BRILLIANT use of the unique acoustics in St Paul's Cathedral! The Chorus and Orchestra are outstanding, and Bernstein allows his superb soloists to shine. A supreme interpretation!
Every time I listen to Liber Scriptus, it reminds me that that was my most important solo as a lyrical singer, being a mezzo-soprano boy, and my teacher, she was the soprano, we were sitting together and everything was very beautiful, Verdi's requiem will always have a place in my heart.
The thing about the tempi (more elastic than others) is that I think LB was taking into account the very particular echo at St Pauls - so you can't just plough ahead - you have to let the sound ring, and then die before moving to the next phrase - take for instance "et preces hymnus". how he takes it slower - and allows each phrase to ring and end before moving on - for clarity, taste, musicianship and sheer brilliance.
The conductor? How about that ginger second tenor? It is a very fun part to both listen to and perform (if this could be said about a Requiem, in any case).
Thank you for uploading this amazing performance! I can remember vividly - as a fourteen years old boy - watching this in 1970 on a black & white TV! Leonard Bernstein was truly one of the best!
I have been looking for this recording for many years.After my musical tast. The best of all recordings.With 4 of the 20 centuries best singers. Brynjar Hoff
Assistendo a una esecuzione diretta dal maestro Muti, con dei cantanti favolosi, io che ho i capelli ricci, mi si sono raddrizzati tutti e commossa, fino alle lacrime, col Libera me, della mitica- Caballe- 😢😢😢😢🎶🎶
I had this on an album as a kid. Bernstein was conducting the New York Philharmonic. Richard Tucker was the tenor. I was impressed the Met signed Tucker using Caruso’s gold fountain pen. Yeah, I was weird. I liked classical. This masterpiece still makes me want to cry.
Il n 1 ...senza alcun dubbio. Forza ,eleganza , originalità nella direzione " Senza avere avanti a se la partitura musicale ". Fortunati chi ebbe la fortuna di assistere a una sua direzione d'orchestra ! Grazie di essere esistito Maestro !
Non essendo competente ma solo appassionata, non posso dire che sia la più bella composizione di Verdi, ma la più geniale sì, si dice che fosse anche poco credente, con quello che era accaduto alla sua famiglia, non aveva tutti i torti, sempre viva Verdi ❤❤❤❤🎶🎶🎶🎶Gilda, emiliana, com’era LUI
The original telecast began with spoken remarks by Bernstein. His first performance of the Requiem had been on March 25, 1967, in honor of Toscanini's centenary, with a quartet of G. Vishnevskaya, M. Horne, R. Tucker and J. Diaz. He returned to it in April 1969 with a quartet of M. Arroyo, M. Horne, G. Shirley and C. Siepi. Unfortunately no one recorded any of these. The London performances were followed a few days later with the Columbia LP, LB's final work with this piece. His score is at the NY Philharmonic Online Archives.
This entire performance is a masterpiece itself, but that Dies Irae in particular is unlike any other I've heard in my opinion. The trumpets are extremely clear and the percussion is extremely powerful. Altogether mixed with this tempo really emphasizes the anger of the Dies Irae without it feeling too rushed. Bravo.
...The terror of the days of wrath, the terrible wrath of God...The entire piece presents the pleas of the supplicant, the frightened, the guilt-ridden supplicant to be spared the Dies Ira, It represents the pleas of the self-confessed but deeply penitent sinner that God's mercy be bestowed on him and his.
This is the most beautiful performance and it's only because of bernstein! Every music that he touches he turns to gold. His passing caused us the lost of one of the best musicians ever to exist. I feel so fortunate that this was recorded and I'll listen to this for all the rest my life. Thank you for uploading!!!
Such a wonderful performance. The women are fantastic. Never heard anyone sing this music better than Arroyo and Veasey. Their vocalism and artistry are just beautiful to witness. The finale is breathtaking.
@@Bailey2006a Yes I've enjoyed that recording for a long time. Love Bjoerling. I think my all time favorite recording is still the first Giulini featuring Ludwig and Ghiaurov in their prime with excellent contributions from Schwartzkopf and Gedda.
Breathing. Leonard ‘s interpretation for St Paul’s works magically. What a gift this is to mortals like me. Thank you Lennie and my beloved LSO Gratefully, Vin.
Like arriving in Heaven with all the seraphim and cherubim in full vocal splendor to greet you! Lenny's hyperactive sense of drama works perfectly for this masterwork
Fantastic! Bernstein expresses every frases of music and words of the Requiem! He does really understand the Composers Work! without any Music front of Him! Wow! Bravo! Viva Bernstein!
So great to be able to contrast this with other recordings on UA-cam - I actually hear the prayer come through in this recording. It's a beautiful piece - and it's so easy to make it an occasion to showboat - demand that the lord hear OUR prayer and the like. Bernstein brings out all of the drama and fire and leaves us feeling the awe the music is meant to inspire. Bravo!
If I remember correctly, it was hell getting the technical side of this set up. They were heavily pressed for time and getting the right angles and mic placement was a big challenge. Obviously no excuse for showing the horn section instead of the trumpets once everything is already set up, but it's still an interesting fact.
Одно из немногих эмоциональных исполнений Реквиема Верди, из тех, которые мне довелось слышать. Бернстаин гениальный дирижёр, один из пяти наиболее любимых мной. которого я открыл для себя, слушая 5 симфонию Шостаковича
I like how the sheer power of the sound seems to interfere with the video equipment at 11:17 and 14:25, sending rolling bars of interference down the screen.
Wonderful performance almost at the level of Karajan, Price, Cossotto, Pavarotti, Ghiaurov. This one provides an important added value - watching Lenny's great conducting, his passion and his musical experience. In contrast, Martina almost cries in the selected passages. Beautiful!!!
How can Karayan - cold dictator compare with Bernstein who gives you a lot of emotions?! Yes, Pavarotti is missing a lot with his voice, however this work is spectacular, exemplary and historical.
Ikr I was stunned by the beauty in the young Domingo’s voice . His legato is excellent and those high notes are very emotional. Plus Bernstein’s expressive conducting
@@Sacha_Kudli I was at New York City Opera when the young Domingo was singing there. What a glorious voice it was then. He was quite active with the fairer sex then as well!
What resonance from the Mezzo soprano! Magnificent voice. Unfortunately the cameras were not always able to keep up with where the action is. Sound quality for this day and age was not refined and defined sufficiently.
Maybe it’s the great miking, or the great orchestra, perhaps both- gotta give Lenny some credit, of course- but I don’t think I’ve ever heard an ensemble sound more together in a church. Incredible performance.
00:46 1. Requiem et Kyrie レクイエムとキリエ
11:09 2. Dies Iræ 怒りの日
49:46 3. Offœrtorium 奉献唱
1:01:09 4. Sanctus 聖なるかな
1:04:19 5. Agnus Dei 神の子羊
1:10:03 6. Lux Æterna 絶えざる光を
1:16:41 7. Libera Me 我を救い給え
Che esecuzione! Grazie!!!
@@silviabianchera3769 ни .. 😅😅😅😮😮😮😮😢😢😅😅😅😅
Molto grazie😮🎉❤29.6.2023
Wow! The echo in that church is awesome!!!
Not an echo!! No musician would work with an echo. I think you mean resonance?
And it’s a Cathedral which helps.
BRILLIANT use of the unique acoustics in St Paul's Cathedral! The Chorus and Orchestra are outstanding, and Bernstein allows his superb soloists to shine.
A supreme interpretation!
Oh it's St. Paul's! So happy you made this comment. So thankful for this version. It is perfect.
Every time I listen to Liber Scriptus, it reminds me that that was my most important solo as a lyrical singer, being a mezzo-soprano boy, and my teacher, she was the soprano, we were sitting together and everything was very beautiful, Verdi's requiem will always have a place in my heart.
This is a great performance. BUT for me it is Martina Arroyo who casts
longest shadow. She is absolutely FANTASTIC !!
What a talent is Giuseppe Verdi , the opera and Messa de Requiem Leo ard Bernstein Excellent
Mi sono commossa davanti a tanta bravura e a tanta bellezza!!! 💕🙏
Скільки разів слухаю - кожного разу і дух перехоплює, і сльози, і відчуття піднесення. Дякую за публікацію і за можливість торкатися шедевру.❤❤❤
The thing about the tempi (more elastic than others) is that I think LB was taking into account the very particular echo at St Pauls - so you can't just plough ahead - you have to let the sound ring, and then die before moving to the next phrase - take for instance "et preces hymnus". how he takes it slower - and allows each phrase to ring and end before moving on - for clarity, taste, musicianship and sheer brilliance.
"Te decet hymnus," not "et preces hymnus" (whatever that might mean)
Uno splendore con cantanti al loro meglio...in una maestria sinfonica e lirica della Parola sacra come poche volte si ascolta...Chapeau!
Thank you for upload. An interesting and temperamentally recording
meeting of two great minds and musicians...maybe the greatest? Verdi and Bernstein
I remember watching this on TV at the time. It seems even better now than then!
I love how every conductor just starts going nuts when Dies Irae starts playing
The conductor? How about that ginger second tenor? It is a very fun part to both listen to and perform (if this could be said about a Requiem, in any case).
Thank you for uploading this amazing performance! I can remember vividly - as a fourteen years old boy - watching this in 1970 on a black & white TV! Leonard Bernstein was truly one of the best!
I have been looking for this recording for many years.After my musical tast. The best of all recordings.With 4 of the 20 centuries best singers.
Brynjar Hoff
Bernstein draws an dramatic picture far away from religion. Absolutly convincing, best musicans you can get
Ach Musiker kommen und gehen sie Narr !
Christ is not a worldly religion, He is the Truth.
いかにもの雰囲気、Good and impressive、thank you so much!
Wonderful
Verdi and Bernstein. Beautiful.
Assistendo a una esecuzione diretta dal maestro Muti, con dei cantanti favolosi, io che ho i capelli ricci, mi si sono raddrizzati tutti e commossa, fino alle lacrime, col Libera me, della mitica- Caballe- 😢😢😢😢🎶🎶
Giuseppe Verdi: 1813 - 1901 grandissimo bravissimo immenso Maestro geniale
Per me, questo e il vero capolavoro di Verdi.....
I had this on an album as a kid. Bernstein was conducting the New York Philharmonic. Richard Tucker was the tenor. I was impressed the Met signed Tucker using Caruso’s gold fountain pen. Yeah, I was weird. I liked classical. This masterpiece still makes me want to cry.
Il n 1 ...senza alcun dubbio.
Forza ,eleganza , originalità nella direzione " Senza avere avanti a se la partitura musicale ". Fortunati chi ebbe la fortuna di assistere a una sua direzione d'orchestra !
Grazie di essere esistito
Maestro !
Non essendo competente ma solo appassionata, non posso dire che sia la più bella composizione di Verdi, ma la più geniale sì, si dice che fosse anche poco credente, con quello che era accaduto alla sua famiglia, non aveva tutti i torti, sempre viva Verdi ❤❤❤❤🎶🎶🎶🎶Gilda, emiliana, com’era LUI
One of the best "Requiem" i know. Gratitudine al maestro!
I'm lost for words.... this is just....majestic. heavenly. Incredible. Hats off to Verdi. And Lenny...
Whaou.... Bernstein.. just amazing. Thank you .
In the 60's I took him in the elevator to meet the Lord Mayor of London. I had an album of his and I asked him to sign it. Which he did
@@mikehattan🤯🤯🤯🤯
The original telecast began with spoken remarks by Bernstein. His first performance of the Requiem had been on March 25, 1967, in honor of Toscanini's centenary, with a quartet of G. Vishnevskaya, M. Horne, R. Tucker and J. Diaz. He returned to it in April 1969 with a quartet of M. Arroyo, M. Horne, G. Shirley and C. Siepi. Unfortunately no one recorded any of these. The London performances were followed a few days later with the Columbia LP, LB's final work with this piece. His score is at the NY Philharmonic Online Archives.
The best I've ever heard the trumpets nail Dies Irae....
Grazie per questa meraviglia. Sono sono tecnicamente qualificata per commentare, posso solo parlare della mia commozione.
Divine performance. Wish I had been there. Brought tears to my eyes. Thank you for sharing.
This entire performance is a masterpiece itself, but that Dies Irae in particular is unlike any other I've heard in my opinion. The trumpets are extremely clear and the percussion is extremely powerful. Altogether mixed with this tempo really emphasizes the anger of the Dies Irae without it feeling too rushed. Bravo.
...The terror of the days of wrath, the terrible wrath of God...The entire piece presents the pleas of the supplicant, the frightened, the guilt-ridden supplicant to be spared the Dies Ira, It represents the pleas of the self-confessed but deeply penitent sinner that God's mercy be bestowed on him and his.
London Symphony Brass was badass.
inspiring conducting - magnificent operatic voices!!
Beautiful... Verdi...Bernstein...soloists....timeless
I remember seeing this when it was first broadcast and it's marvellous to see it again.
Watching this instead of the Queen's funeral, bless her heart.
Quel chef fantastique ce Leonard Bernstein
This is the most beautiful performance and it's only because of bernstein!
Every music that he touches he turns to gold.
His passing caused us the lost of one of the best musicians ever to exist.
I feel so fortunate that this was recorded and I'll listen to this for all the rest my life.
Thank you for uploading!!!
Grandissimo immenso geniale compositore melodramma lirico operistico Giuseppe Verdi: io da italiano fiero orgoglioso Giuseppe Verdi 😊
Right. Like he played and sung all those notes himself. I understand the importance of his leadership and spirit, but come on man.
Such a wonderful performance. The women are fantastic. Never heard anyone sing this music better than Arroyo and Veasey. Their vocalism and artistry are just beautiful to witness. The finale is breathtaking.
Check out Loentyne Price and Rosalind Elias...another brilliant duo for this masterpiece
@@Bailey2006a Yes I've enjoyed that recording for a long time. Love Bjoerling. I think my all time favorite recording is still the first Giulini featuring Ludwig and Ghiaurov in their prime with excellent contributions from Schwartzkopf and Gedda.
Breathing. Leonard ‘s interpretation for St Paul’s works magically. What a gift this is to mortals like me. Thank you Lennie and my beloved LSO
Gratefully, Vin.
@Vin Dharmarajan Th London Symphony Orchestra is the greatest in the world, as performers and recording artists.
OMG ! Bernstein was a pure energy !! Good quartet of solists !!! Thanks for sharing !
it thought the musicians were just okay though
Stupefacente peformance di Leonard Bernstein, la migliore in assoluto da quando conosco La messa da Requiem
Потрясающе!!!
Leonard Bernstein was as good as it gets! Breathtaking performance!
inspiring conducting from mr. bernstein to go with magnificent operatic voices!!
The gorgeousness and wonderfulness and greatness of this performance is immeasurable and unspeakable and beyond description and off the charts
Cast in order of vocal appearance: Placido Domingo, tenor; Ruggiero Raimondi, bass; Martina Arroyo, soprano; and Josephine Veasey, mezzo-soprano.
Fantastic what Japanese were able to do with making these old videos of such good quality!! Great performance!
Thank yo for your warm comment!
Quattro voci fantastiche, un coro celestiale ed un direttore degno della sua fama.
Et. S O L T I !
Edizione splendida
Amazing expressiveness that feels the soul of the whole body💓💕❣️
Like arriving in Heaven with all the seraphim and cherubim in full vocal splendor to greet you! Lenny's hyperactive sense of drama works perfectly for this masterwork
Fantastic! Bernstein expresses every frases of music and words of the Requiem! He does really understand the Composers Work! without any Music front of Him! Wow! Bravo! Viva Bernstein!
This Mezzo is wonderful! But so is Martina. And everything else 😊
So great to be able to contrast this with other recordings on UA-cam - I actually hear the prayer come through in this recording. It's a beautiful piece - and it's so easy to make it an occasion to showboat - demand that the lord hear OUR prayer and the like. Bernstein brings out all of the drama and fire and leaves us feeling the awe the music is meant to inspire. Bravo!
@Tom Oliviero Yes, it is a prayer, a desperate pleading. You put it so beautifully.
prayer to ALLAH
THANKS !❤
Simply Wonderful!
Listening on 4/14/23 9:40pm Ohio
It's always great when the trumpets are having their big Tuba Mirem moment and the camera shows the horn section instead. Nice job, director!
God, and there's like how many trumpets in this piece? 4? 6? Should have been in their contract, hehe.
@@binacaman 4 on stage. 4 off stage.
@@steveeliscu1254 Yeah I looked it up. That moment is truly magnificent. Gives me chills every time.
If I remember correctly, it was hell getting the technical side of this set up. They were heavily pressed for time and getting the right angles and mic placement was a big challenge. Obviously no excuse for showing the horn section instead of the trumpets once everything is already set up, but it's still an interesting fact.
Could have been the vision mixer. It’s an outside broadcast
Happy 51st Anniversary for this Amazing Performance!! Cheers!!
このレクイエムのおかげでオーケストラに興味が持てました。ブラボー
最高です
The most magnificent version of this Requiem by Bernstein
Not so much a Performance, more a Vision. Bernstein utterly amazing, as ever.
Happy Birthday Leonard Bernstein
Total masterpiece!!!
不可置信的精彩表演，震撼！
I loved Bernstein and Verdis Requiem ...this is Sky with God...nadzieja nasza ! I Hashem Love ! 🙏💙🎼💙💫💫💫💫💫
Amen Amen Amen!
Thanks so much for posting...I really needed this👍
Одно из немногих эмоциональных исполнений Реквиема Верди, из тех, которые мне довелось слышать. Бернстаин гениальный дирижёр, один из пяти наиболее любимых мной. которого я открыл для себя, слушая 5 симфонию Шостаковича
Высший класс ! Время не властно ! ... Спасибо !
Да, лучшей интерпретации ещё не было.
Thank you so much for uploading this masterpiece❤
The most powerful Dies Irae ever seen
You should try Toscanini's 1951 recording of Dies Irae. The bass drums sounded like cannon shots.
Csodálatos, köszönöm!
Merci infiniment !
Il migliore di tutti.
Très belle version dans un site qui n'en demandait pas moins !
I like how the sheer power of the sound seems to interfere with the video equipment at 11:17 and 14:25, sending rolling bars of interference down the screen.
OMG Bernstein is the God... Fantastic!
The mezzo is the absolute most BADASS in this masterwork. St. Pauls absolutely loves Ms. Veasey's voice. She sings the entire space.
So very outstanding!!!
Wonderful performance almost at the level of Karajan, Price, Cossotto, Pavarotti, Ghiaurov. This one provides an important added value - watching Lenny's great conducting, his passion and his musical experience. In contrast, Martina almost cries in the selected passages. Beautiful!!!
Karajan was great, but not to compare his recording even with the youny Pavaroti, to this one with Bernstein
@@Aharon1928 On the other hand. Why compare. It was my mistake to start comparing. It's not like that. They're both just amazing. I'm sorry, please.
How can Karayan - cold dictator compare with Bernstein who gives you a lot of emotions?! Yes, Pavarotti is missing a lot with his voice, however this work is spectacular, exemplary and historical.
Солистка сопрано - чудо чудное и диво дивное!!!!!!!!!!
Величайшей красоты драм.сопрано!!!!!
Sublime!
Il Libera me uno dei brani di musica piú belli mai scritti
amazing
Grazie!!!
The Ingemisco at 33:42 as sung by the 29 year old Domingo along with Bernstein's expansive tempo is the greatest I've ever heard it sung.
I agree. That is really wonderful.
@@spt2648 I understand that Domingo was a last minute substitute for an indisposed Franco Corelli!
@@robertmanno5749 that’s possible because he can read the score.👍🏻 He is an consummate musician ⭐️
Ikr I was stunned by the beauty in the young Domingo’s voice .
His legato is excellent and those high notes are very emotional. Plus Bernstein’s expressive conducting
@@Sacha_Kudli I was at New York City Opera when the young Domingo was singing there. What a glorious voice it was then. He was quite active with the fairer sex then as well!
Grandiose
Bernstein, Arroyo SUPER
Keep him alive by listening to him both as composer and conductor
What resonance from the Mezzo soprano! Magnificent voice. Unfortunately the cameras were not always able to keep up with where the action is. Sound quality for this day and age was not refined and defined sufficiently.
Although Bernstein apparently never conducted the Britten WAR REQUIEM, he did conduct the Requiems of Verdi, Mozart and Berlioz.
By far, this is my fave version.
Молодой Пласидо🎉
Maybe it’s the great miking, or the great orchestra, perhaps both- gotta give Lenny some credit, of course- but I don’t think I’ve ever heard an ensemble sound more together in a church. Incredible performance.
Mais non, c' est SOLTI. enfin. !
it must be nice taking the credit for all those musicians playing the actual music.
発狂地帯まで準備運動したあとに発狂、後に休憩をしっかり挟む。なんというオーケストラ思いの曲なんでしょう。
super
Leonard Bernstein великолепен.
I want this played at my funeral