Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sings "Im Abendrot" - Vier Letzte Lieder - Richard Strauss
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- Опубліковано 17 бер 2009
- Dame Kiri Te Kanawa sings
Richard Strauss (1864-1949):
"Im Abendrot"
from "Vier Letzte Lieder"
"The Maestro And The Diva"
Featuring a performance of Richard Strauss' Lieder and Four Last Songs
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa/ Soprano
BBC Philharmonic Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti/ Conductor
Recorded live at the Free Trade Hall in Manchester
June 17th 1990
Saw her live in 2010 (or 2011?) at Marin Center. I was about 48 at the time - large man, sitting in the center of the 4th row. She performed with a pianist, doing arias, etc. I kept my facial expression neutral (with some effort), but the tears flowed. She looked at me a couple of times -- once while I was wiping a tear. She's probably accustomed to it, but it was an unforgettable experience for me. Her voice is beyond description - and trust me, I have heard quite a few other female soloists - dozens, actually. It's difficult for me to listen to any other female opera singer since that performance. The only other female singer I would put in her class would be Elizabeth Fraser - Scottish singer.
One of the few truly great composers of the 20th century. Combined with one of the greatest voices. STUPENDOUS. Thank you.
The end of an era in music ... from the Eroica to Four Last Songs ...
In the 2021 Classic FM Hall of Fame the Four Last Songs rose 56 places from 167 to 111. There is hope.
I love Strauss's Last Four Songs by Kiri Te Kanawa.
Superb rendition of one of the greatest songs of the twentieth century.
in abendrot...al tramonto...sublime musica di R.Strauss diretta sir Georg Solti e cantata dalla delicatissima ma intensa e straordinaria voce della meravigliosa Kirii..un Paradiso....
Recorded 28 years ago. A time when classical music was still valued and shown on TV as well as the radio. Two great artists performing at a venue outside of London, a packed audience, smartly dressed, the Duke and Duchess of Kent seen applauding on the balcony at the end. In Britain now, I wonder what proportion of the population would have even heard of Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and the late Sir Georg Solti , who died in 1997 ? More younger people need to hear great music and not just the bog standard chart stuff that many seem to prefer.
Well said!!
@@lundilar Thank God in France there are 4 channels dedicated to Classical Music, Ballet , Opera and Jazz.
In Britain you had classical music valued and shown on TV in 28 years ago? In the US there was no classical music on TV since Leonard Bernstein's program ended, before my time.
So rightly said!!!
@@erpollockit is still performed at concerts which are televised. Not often enough, except perhaps during the BBC Proms.
This music is so beautiful, that it makes me cry each time i listen to it. Thank you Richard Strauss and thank you Kiri Te Kanawa.
oh how deep this touches my soul. The end of all our roads.
Yes. But not too soon!
Johann Sebastian Bach m'a donné l'envie de devenir compositeur, Richard Strauss m'a fait comprendre que je ne le deviendrais jamais. La perfection de cette œuvre est le zénith de 10 siècles de musique occidentale. Qui pourrait aller encore plus loin ? L'interprétation, sublime; sans vibrato inutile, sans portamento - arme des lâches - , sans crier, pleine de nuances... Il faudrait déclarer Kiri Te Kanawa Patrimoine Mondial de l'Humanité... pour qu'il nous appartienne un peu à tous.
Sublime perfection: brings me to tears every time I hear this.
Me too. How could anyone not feel this music.
Kann ich nur alleine hören. Wem hier keine Tränen kommen, der muss ein Stein sein
Her beautiful singing voice is out of this world, and a great tranqulizer to the human
sublime..i have so much trouble deciding which is my favorite i just have to listen to them all again
and i love all of these pieces so much more with orchestra..well, if it has Kiri in front of it
Has there ever been a more glorious sound than that note, which just floats out of Ms Te Kanawa at 3:54?! It is absolutely beautifully sublime and her interpretation of these 4 last songs of Strauss, for me, still reign supreme! BRAVA!
Andre de Kock you are not wrong
That same note and passage sung by Jessye Norman but a whole 10 seconds longer
The note she sings at 3:58 on the Abendrot is just supremely sublime and divine! Bravissima!
We are so so lucky to have these moments from Kiri Te Kanawa....I sigh and shills throb throughout my body....
Décidément, Solti aime les tempos énergiques. Te Kanawa effleure toujours les mots, mais qu'importe, ses notes sont tellement belles, sa ligne est tellement majestueuse au dessus d'un orchestre éblouissant, que l'émotion éclot d'elle-même, au-delà du pouvoir des mots. C'est plus de la magie que l'art du lied, mais je m'en fous, c'est tellement beau...
Wow! A wonderful performance by one of my favorite pieces from the Richard Strauss oeuvre. I've been in love with Dame Kiri since before she was a Dame!
*my soul feels like it's flying*
Einfach wunderbar ! Die Musik und die Interpreten ! Grossartig ! Danke fürs Hochladen !
5:53 : Bruckner VII !
Hier der Text von Joseph von Eichendorff :
Im Abendrot
Wir sind durch Not und Freude
Gegangen Hand in Hand:
Vom Wandern ruhen wir beide
Nun überm stillen Land.
Rings sich die Täler neigen,
Es dunkelt schon die Luft,
Zwei Lerchen nur noch steigen
Nachträumend in den Duft.
Tritt her und laß sie schwirren,
Bald ist es Schlafenszeit,
Daß wir uns nicht verirren
In dieser Einsamkeit.
O weiter, stiller Friede!
So tief im Abendrot,
Wie sind wir wandermüde -
Is dies etwa der Tod?
La sua voce incanta..perfetta!!...sempre!!!...Solti riesce "a fermare il tempo" trasformando il tutto in un sogno...
La más emotiva de todas las versiones que he escuchado de este tema. Kiri es especial❤️
Thank you Dame Kiri! Great, great post.
This is supremely beautiful, and Sir Georg & Dame Kiri are FABULOUS!
The most beautiful song, the most beautiful singing, the most beautiful singer!
I love everything about this performance. Undescribable.
+edouard chan You just described it, and perfectly too.
Well ALMOST perfectly Michael! Indescribable. But I am a bit pedantic. Lol.
the orchestral intro, for one... very grande and expressive
It may not seem like it, but to stand there for a minute and a half, after having sung the last note on a flat-6 chord (not even a proper final cadence) is a hell of a thing. The lyrics end on a question, and only the gradual darkening of the sky depicted by the orchestra’s final measures responds.
Her vocal performance is perfect, but the way Dame Kiri Te holds herself for those last measures is just as regal and dignified as her voice. Strauss made a brilliant decision in choosing to let the final question not be answered in words, making the audience really immerse themselves in the fearful uncertainty, but also welcome rest, of approaching death.
No tengo palabras para expresar lo exquisita que suena su voz con esta interpretación.
Strauss' music perfectly captures the autumnal feeling of the poem, in which the aged couple, wearied of wandering, await death. Solti's conducting of this number has always been somewhat too penny-plain and matter-of-fact (his 1977 performance with Lucia Popp is similarly prosaic), but te Kanawa is completely within Eichendorff and Strauss' purple-hued æsthetic here, and gives a worthy rendition of this haunting number. Brava.
I respectfully disagree about Solti. His tempo is just right, far better than Kurt Masur's long-drawn-out pace with Jessye Norman (whose singing is superb, of course). Solti's tempo holds the piece together just as it should be.
A really wonderful performance.
bravissima la adoro !!! gran classe ,un solo "difetto" l'abito!!!!
Magnifique Dame kiri Te Kinawa! Belle voix !!🌹🌹🌹
Bellissima interpretazione e ottima direzione. Grazie
Who would not fall in LOVE with this performance: THE COMPOSER OF DIVINITY, 1st Chair Conductor, VOICE of the LOVE/ KIRI TE KANAWA💋💋💋
Una bella voz para una deliciosa música.
A me piace questo tempo un pò vivace....sublime musica bellissima voce love love love..
back again! still divine :)
Quizás no sea una soprano completa,pero su versión con Sír George Solti es de lo mejor.
Bedankt voor deze inspirerende klanken I.B.
Orchestra under Solti so vibrant, He and Kiri clearly had a rapport. Feast your ears!!!!!!
Simplemente maravillosa.!!
Fantastic voice!
Such a romance. Georg and Kiri. They so admired each other's work.
Great quality recording. Wonderful!
BELLO EL CANTO Y BELLA LA CANTANTE...
Kiri Te Kanawa i el mestre Solti dirigin, fan una meravella musical de l'obra de Richard Straus. Sempre és un plaer escoltar a Kiri, per`en aquesta peça ho broda.
splendido e lei è bellissima.
no words. more than perfect.
So very lovely.
Un solo aggettivo: BELLISSIMO
Stunning! Beatiful vocal ine, gorgeous orchestratio, great performance (Sir Gyorgy surely rates a mention even tho' he's much less beautiful than Dame Kiri). The closing bars recall the coda from a Bruckner adagio - the highest praise.
BEAUTIFUL! BRAVISSIMA!
perfect ...
divino, sublime
Sublime
Absolute beauty
I appreciate the craftsmanship of Georg Solti! But personally I prefer a bit slower speed. Accepting death is usually a slow process!
I imagine it must be quick at times. But then I haven't been there yet.
It's not supposed to be an elegy, it's supposed to be a celebration of life at the end of it.
@@Allataria Exactly!
@@Allataria Hmmmm...not quite. Read Eichendorff's poem again. There is precious little of celebration therein, but a great deal of resigned acceptance. Quite a different thing.
je suis d'accord, pour cela je préfère Eschenbach et Flemming, de plus l'orchestre occulte
creme de creme .. richard strauss well-deserved...
Bestes Orchester (Dirigat) und stimmliche Interpretin
We will sail round the cape of good hope and we will sail around the horn!
Was there (Free Trade Hall, Manchester) a year or two before this when Alison Hargan sang the songs flawlessly, again with the BBC Phil.
In case anyone ever doubted that there was a supreme being in the Universe, all they have to do is listen to THIS and it answers that question!!! What a god-given treasure is Dame Kiri Te Kanawa!!! I first heard this on "The Year of Living Dangerously" with Mel Gibson and I was hooked on Kiri's voice.
I thought it was "Being schlafengehen.
@@susanwilson9755You are correct, it was “Beim Schlafengehen”. Excalibur is just being a drama queen.
Божественная! Одна из лучших певиц в 20 веке! Когда слушаешь Даму Кири те Канаву, то кажется , что её голос течёт с Небес!
Pure, unadulterated magic.
I think Solti has the tempo right. Most recordings drag the tempo through the dirt and you can't feel the continuity or experience the harmonic function. I wonder if tempi are taken slow just to occupy more time in the concert...when I heard Renee Fleming sing it at Ravinia, they programmed so it took the entire second half of the evening. Taking at Solti's tempo allows the music to speak for itself.
This Kiri Te K at the height of her powers. Her rapport with Solti is obvious.
It does overpower the listener with an excess of sound, from either soloist or orch. It encourages reflection as the composer wanted.
+Warren Hamlet I know you meant to write, does NOT overpower the listener...and you are of course correct. Solti reads these pieces with extreme sensitivity.His version with Lucia Popp is a masterpiece, but this one is also quite remarkable.
+frank “fancyboy” rella I will take Lisa della Casa with Karl Bohm. That version has a certain imprimatur in that R. Strauss allegedly had her in mind when he wrote these songs. And they were the best in their time, far better than Elisabeth Schwartzkopf, in my opinion. I only don't like the fact that Bohm rushes the introduction to Im Abendrot which seems totally uncalled for and out of character, but maybe Lisa recorded a later verson that I don't know about.
Warren Hamlet in
I'd love for Solti's conducting to be just a tad less pedestrian and driven to allow for the sumptiousness of the music the unrushed journey from ear to brain... to heart and soul.
Kiri is perfect - as she always was - for Strauss. In her 1st recording of the Four Last Songs with Andrew Davies I think voice and orchestra are better suited in their pairing
The opening tempo of the introduction is too fast for my taste. The counterpoint of the violins at the end of the introduction is exquisite, and there is little time to savor their pathos. More moderate tempo of the rest more to my liking, and her interpretation and singing is lovely.
Stephen Rothman Whatever!
it is your taste, and nothing more
Did you hear it in "Wild at Heart"???? I first heard this via David Lynch's "Wild at Heart", and it does seem hurried in comparison, but I have managed to enjoy it!
It gives Dame Kiri the option to take a slightly faster tempo. If the introduction had been fast, it would sound silly if Dame Kiri were to suddenly speed it up. I think the tempo plan is a slow broadening out, to the end.
@@feelingpaulie3943 jessye’s version I think.
Nach Soile Isokoski die zweitbeste Interpratation, aus meiner Sicht; da hat Sir G. Solti bestimmt großen Anteil daran.
DOLCISSIMA
BRAVA
Insuperabili....
Deliciosa musia
Gibt es etwas ergreifenderes ? Grossen Dank für die Wiedergabe.
In response to "excalibur1812": I, too, had never heard this piece until I saw the same film. I sometimes lull myself to sleep listening to the Four Last Songs.
En réponse à Mattheiu Degott: Vous vous exprimez de façon très élégante.
In response de "vistasofaldebaran": Yes, the dress was a poor choice.
che bell'intesa... fra orchestra e questo Direttore da me molto amato....e lei sicura....peccato l'abito Tirolese di lei....ma forse §Strauss era Austriaco e va bene così.....una vera spada di luce crepuscolare dove Chiunque si interroghi sulla morte ...sa che l'Eterno è Luce pura?
While this is beautiful, I actually prefer the 1978 version conducted by Andrew Davis. The analog recording creates an etheial resonance. Dame Kiri said about the recording it was the first time a recording sounded like her voice sounded to her when she sings.
To Manila Sayang; You could sing them, there's nothing to stop you. But I doubt weather it's been done publicly. Strauss wrote these last four for the soprano voice-his undoubted favorite vocal range. I'd be very wary of attempting it.
The orchestra’s playing is so overwrought, the mistake of the conductor, it threatens to swallow Dame Te Kanawa’s gorgeous tone whole.
Im Abendrot" (At Sunset
@Jeke316 yeah that :)
I love it but is the orchestra over powering Kiri a bit to much ?. Kiri has such a beautiful voice.
Gundula Janowitz and Karajan have it just about right. Gundula on full show. As said I still regard Kiri Te Kanawa singing this beautiful song as magical. hope no one is offended.
That fast intro by Solti really works.
The other account by Solti and the Chicago with Lucia Popp is very poorly recorded and sounds shrill.
Noel Edmonds makes an appearance very early on.
I'm teasing.
the end of the occidental civilation
EXQUISITA
Just love Kiri Te Kanawa who is perfect soloist in this beautiful elegy, but the tempo is too fast. Renee Fleming did a wonderful job, but a much slower tempo.
It's not supposed to be an elegy, it's supposed to be a celebration of life at the end of it.
a MODERN RECORDING WOULD DO HER REAL CREDIT. HERE THE MUSIC OVERPOWERS THE VOICE ?
Yes, more glorious is Jessye’s incomparble Vier Letzte Lieder.
Why is there any need for pointless comparisons when we are the lucky ones who are able to listen to both of these wonderful singers?
@excalibur1812
YOLD used another Strauss song (Beim Schlafengehen)
@cubanbach cccchills ...I meant :)
Honest question: Can these 4 last songs be sung by a male (baritone maybe)? How come I can't find any recording with male vocalist?
Thank you for the message. Personally, I don't think this song cycle would suit any male voices...Mr. Richard Strauss had already set his vocal preferance.
Dame Kiri Lover Even if the entire score is transposed an octave lower? The text is not feminine nor masculine, but gender neutral, and written by two male poets (Hesse and Goethe)
+Its not easy being handsome not Goethe
+Its not easy being handsome I see no reason why not.
+ian1856 It was written for soprano.
There is a wonderful documentary showing Dame Kiri rehearsing with Maestro Solti for this performance, here: ua-cam.com/video/0YGIzhXAGw4/v-deo.html
I was wondering why Kiri Te Kanawa sounded so LOUD in this video/recording and the I realized that there was a MICROPHONE right there below her! She is NOT a dramatic/powerful voice!
Maybe there was a microphone there because that’s a broadcast? And believe me, she had a very well projected voice. I just don’t understand why some people desperately want to watch videos of concerts but are outraged as soon as a microphone is in sight. That’s not very intelligent.
Give me Schwartzkopf every time
This is an Elegy not a race
Schwartzkopf or Margaret Price. I think this is lovely, nonetheless.
It's not supposed to be an elegy, it's supposed to be a celebration of life at the end of it.
Оркестр заглушает голос. Думаю, это не ошибка дирижёра, а огрехи записи.
Glorious rendition, and beautiful woman, but that dress is hideous!
I love her voice, but the tempo of the music is a little bit fast. I think Lucia Popps signs this song beautifully. Classical music is no longer valued because it is a Western gift to the world, and now Western culture is belittled. We gave this gift to the world and they have embraced it; all that want to bring it down, they will NEVER be able to do it. Today, everything, including music is just plain PRIMITIVE.