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Maurice Duruflé
Requiem, Op 9
Barbara Kozelj, mezzo-soprano
Maarten Koningsberger, baritone
The Brabant Orchestra and Choir
Ed Spanjaard
Netherlands, November 2012 - เพลง
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How lucky we are as humans to have evolved from a primordial soup into a species that can revel in such beauty as this requiem by Maurice Duruflé. What a gift we have been given.
I was totally unfamiliar with this piece and the composer until 15 minutes ago and now I am listening to it with the sound cranked up, pumping GLORY into my brain and chasing all of the bad news away and filling me with hope and beauty.
Thank Your for putting this up.
I heard this with Durufle conducting and his wife playing organ (with a vocal quartet) in Washington, DC, in 1970. Gorgeous, sumptuous, dazzling. Unbelievable beauty. I am so moved by this. Thank you.
The most astonishingly beautiful and deeply spiritual composition ever ❤️❤️❤️
Moves me to the depth of my soul
The most beautiful Requiem composed in the Twentieth century and probably in musical history. I would even go as far as saying that this masterpiece is probably the most choral work I´ve ever heard. I´m not a particularly devout man, but by listening to this work, one can tell that the composer had a deep loving Catholic faith and one can even feel Durufle´s faith as our own. His Messe Cum Jubilo is another absolutely masterpiece that deserves more performances. How Durufle published so little of his work is something to regret. The man was a complete musical genius.
+Claudio uruguay Indeed, the composer's output is small, but some of us believe that's because he crafted every work very carefully. Also he and his wife were busy being organists (more so Mrs., actually), so he lacked time to compose extensively. May I make a recommendation? Another fine use of Gregorian chant is his four unaccompanied Motets. The first of these, Ubi caritas, has become standard choir repertoire. Enjoy!
Coincido con usted Claudio. Es probablemente el Requiem más maravilloso que se ha escrito. Pueden haber otros más complejos musicalmente (Mozart, Brahms) pero desconocen la dimensión del dolor, de la pérdida, del trabajo de la distancia (el de Mozart fundamentalmente, carente de lentitud y tan lleno de histrionismo ; su genio iba para otro tipo de música).
Compared to other composers, he composed so little. Yet still gave so much. The reason why he is not a household name probably has a lot to do with how theatrics in the arts can often override the purist of creations.
He is so often recorded with Faure, but as gifted as Faure, Vaughan Williams, Ravel.
Faurés Requiem is one of my favorite compositions . Absolutely divine poignant (?- pungente in portuguese ) and enchanting as Duruflé
I think this is my favorite piece of music ever. When I listen to it closely, I see it in three dimensions with wafting forms supporting and interacting with each other.
An absolute masterpiece. On of the greatest musical offerings of the 20th century.
Magnificent performance of the artists, orchestra and conductor of this heavenly requiem. It transcends every creed, it is universal. Thank you for this marvelous upload.
0:06 Introit
3:40 Kyrie
7:41 Domine Jesu Christe
16:12 Sanctus
19:54 Pie Jesu
24:00 Agnus Dei
28:11 Lux Eterna
32:33 Libera Me
38:05 In Paradisum
Merci !
This is magnificent Requiem and superbly performed!
🎶🇩🇰
I sang this in 1993 ... beautiful..
Six years since my last comment and I keep returning to this performance
Because recently there were sad events in my life I listened to this unbelievable music and it gave me much comfort!
This marvelous performance brought tears to my eyes with its passion, clarity of long-range architecture, dramatic ebb and flow and beautiful choral sound. It convinced me to have my students at Kean University perform it this semester with the reduced orchestral version with organ, still a big orchestra. What a sublime piece! Dr. Mark Terenzi, Kean University, Union, NJ
I love this recording. I have listened to so many recordings of this work and I am always drawn back to this video. It is always fresh in my ears. It reminds me of the first time I ever heard the Requiem performed by Robert Shaw and the Chorale. Wonderful music! Thank you all!
Le plus beau requiem du XXème siècle français. Un véritable chef d'œuvre de fluidité, d'une richesse harmonique et contrapuntique remarquables. La beauté du plain chant est encore plus mise en valeur à travers cette œuvre magnifique.
Sang this with a choir some 40 years ago. One of the highlights of my life. Beautiful.
I DID ALSO AND I STILL LOVE TO SING ALONG WITH THIS PIECE. HIS WORKS, THOUGH FEW ARE MARVELOUS. I AGREE WITH THE COMMENT ON HIS MOTETS ESPECIALLY UBI CARITAS. I KNOW OF NO OTHER PIECE AS BEAUTIFUL AND HARMONIOUS.
Same for me but some 20 years ago.
Very nice piece while we did the choir-only practice.
The moment we had a first joint orchestra-soloist-choir practice though.
BAAAAM, absolute game changer.
The best recording of this requiem.
Yes.
This is most beautiful Requiem.
Beyond sublime
Just can't stop listening to this. Mystic, ethereal beauty. Going to hear it live by the Cleveland Orchestra and its Chorus, at Severance Hall, Cleveland, 18-21 Nov 2016. Can't wait!
Now that it is August 2017, what was Cleveland performance like?!
How was it?
Новая французская музыка (с конца 19 века) стала для меня более открытой в последнее время. По-моему, это интеллектуальная музыка с выраженной эмоциональностью. В ней есть элементы эклектики. Присутствуют особенности и классического направления, и романтического, а также черты импрессионизма (красочность звучания). Спасибо!
This conductor knows how to pace. Only what I call "the chosen few" in conducting do this. What I don't understand is how I haven't discovered him until today. I guess I'm turning into a hermit. I thank The Lord for TH-cam! Even if this gets taken down, at least I can feel reassured that an interpreter of orchestral music lives on, as I have almost lost hope in so many "conductors" of today.
What an awesome performance ! Thanks for posting.
Best perfomance I've ever listened of this Réquiem in my entire life. Congratulations!
What a wonderful mezzo soprano ! what a prayer in this Pie Jésu !
what an ingenious work of exquisite beauty
For me, the mezzosoprano solo Pie Jesu is the emotional apogee of Duruflé’s mass, with its central theme of bereavement. Pius in church Latin is the capital of a vast province of connotation that has shrunk to a little neighborhood in its English descendant pious. I would translate Pie Jesu as “O merciful Jesus” in this supplicatory context, but in other contexts Jesus could equally be gentle, upstanding, upright, respectable, principled, praiseworthy, noble, honest, just, forgiving, healing, blessed, benign,…, and, yes, pious. Pius never has a negative edge to my knowledge, while pious today often does.
Here I envision an inconsolable mother, not yet old, who has lost her children. She pours out her grief in the guise of pious supplication, and the whole pious congregation, even the pious priest, sobs with her. Barbara Kozelj captures bereavement heartbreakingly, not only in her luminous voice, but also in her expression as she sings.
Still the finest performance of this masterpiece.
Ohh my goodness, what a recording, the tears are falling from my face.
Same here...
@@ericlindstrom8 Divine
Mezzo Barbara Kozelj is astonishing!
It is unbelievable!
Thank you for sharing this masterpiece.
This is a particularly fine recording with video production to match. The acid-test for me is how the conductor interprets the final 8 bars of the Introit/Kyries - so often this is rushed through when actually it should be a gentle and exquisite "landing". Spanjaard does this really beautifully and you can see how much the flutes/oboe are enjoying that particular cadence. I'm guessing this is a TV recording so the sound is not the best which is a pity, and the timing is out in numerous places, but I'm going to forgive that because this interpretation has just the right feel.
Durufle remarked that when composing this work he wept because of the beauty of the plainchant.
La partition est vraiment transcendée. Quelle harmonie entre l'orchestre et le choeur !
Another superb performance by our Dutch friends - just glorious. Thankyou. And I won't argue with either Michael or Claudio ( below ) that this piece is the most sublime extant; I would, however, posit that Herbert Howells' HYMNUS PARADISI equals it.
3 months later and still find it as enthralling as the first time.
*En mi opinión, una de las mejores composiciones del siglo XX.*
A terrific way to spend 41 minutes.
For the umpteenth time ...
Umpteenth time indeed...
These are prayers in the Old Latin (Byzantine) or (Gregorian Chants) adapted to orchestra. Although its harmonic procedure could be said to remain within the bounds of Tonality, one seems to be free from the shackle of any established key or tonic, hence why it is so otherworldly and immeasurable.
MAGNIFICENT!
A fabulous performance but the MP3 compression on TH-cam crushes a great deal of the tonal richness.
SO WARM, RIGHT HARMONY, NICE DYNAMICS...
An extraordinary work, and Durufle, himself, recorded it, decades ago. One of the best versions remains (that) of Andrew Davis, with Kiri te Kanawa, but this concert is pretty fine, also. Thanks!
So agree with you, Michael Mosher. Rapturous and holds me rapt.
LA plus belle Messe de Requiem, avec celle de Gabriel Fauré, ET la plus mystique avec l'emploi du chant grégorien. Etant basse dans le Groupe Vocal Universitaire de Saint Etienne (F 42100) dirigé par Daniel Kawka, j'en ai gardé un grand souvenir. Version avec Orgue.
Thanks. Quite nice.
very nice!!
Meraviglia!!
... est une merveille
amen
I was 22 years old
Magum Opus!!
¡ no cabe duda de que se trata de una de las más bellas y emotivas obras de Duruflé ! ¡ suena muy bien la orquesta y coros, felicidades ! AMDG
Can anyone advise what they think is the best recorded version of the Durufle Requium?
This one!
There are three versions of the Requiem - this full orchestral version, one with organ accompaniment only and one with chamber orchestra and organ. It's worth hearing all three and making your own decision. I love this performance by Ed Spanjaard and there is a beautiful recording of the chamber orchestra version by the Corydon Singers and the ECO conducted by Matthew Best.
The new video recording by The Choir of Trinity College Cambridge, directed by Stephen Layton, sets a new standard for the Duruflé Requiem. The production is perfect and the performance is simply sublime. It is a “must listen.” Here’s the link:
th-cam.com/video/Z1Wx87CtFPQ/w-d-xo.htmlsi=_2X7aTozelSKuJsv
😎🎹
Vidunderligt!!!
WOW
This is definitely one of the greatest Requiems ever written. The is nothing in the musical literature that I know of that exceeds the beauty of the opening measures. For the definitive performance you should listen to the Robert Shaw interpretation. Unfortunately this performance is just average.
But the orchestra is great.
How do I see this in NYC 😫
It's beautiful and loves it.
Performing this Nov 2018 to commemorate the armistice anniversary.
Agreeing with Claudio, these two Requiem masterpieces are peerless given all respects. Hearing them, as I often do, back to back, is one of the great pleasures of music massaging the soul, as I call it. I also realize there are the holdouts who prefer the big German masterpieces, heavy music in every sense, even dramatic. But the French. . .these two composers are transcendental given their compositional pastoral and spiritual emphasis. Hearing both Requiems in a music hall is arguably one of the most profound listening experiences I have ever had or will have. www.richholtzin.com
Flot flot "Pie Jesu" Denmark :-)
Jeg er enig.
Lovely.
Yes, the Croydon singers version is outstanding.
I think you mean the Corydon Singers :-)
@@davebarclay4429 Yes. Corydon Singers.
Libera eas de ore leonis! 😂🦁😂
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