how do i join you?

[@johnfu3850]

@@TwistedThunderKittie I am with the chorus at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. We are invited to sing there this coming June. For more information, I think it is best to contact the Choral Director Dr. Mary Breden with the university directly. You should be able to find that on the university's website. Thanks.

[@sheldonvogt5212]

John Fu how did that go?

[@adfontesaquarum]

I sang in St Etienne du Mont for a professional recording in 1991. The basses were located above us, in the arch above the rest of the choir. A beautiful Church.

[@MrSpyfelis]

Thank you for uploading this!, This work is so beautiful and touching! Also, according to the Requiem Survey site , Gabriel Faure composed his requiem for his parents.

[@chrismusix5669]

Amazing idea putting the score up!

[@robertcohn8858]

Very peaceful and beautiful.

[@markfortuin7111]

Thanks for sharing & posting.

[@markbosch7378]

Thank you so much for this :)

[@olla-vogala4090]

+Baby Jones It's your deserved price - enjoy :)

[@lifenote1943]

I just sang this in my first choir session! Everyone was super nice there!!

[@elliottturner9029]

Where do you sing? We are working on it at my church and singing it in Gig Harbor, WA on November 2nd. :)

[@lifenote1943]

@@elliottturner9029 Ahh I'm in England, but I just left the choir after 2 trail sessions. It was at 8pm and I don't like being outside at night.

[@MichaelConwayBaker]

Along with the Faure requiem this is my favorite. Some of this music is painfully beautiful. A wonderful recording. Thanks so much for posting.

[@miriamoconnor2285]

I like the description, "achingly beautiful". It makes me think of the Second Coming of our Savior, Jesus Christ.

[@elizabethstevens4612]

learning this requiem was hard! don’t let it fool you

[@jacobsal47725]

The last movement of this work, sums up the very introduction of this 20th century masterpiece. Would love to just listen to it on a repeat with my headset at work. Peaceful.

[@elzoog]

I can believe it. While I am looking at the score and listening to it I can tell that a choir would have to rehearse this many times to get it right (on a number of levels)

[@pattersondsmccd]

Thank you!

[@nanday100]

Bach Choir of Bethlehem is singing this Spring 2022! Can't wait. Such heavenly music.

[@bellalibby8235]

it's challenging! but I love it. you guys nailed it.

[@catherinepruett3707]

Thank you for this-a perfect way to practice. Gorgeous quality, great musicians, such an ethereal sound, Can hear all the hard work put in.

[@olla-vogala4090]

+Catherine Pruett Thank you Catherine. If you like these kind of videos, check out my other videos!

[@RealQualityMusic]

@Le Grand Cachalot You can't possibly know what value can be recieved by readers from what you write or share. It has taken me 11 years to find Maurice Durufle, his writing is one of the most distinctive I have heard. I would love to share information in more detail.

[@jaegonekim]

wow this is amazing

[@TarotAstrologerTHOMAS]

Thanks for uploading 😍🤩😍🤩😘😘😘😘

[@mornewilliams6514]

Beautiful

[@AnamikaDas-j77q]

Beautiful ❤️♥️🫶❤️❤

[@martyrrt]

Brilliant !!!

[@ricardos.cabral8409]

Música e interpretação sublimes ! maravilhosos!

[@robertbairdmusic]

Such wonderful music

[@manuelgalan7758]

Maravilloso!

[@Sathrandur]

Dare I suggest this Requiem is more beautiful than the Fauré?

[@olla-vogala4090]

+Sathrandur They are quite different pieces of music... I think I like both just as much!

[@RevDavidHuber]

Yes! And you'd be justified in doing so. Both are wonderful in their way, but I prefer this one, too. I find this to be far more expressive and honest. But I also prefer to my music to be chromatic and rhythmically complex, so I have that bias. It's a totally subjective thing. But I much prefer to listen to this than the Faure; and I far prefer the Faure over the Mozart. Going in the other direction, I'll take Penderecki's Polish Requiem over this one. That's a piece of unending gorgeousness, too, like this one, but even more so.

[@isaac.aaron.standen]

i agree

[@canman5060]

Both requiems are equally beautiful in their own way and both of them convey a same message , that is, death is peaceful.

[@sometimesitstays]

i agree with u old chap this requiem absolutely slaps

[@davidpowell3347]

Use to be customarily played (by classical disk jockeys) during Final Exam periods by the college FM radio station WTJU at University of Virginia "Final Exam Marathon" years ago-don't know if "Final Exam Marathon" still exists or even if the low power radio station still exists. Evocative of moving on,graduating to an uncertain,dangerous and gloomy future and seeing one's classmates featured in the obituaries from time to time.

[@gabrielrigauxcompositeur6397]

Please no commercials between each piece. S'il vous plait n'interrompez pas ce chef d'oeuvre liturgique avec des publicités.

[@jennifer1329]

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[@fredericchopin7538]

Marvelous!

[@zviretniklapil288]

Kurňa, ten chlap to pěkně napsal a kolegové to pěkně zahráli a zazpívali.

[@Jbm0230]

I love how the bass harmony comes in as the violin later on In the introit

[@serbancentea]

Best of music. Ever.

[@LefGermenlis]

Part I is stunning!