Bach - Matthäus Passion BWV 244 / St Matthew Passion (recording of the Century : Otto Klemperer)

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  • @classicalmusicreference
    @classicalmusicreference  7 лет назад +66

    Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) St. Matthew Passion BWV 244 / Remastered
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    Oratorio in two parts for soloists, double choir and orchestra.
    *Click to activate the English subtitles for the presentation* (00:00-07:26)
    Part one
    Kommt, Ihr Töchter, Helft Mir Klagen (00:00)
    Da Jesus Diese Rede Vollendet Hatte (11:45)
    Herzliebster Jesu, Was Hast Du Verbrochen (12:40)
    Da Versammleten Sich Die Hohenpriester (14:09)
    Ja Nicht Auf Das Fest (14:42) - Da Nun Jesus (15:00)
    Wozu Dienet Dieser Unrat (15:41) - Da Das Jesus Merkete (16:17)
    Du Lieber Heiland Du (18:10) - Buss Und Reu (19:15)
    Da Ging Hin Der Zwölfen Einer (24:06) - Blute Nur, Du Liebes Herz (24:51)
    Aber Am Ersten Tag Der Süssen Brot (30:05) - Wo Willst Du (30:19)
    Er Sprach_ Gehet Hin (30:44) - Ich Bin's, Ich Sollte Büssen (32:47)
    Er Antwortete Und Sprach_ Der Mit Der Hand Mit Mir (34:21)
    Wiewohl Mein Herz (38:19) - Ich Will Dir Mein Herze Schenken (39:50)
    Und Da Sie Den Lobgesang (43:54) - Erkenne Mich, Mein Huter (45:18)
    Petrus Aber Antwortete (47:10) - Ich Will Hier (48:29)
    Da Kam Jesus (50:22) - O Schmerz! (52:29)
    Ich Will Bei Meinem Jesu (55:35) - Und Ging Hin Ein Wenig (1:01:50)
    Der Heiland Fällt (1:02:43) - Gerne Will Ich Mich Bequemen (1:04:05)
    Und Er Kam Zu Seinen Jüngern (1:10:41)
    Was Mein Gott Will (1:12:16) - Und Er Kam (1:14:20)
    So Ist Mein Jesus Nun Gefangen (1:17:25)
    Und Siehe, Einer Aus Denen (1:23:25)
    O Mensch, Bewein Dein Sunde Groß (1:26:11)
    Part two
    Ach, Nun Ist Mein Jesus Hin (1:37:24) - Die Aber Jesum Gegriffen (1:42:53)
    Mir Hat Die Welt (1:44:03) - Und Wiewohl Viel Falsche Zeugen Herzutraten (1:45:32)
    Mein Jesus Schweigt (1:46:57) - Geduld, Wenn Mich Falsche Zungen Stechen (1:47:58)
    Und Der Hohepriester (1:52:53) - Da Speieten Sie (1:54:55)
    Wer Hat Dich So Geschlagen (1:55:43) - Petrus Aber Saß Draußen Im Palast (1:57:19)
    Da Hub Er An, Sich Zu Verfluchen (1:58:43) - Erbarme Dich, Mein Gott (2:00:15)
    Bin Ich Gleich Von Dir Gewichen (2:07:38) - Des Morgens Aber (2:09:16)
    Und Er Warf Die Silberlinge (2:10:33) - Gebt Mir Meinen Jesum Wieder! (2:11:27)
    Sie Hielten Aber Einen Rat (2:15:39) - Befiehl Du Deine Wege (2:18:33)
    Auf Das Fest Aber Hatte (2:20:12) - Wie Wunderbarlich (2:23:02)
    Der Landpfleger Sagte (2:24:26) - Er Hat Uns Allen Wohlgetan (2:24:40)
    Aus Liebe Will Mein Heiland Sterben (2:26:00) - Sie Schrieen Aber Noch Mehr (2:30:45)
    Erbarm' Es Gott! (2:33:24) - Können Tränen Meiner Wangen (2:34:50)
    Da Nahmen Die Kriegsknechte (2:44:30) - O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (2:45:44)
    Und da sie ihn verspottet (2:49:01) - Ja! Freilich Will In Uns Das Fleisch Und Blut (2:50:10)
    Komm, süßes Kreuz (2:50:53) - Und da sie an die Stätte (2:57:32)
    Desgleichen schmähten ihn (3:01:57) - Ach, Golgatha (3:02:15)
    Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand (3:03:50) - Und von der sechsten Stunde (3:08:28)
    Wenn ich einmal soll scheiden (3:11:21) - Und Siehe Da (3:13:41)
    Am Abend, Da Es Kühle War (3:16:46) - Mache dich, mein Herze, rein (3:19:22)
    Und Joseph nahm den Leib (3:29:42) - Nun ist der Herr (3:33:05)
    Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder (3:35:25)
    Sopran : Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
    Alt : Christa Ludwig
    Tenor : Peter Pears / Nicolai Gedda
    Bariton : Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
    Bass : Walter Berry
    Philarmonia Choir and Boys of Hampstead Parish Church Choir
    Wilhelm Pitz ( Choir Master / Chef de Choeur)
    Director : OTTO KLEMPERER
    Recorded in 1961
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    COMMENTAIRE COMPLET : VOIR DEUXIÈME COMMENTAIRE
    Bien que la liturgie ait réservé une place dans les offices de la Semaine Sainte aux versions de la Passion du
    Christ de chaque évangéliste, celles de Saint Matthieu et de Saint Jean ont retenu toujours en premier lieu l'attention des compositeurs. Une des raisons en est que le Dimanche des Rameaux et le Vendredi Saint étaient les jours principaux de la Semaine Sainte (et les jours désignés pour ces mises en scène des Passions), mais une autre raison tien aux caractères mêmes de ces Passions qui inspirent davantage et sont plus stimulantes pour un compositeur.
    Le récit de Saint Matthieu est particulièrement riche en détails et ses différents incidents laissent une grande place à la méditation; chaque événement ou presque pose une question qui est exprimée ou qui trouve sa réponse sous forme d'arioso ou d'aria. D'autres compositeurs allemands de Passions selon Saint Matthieu en ont écrit beaucoup: ceux de Bach sont moins nombreux mais beaucoup plus longs, si bien que sa Passion apparaît comme la plus importante de toutes ces compositions - impression renforcée par la qualité sublime de presque tous les numéros de méditation. L'effet monumental est encore accru par l'agencement même de la Passion selon Saint Matthieu: double choeur et double orchestre, aussi bien que solistes, et un troisième chœur de sopranos dans les premier et dernier numéros de la première partie. Bach répartit la difficulté de sa musique entre ses trois choeurs: il donne à ce qu'il appelle Coro I la musique la plus difficile et la plus importante; le Coro II, qui était formé d'amateurs, est moins mis à l'épreuve.
    Nous savons que Bach ne dut pas être très satisfait de la manière dont fut exécutée sa plus grande oeuvre ce Vendredi Saint 1729; son memorandum nous le dit de façon très nette. Nous savons également que les musiciens de maintenant jouent d'une manière tout à fait différente de celle de leurs collègues du XVII e siècle: nos instruments sont fabriqués, ajustés et joués tout à fait autrement; même nos chanteurs amateurs utilisent une autre technique vocale; et nous sommes tous aujourd'hui très éloignés des méthodes d'interprétation entièrement spontanées des Leipzigois de Bach.
    Nos orgues sont plus sonores, nos violons jouent continuellement vibrato, nos chanteurs et nos bois produisent un son plus feutré et cependant plus plaisant à l'oreille; les musiciens de Bach, d'autre part, ajoutaient des trilles et des fioritures (mais sans doute pas de cadences, ce que Haendel, par contre, demandait dans son Messie) et chacun trouvait tout à fait normal qu'une mélodie, quand elle était répétée, fut chaque fois différente; on devait toujours la varier plus ou moins.
    Nous ne pouvons espérer - et nous ne le voudrions pas d'ailleurs - exécuter la Passion selon Saint Matthieu comme elle fut entendue par les Leipzigois en 1729; nous pouvons seulement essayer de rendre la musique aussi proche que possible, après recherche et étude attentives, de ce que nous pensons être le voeu de Bach.
    Wonderful excerpts to discover the work :
    Kommt, Ihr Töchter, Helft Mir Klagen (00:00)
    Buss Und Reu (19:15)
    Blute Nur, Du Liebes Herz (24:51)
    Ich Will Bei Meinem Jesu (55:35)
    Gerne Will Ich Mich Bequemen (1:04:05)
    So Ist Mein Jesus Nun Gefangen (1:17:25)
    O Mensch, Bewein Dein Sunde Groß (1:26:11)
    Ach, Nun Ist Mein Jesus Hin (1:37:24)
    Erbarme Dich, Mein Gott (2:00:15)
    Gebt Mir Meinen Jesum Wieder! (2:11:27)
    Aus Liebe Will Mein Heiland Sterben (2:26:00)
    Können Tränen Meiner Wangen (2:34:50)
    O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden (2:45:44)
    Komm, süßes Kreuz (2:50:53)
    Sehet, Jesus hat die Hand (3:03:50)
    Mache dich, mein Herze, rein (3:19:22)
    Wir setzen uns mit Tränen nieder (3:35:25)
    Johann Sebastian Bach PLAYLIST (reference recordings) : ruclips.net/video/5Gqk6kZhQ2I/видео.html

    • @classicalmusicreference
      @classicalmusicreference  7 лет назад +8

      Bien que la liturgie ait réservé une place dans les offices de la Semaine Sainte aux versions de la Passion du
      Christ de chaque évangéliste, celles de Saint Matthieu et de Saint Jean ont retenu toujours en premier lieu l'attention des compositeurs. Une des raisons en est que le Dimanche des Rameaux et le Vendredi Saint étaient les jours principaux de la Semaine Sainte (et les jours désignés pour ces mises en scène des Passions), mais une autre raison tien aux caractères mêmes de ces Passions qui inspirent davantage et sont plus stimulantes pour un compositeur.
      Le récit de Saint Matthieu est particulièrement riche en détails et ses différents incidents laissent une grande place à la méditation; chaque événement ou presque pose une question qui est exprimée ou qui trouve sa réponse sous forme d'arioso ou d'aria. D'autres compositeurs allemands de Passions selon Saint Matthieu en ont écrit beaucoup: ceux de Bach sont moins nombreux mais beaucoup plus longs, si bien que sa Passion apparaît comme la plus importante de toutes ces compositions - impression renforcée par la qualité sublime de presque tous les numéros de méditation. L'effet monumental est encore accru par l'agencement même de la Passion selon Saint Matthieu: double choeur et double orchestre, aussi bien que solistes, et un troisième chœur de sopranos dans les premier et dernier numéros de la première partie. Bach répartit la difficulté de sa musique entre ses trois choeurs: il donne à ce qu'il appelle Coro I la musique la plus difficile et la plus importante; le Coro II, qui était formé d'amateurs, est moins mis à l'épreuve.
      De nos jours, la Passion selon Saint Matthieu est trop souvent exécutée avec deux chœurs de deux cents voix chacun, et pour apprécier le soin que Bach apporta à la répartition des tâches entre les deux choeurs, il n'est que de se rappeler qu'il ne copia que huit parties vocales pour l'ensemble des choeurs, c'est-à-dire pas plus de 4 chanteurs par voix, soit deux choeurs de seize voix chacun - et ce n'était pas des voix de très grande qualité; en 1730 Bach adressa un rapport au Conseil de la Ville de Leipzig sur les exigences d'«une musique d'église bien appropriée, avec certaines réflexions modestes sur le déclin de ladite musique».
      Après avoir expliqué que les chanteurs de ce temps avaient à exécuter des musiques de toutes sortes, de tous styles, venant de tous pays (aujourd'hui les choeurs connaissent ce problème encore plus) , souvent écrites pour des professionnels virtuoses, il conclut que les chanteurs qu'il a à sa disposition doivent être rangés en trois catégories: « 17 utilisables, 20 non encore utilisables et 17 inaptes». Et sur ses 28 instrumentistes, il fait le commentaire suivant: «la modestie m'interdit de parler en toute franchise de leurs qualités et de leur savoir musical. Néanmoins, on doit se rappeler qu'ils sont soit des personnes retraitées, soit des personnes qui n'ont pas du tout les qualités qu'elles devraient avoir».
      La première représentation de la Passion selon Saint Matthieu de Bach eut lieu, nous en sommes presque certains, le 15 avril 1729 en l'église Saint-Thomas de Leipzig, et nous l'aurions probablement trouvée épouvantable à écouter, si l'on en juge d'après les remarques de Bach lui-même qui se réfèrent justement aux exécutants. Il y avait d'autres chanteurs et instrumentistes à Leipzig et nous pourrions supposer qu'ils furent tous embrigadés pour la première exécution d'une telle oeuvre. Mais en réalité, pour Leipzig en 1729, la Passion selon Saint Matthieu de Bach n'était qu'un événement de seconde importance; l'événement numéro un, en effet, de ce Vendredi Saint fut une
      Passion de Gottfried Frober, un candidat fort bien placé pour le poste de cantor de la nouvelle église, et ce fut là que la plupart des gens allèrent. Leipzig était très conservateur sur le plan de la musique, et celle de Bach lui paraissait absurdement moderne et extravagante et n'ayant même pas le caractère de musique d'église. Christian Gerber mentionne dans ses souvenirs, en 1732 l'exécution d'une Passion moderne qui peut bien avoir été la Saint Matthieu de Bach: «Lorsque cette musique de théâtre «débuta, tous ces gens furent jetés dans le plus grand désarroi, chacun se regarda e se dit: «Que va-t-il résulter de tout cela?» Une vieille douairière dit: «Que Dieu nous préserve, mes enfants! c'est exactement comme si nous étions à l'opéra.» Mais chacun fut franchement mécontent et fit de justes récriminations.
      Nous avons parlé plus haut des besoins exacts de Bach pour ses choeurs. Il prit parmi les choeurs mêmes ses solistes pour l'Evangéliste, Jésus, les deux servantes, les deux faux témoins, la femme de Pilate, Pierre, Judas, Caïphe, les deux prêtres, et utilisa au moins quatre solistes pour les arias - soit dixhuit voix (Bach déclarait qu'il n'y en avait que dix-sept sur lesquelles on pouvait compter). Ses orchestres, disposés chacun avec un des choeurs dans une tribune différente, comptaient des flûtes, des hautbois (qui pouvaient se changer en oboi d'amore et oboi da caccia que nous appelons aujourd'hui cors anglais) , des bassons, des cordes et des instruments à clavier - il n'utilisait qu'un orgue, mais peut-être également un clavecin. Parmi ses cordes, il demandait deux violons solo, un violoncelle solo et une viole de gambe solo (laquelle est semblable au violoncelle, mais possède plus de cordes à son arc). L'église de Saint-Thomas n'est pas très grande mais assez spacieuse et son acoustique, en 1729, se prêtait tout à fait à une musique pour double choeur (comme dans «Sind Blitze, sind Donner»). Le service du Vendredi Saint à SaintThomas était fort long. Il commençait à 1 heure 45 de l'après-midi et se déroulait ainsi:
      Choral: Da Jesus an dem Kreuze
      Stund Musique de la Passion: première partie
      Choral: O Lamm Gottes
      Choral: Herr, Jesu Christ, dich zu uns wend
      Sermon Musique de la Passion: deuxième partie
      Motet: Ecce quomodo moritur justus
      (de Jacopus Gallus)
      Collecte de la Passion
      Choral: Nun danket alle Gott
      Bénédiction
      Chacun des chorals consistait en plusieurs couplets, le sermon pouvait durer environ trois-quarts d'heure, et la musique de Bach trois heures un quart. Bach donna probablement sa Passion selon Saint Matthieu plusieurs Vendredis Saints. Le manuscrit original des différentes parties existe encore, mais la partition elle-même a disparu; ce que nous possédons est un manuscrit complet recopié par Bach dans les années 1740 et dans lequel il a inséré «O Mensch, bewein» à la place du choral en Sol majeur «Jesum lass ich nicht von mir», à la fin de la première partie. Une des caractéristiques de ce manuscrit est que les paroles de l'Ecriture Sainte sont écrites à l'encre rouge.
      Nous savons que Bach ne dut pas être très satisfait de la manière dont fut exécutée sa plus grande oeuvre ce Vendredi Saint 1729; son memorandum nous le dit de façon très nette. Nous savons également que les musiciens de maintenant jouent d'une manière tout à fait différente de celle de leurs collègues du XVII e siècle: nos instruments sont fabriqués, ajustés et joués tout à fait autrement; même nos chanteurs amateurs utilisent une autre technique vocale; et nous sommes tous aujourd'hui très éloignés des méthodes d'interprétation entièrement spontanées des Leipzigois de Bach. Nos orgues sont plus sonores, nos violons jouent continuellement vibrato, nos chanteurs et nos bois produisent un son plus feutré et cependant plus plaisant à l'oreille; les musiciens de Bach, d'autre part, ajoutaient des trilles et des fioritures (mais sans doute pas de cadences, ce que Haendel, par contre, demandait dans son Messie) et chacun trouvait tout à fait normal qu'une mélodie, quand elle était répétée, fut chaque fois différente; on devait toujours la varier plus ou moins.
      Nous ne pouvons espérer - et nous ne le voudrions pas d'ailleurs - exécuter la Passion selon Saint Matthieu comme elle fut entendue par les Leipzigois en 1729; nous pouvons seulement essayer de rendre la musique aussi proche que possible, après recherche et étude attentives, de ce que nous pensons être le voeu de Bach.
      Handel - Messiah/Hallelujah Chorus (recording of the Century : Otto Klemperer) ruclips.net/video/gsskNJhS238/видео.html

    • @tianrainjp
      @tianrainjp 3 года назад

      History became legends, legends became myths.

    • @philippejardim3970
      @philippejardim3970 3 года назад

      Ppi

    • @thomasthornton5478
      @thomasthornton5478 10 месяцев назад

      What is the painting at the bottom section of the thumbnail?

  • @mrJohnDesiderio
    @mrJohnDesiderio 6 лет назад +187

    After a thirty year diet of original instruments and tempi, this is an old world seeming new and wonderful.

    • @geiryvindeskeland7208
      @geiryvindeskeland7208 3 года назад +1

      Fredrik Larsson, feel free to listen to A. Schweitzer’s organ compositions. But he was wrong when he thought the music should be played so slowly, which Bach proves in the way he composed several of the organ pieces.

    • @olenkashishkova9647
      @olenkashishkova9647 3 года назад +3

      Each class of interpretations has its own rights.

    • @fidulario
      @fidulario 3 года назад +1

      The very human need of novelty, which Baroque people knew so well.

    • @fidelio5390
      @fidelio5390 2 года назад +12

      @The Prestige D'accord! I cannot bear famous orchestras that sound like pupils' orchestras because they are not allowed to give long tones a vibrato. And nobody can convince me that the hurried tempi of the "authentic" performances are really authentic. In former times, people were not always in a hurry, they travelled at a speed of perhaps 30 km/h, usually did not even have a clock that pushed them through the day ... and so on. I look at the time a video will take, and if Bach's Mass in B Minor or a St. Matthew Passion is given in less than three and a half hours, I choose not to listen.

    • @markin9673
      @markin9673 2 года назад +2

      God bless you my friend!

  • @Boysermusic
    @Boysermusic Год назад +13

    We could go on forever about Bach's brilliance
    But this truly is the recording of the century
    The way the strings are mixed make it so much more dramatic

  • @mathieuguillet4036
    @mathieuguillet4036 Год назад +35

    Devastating opening. I have always found it deeply moving, but the slow tempo and extensive vibrato has a powerful effect. For the final movement, as well.
    All praise be to God! 🙏🏼

    • @fidelio5390
      @fidelio5390 Год назад +2

      Probably you know that Bach wrote this under every of his works, in Latin, though: "Soli Deo gloria"!
      God bless, my friend!

  • @ROLANDMC80EX
    @ROLANDMC80EX 2 года назад +17

    No disrespect to any other recording of this piece by the genius that is Bach, but come on people. this is THE version by a million miles. The awesome collection of artists and the legendary Maestro at his very best.it does noy get any better than this !

  • @alexdelarge702
    @alexdelarge702 7 лет назад +121

    There is one of the most beautiful recording of the century

    • @K0tBegem0tt
      @K0tBegem0tt 6 лет назад +5

      Yes!

    • @crimeandpunishment1130
      @crimeandpunishment1130 6 лет назад +5

      I really like your channel. Such a great discovery. ( I love T.S. Eliot too )

    • @pierluigidinardodimaio3708
      @pierluigidinardodimaio3708 5 лет назад +7

      @logicalempiricist2 yes but the intro movement wiht this tempo is fucking deep. im cryng but i can understand your idea. a lot of slow tempo are inappropriate but works if you can change your mind. we can appreciate slow and fast at the same time. i try to prefer every version. slow deep sometimes or the other..

    • @mk5244
      @mk5244 5 лет назад +5

      @@pierluigidinardodimaio3708 my teacher told me to judge only between right or wrong tempi. Klemperer was in an impressive way always right.
      RDS

    • @missasinenomine
      @missasinenomine 5 лет назад +6

      @logicalempiricist2 This was 1961. We all lived at a slower pace then.

  • @ramonavenner3925
    @ramonavenner3925 2 года назад +28

    It is simply the most uplifting, enriching piece of music for me. It nourishes the soul and gives me solace when I need it and is where the soul can be comforted and can rest in times of trouble. It breaks my heart every time I hear it. Bach always said he wrote only for the glory of God. I cannot imagine anyone else composing such a beautiful, monumental piece of music which offers everything to a soul crying out for help. I listen to it during Holy Week and it brings the Passion and Death of Christ to life. I am not a church goer but this makes me believe.

    • @ilanfilip3257
      @ilanfilip3257 Год назад +1

      I simply&totally agree whit every word.goes deeply in your soul

  • @michelangelomodica6445
    @michelangelomodica6445 4 года назад +26

    LA VERSION inégalée et inégalable de cette Passion ! Merci maestro Klemperer ! Merci Jean-Sébastien !

  • @gretareinarsson7461
    @gretareinarsson7461 Год назад +25

    It’s one of those truly mesmerising, profound and epic recordings. It’s not possible to compare it to any other recording. It’s a standalone uniqueness and I think it should be regarded as such. This vibes out many historically “correct” recordings with it’s unbelievable depth, profoundness and just overall awesomeness in every way.

  • @guitarwaves1290
    @guitarwaves1290 3 года назад +40

    Wonderful version of this incredible masterpiece. Some of the greatest singers of the 20th century leave their legacy. This version is in my view played at the right speed, dignified, sombre, yet letting Bach's genius envelope you with every new bar.

    • @geiryvindeskeland7208
      @geiryvindeskeland7208 3 года назад +2

      guitar waves, «in my view»....In my view is not the best guide if we want to approach Bach’s time and atmosphere. We need knowlegde too. Otto Klemperer didn’t have to know anything about restoration because he was famous in his day. His performances were how most people liked to hear them. Therefore, Klemperer did not need to study ancient sources. But then interest in recreating the original Baroque style increased. To succed, musicans and conductors had to study ancient sources. That’s why «authentic» performances are so different from Klemperer’s. This old source is funny: The letter of employment to Bach from Leipzig 1723 is interesting: «...and I don’t want to perform any music that sounds like opera.»

  • @waynesmith3767
    @waynesmith3767 8 месяцев назад +4

    The style is out of fashion but it remains a great performance with amazing soloists, chorus and orchestra; Klemps was wonderful.

  • @neiltheblaze
    @neiltheblaze 2 года назад +19

    I don't care if it's wrong - it's magnificent.

  • @josepholeary3286
    @josepholeary3286 3 года назад +32

    I keep coming back to that incredibly slow and weighty performance of the opening chorus. So much majesty and cumulative noble grief pressed from Bach's score.

    • @cosmofoxgaming1268
      @cosmofoxgaming1268 3 года назад +6

      It’s simply astonishing

    • @srfgrn
      @srfgrn 3 года назад +5

      Yes. This is the first time I've listened to this version, and I did notice how slow it progresses. But your point is well taken -- it is "pressing" the grief from the score.

    • @vyolynoalex93
      @vyolynoalex93 2 года назад +4

      It is one of my favorite openings of all classical music. Other quicker performances lack the mystery of writings Bach wrote for larger ensembles

  • @jurgenrohrbach4499
    @jurgenrohrbach4499 Год назад +13

    Magnificent tempo. One of the most beautiful versions.

  • @IvanGreindl
    @IvanGreindl 4 года назад +38

    Probably the most accomplished performance I ever heard of this absolute masterwork...

    • @hadinamani3940
      @hadinamani3940 Год назад +2

      See the same masterpiece done by karl richter

  • @sotosotomura2767
    @sotosotomura2767 Год назад +3

    This is a performance entrusted to the future with deep remorse, anguish, a little hope. This beauty is a legacy for the future.

  • @mendoncacorreia
    @mendoncacorreia 3 года назад +17

    Otto Klemperer ran across Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau during a Vienna Festival.
    "Maestro", the singer said, "I had a dream the other night: Bach himself was praising me for my performance in St. Matthew Passion..."
    A couple of days later, they met again: "Dieskau", said the maestro, "I had a dream last night: I was talking to Bach and he told me he didn't know you..."

  • @canman5060
    @canman5060 7 лет назад +74

    This is most certainly not only the longest but also the most beautiful and profound performance of the St Matthew Passion.

  • @mckavitt
    @mckavitt 6 лет назад +44

    This may be the best large forces interpretation ever recorded. Every note pierces the tragic yet triumphant mystery that is the St Matthew Passion.

  • @bezaleel9265
    @bezaleel9265 6 лет назад +37

    The gold standard despite being recorded almost 6 decades ago.

  • @franznett7391
    @franznett7391 5 лет назад +45

    Christa Ludwig in "Erbarme dich " erschüttert zu Tränen...

    • @MrMoguer
      @MrMoguer 3 года назад +8

      Bei 2:00:15.

  • @brunhildeistegal2903
    @brunhildeistegal2903 11 месяцев назад +3

    I´m actually learning the alto vocal parts for choir II. The slow tempo helps a lot. none the less a stunning work. Mother of all passions. Thank you❤

  • @monicajager130
    @monicajager130 7 лет назад +50

    OMG!! This is the version from heavens!! And the cast, couldn't be more perfect, Fischer-Dieskau and friends!!! Thank you whoever uploaded it!! Al these new musicians and young conductors listen and learn!!!!!!!!!

    • @gaborpeterkovacs3075
      @gaborpeterkovacs3075 5 лет назад +4

      Bach to Eternity HALLELUJAH Best Conductor Best version

    • @geiryvindeskeland7208
      @geiryvindeskeland7208 3 года назад +2

      Monica Jager, I am sorry for my inadequate English. Why do the young conductos choose faster tempi? Because they make attempts to bring this music closer to the original style. They have studying old written sources with alot of useful information. Klemperer didn’t cared about restoring. It is nothing wrong if you prefer this performance, but for those of us who think it’s important to restore this old music, we have to support conductors and musicains with the knowlegde needed.

    • @prokastinatore
      @prokastinatore 2 года назад

      I totally agree! That's what in my mind, too. Kar Richter on top. Than Otto Klemperer. Even Leonard Bernstein gave a beautiful introduction to the St. Matthew Passion! Why are young conductors refusing the possibilities of our times?

  • @pedromoyaguzman7517
    @pedromoyaguzman7517 3 года назад +17

    I must say this is my favourite of "old school" versions. Beautiful and exciting playing. So commited!

  • @edmundgreen8041
    @edmundgreen8041 2 года назад +24

    This is a monumentally unfashionable rendition. It is awe-inspiring.

  • @gilbertaitken166
    @gilbertaitken166 5 лет назад +47

    Best version of the ST. Mathew Passion I have ever heard .

    • @annamcancarini6953
      @annamcancarini6953 5 лет назад +7

      Do not forget the VERY BEST, directed by Karl Richter!

    • @presentfuture7563
      @presentfuture7563 3 года назад +2

      @@annamcancarini6953 As long as Walter Berry is singing Mache Dich I'm happy

  • @Gabry2138
    @Gabry2138 5 лет назад +27

    Johann Sebastian...no one else in the human history could write BWV244, but God himself. And this rendering is as deep as beautiful...

    • @nicolascaste7928
      @nicolascaste7928 2 года назад +4

      Yes it does not sound human. Purely divine

    • @jorgelopez-pr6dr
      @jorgelopez-pr6dr 2 года назад

      I think that like in Handel's Messiah and Dante's Divine Comedy, God put His hand in it.

  • @Doraphobic
    @Doraphobic 4 года назад +11

    Masterpiece. Thank you for sharing!

  • @ΝηοπόλοςΔοτήρ
    @ΝηοπόλοςΔοτήρ 3 года назад +6

    Thank My God for J.S.Bach ...

  • @shanehuang5839
    @shanehuang5839 5 лет назад +16

    I couldn't believe what I just heard. Thank you Bach. Thank you Jesus Christ.

  • @robertallkin9016
    @robertallkin9016 3 года назад +32

    Maestro Klemperer can do no wrong in my humble opinion. His interpretation of this Bach masterpiece is exemplary.

    • @geiryvindeskeland7208
      @geiryvindeskeland7208 3 года назад +4

      Robert Allkin. If we talk about our personal tastes, everyone do it well, not only Klemperer. But if we want a performance closer to the original style, then we need knowlegde as well. The letter of employment to Bach from Leipzig 1723 is interesting: «...and I don’t want to perform any music that sounds like opera.» Otto Klemperer was famous in his day, and the general interest in restoring this old music was small. Therefore, Klemperer did not have to study old sources. But then interest in restoring Baroque music increased, which is why «authentic» versions sound different.

    • @beto1515
      @beto1515 Год назад +1

      This is considered the best performance of this masterpiece along with the Karl Richter performance.
      The new ones with period instruments are to fast or lack something else always

    • @Bareego
      @Bareego 6 месяцев назад

      @@beto1515 the thing is, modern instruments are superior in what they can achieve. For me most period style performances are of archeological interest, but how do they compare to a rendition like this ?

  • @seponvi
    @seponvi 5 лет назад +18

    Deep an clear performance of Klemperer the great master of slow but deep tempo !!!!! Once Thanks for sharing and I keep hear it :)

  • @jaysoper3974
    @jaysoper3974 3 года назад +6

    absolutely incredible group of soloists on this recording of this peerless Protestant masterpiece

  • @johndrayton8728
    @johndrayton8728 7 лет назад +9

    I don't believe there is a greater moment in all music than when "Wahrlich, dieser ist Gottes Sohn gewesen" is sung on this recording.

  • @wormswithteeth
    @wormswithteeth Год назад +6

    An Easter tradition for me now. I don't think you can get better from this blockbuster cast and players. Such a treat.

  • @saidtoshimaru1832
    @saidtoshimaru1832 7 лет назад +48

    Everytime I watch a documentary or read something about Klemperer, they fail to say how much he loved Bach's music, they hardly mention his Bach's recordings. This recording shows how important this music was to him.

    • @hwh1946
      @hwh1946 6 лет назад +5

      interesting. Maybe because is not a fashionable Bach interpreter nowadays?
      He made his reputation in Germany before WW2 as a champion of 20th century music. By modern standards he may be ponderous and too "romantic" but he gets to the soul of the music here and the story as well.

    • @opabinnier
      @opabinnier 5 лет назад +11

      Klemperer's recording of Matt Mass is the only one that gets the tempo right. Kommt Iht Toechter is devastatingly tragic and grand. I KNOW Bach meant it to be at exactly klemperer's slow tempo. Klemperer remains a giant among midgets. All Baroque music has been played too fast since the 70s... all my life I've been waiting for sense, for art, for musicianship to prevail- but it's no good- I no longer go to performances.

    • @bathtubbarracuda2581
      @bathtubbarracuda2581 5 лет назад +4

      @@opabinnier You just KNOW it, eh?

    • @opabinnier
      @opabinnier 5 лет назад +1

      @@bathtubbarracuda2581 Gosh I really went off on one there, didn't I LOL! See how passionate JSB makes us all. Truth is, this is the very recording that introduced the Matthew P to me when I was a kid and it was a WOW moment. I still stand by what I say about the mishandled tempos generally... the situation seems to have been improving. It's like there is more intelligence around now among interpreters. Or something! Anyway BB, hi5!

    • @geiryvindeskeland7208
      @geiryvindeskeland7208 3 года назад

      Pindar Corinna about the opening choir, quote: «I KNOW…» No, you don’t and here’s the explanation. The time signature is 12/8, tempo ordinario. We know they counted four beats in each measure - heartbeat. Klemperer’s pace in the opening choir produces 32 heartbeats per minute. If we ask a doctor if 32 heartbeats are enough for an adult human to function normally, the answer will be no, it goes too slowly. That’s why we realize Klemperer’s pace is too slow. Your personal taste is not guide good enough, you also need knowlegde. Therefore, old music is often performed in faser tempi in recent performances. There are conductors and musicians who have studied old written sources, something Klemperer never showed interest.

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima 2 года назад +13

    This deep sorrow and solemnity are unrivaled, and this wonderfulness is off the charts

  • @pokerfacej
    @pokerfacej 4 года назад +6

    Listening this today(Good Friday) when church gathering is not possible, i understand music could be more than melody and something close to warship.
    I appreciate Bach and all the musicians who participated in this music making.

  • @displaychicken
    @displaychicken 5 лет назад +11

    This channel has significantly improved my life. You are doing a service to mankind, I truly mean that.

  • @Teddy_Toto
    @Teddy_Toto 7 лет назад +41

    This interpretation is truly beautiful. Otto Klemperer knows all the unique features of the Passion: the enshrouding of Christ's voice in the ethereal strings, the melding of the chorus with the arias, the development of the chorales, the major within the minor keys... I agree with everyone here: this is the best.

    • @robinrubendunst869
      @robinrubendunst869 6 лет назад +5

      This is beautifully paced. I wonder how fast Bach would have conducted it?

    • @jeffsmith3470
      @jeffsmith3470 6 лет назад +5

      Phaedra Ovid I agree. The tempo is beautiful. I’ve often wondered the same thing. What would Bach have taken this at in tempo? One aspect of the Passion that stands out to me in terms of tempo is the contrast between the voice of Christ and the chorus of high priests.

    • @crimeandpunishment1130
      @crimeandpunishment1130 6 лет назад +7

      This atmosphere what Klemperer created, I suppose bach would have approved that.

    • @mirko9072
      @mirko9072 5 лет назад +6

      AuthenticSound compared on his channel the finale of this recording and that of Koopman, which was like 100% faster. If one should draw a line, it is certainly the latter version that would have shocked it's author, not Klemperer's!

    • @rfv618
      @rfv618 4 года назад +2

      @@mirko9072 authenticsound is anything but. It's OK to like slower tempi but his arguments don't stand to the slightest academic scrutiny. From an artistic point of view it's OK to listen to and play music at the speed you feel it (I love this tempo AND Gardiner's for example) but he needs to get off his soapbox.

  • @canman5060
    @canman5060 7 лет назад +34

    Many thanks to Felix Mendelssohn for re discovering this greatest master piece a year after the death of Ludwig Van Beethoven which got completely sunk during the "block and column harmonise music with occasional touch of the base of Mr Alberti " of the classical era.

    • @Spc1904
      @Spc1904 6 лет назад +8

      I couldn't agree more. Even if Mendelssohn done nothing else, we should remember him for bringing Bach to a wider public.

    • @renansilva5418
      @renansilva5418 Год назад +1

      what u mean with ''block and column harmonise music with occasional touch of the base of Mr Alberti ''?

  • @ThePacific32
    @ThePacific32 3 года назад +6

    Sublime, insurpassé ! Bach-Klemperer for ever !

  • @רוםברוסטין
    @רוםברוסטין Год назад +2

    Absolutely love the tempo thank you

  • @joeowens6180
    @joeowens6180 2 года назад +6

    Undoubtedly the cast of the century for sure! It's a shame we cannot see these great ones, or watch the orchestra! Yes, it is at the older style tempo, but very smooth, and the great voices make it a triumph.

  • @janus770
    @janus770 7 лет назад +17

    ### Many Thanks Great !!!!! .......
    ► ►► Eternity and Immortality are here !! (in this performance)

  • @dimmo696
    @dimmo696 6 лет назад +15

    Amazing - this has the power and melody of a modern performance and the lightness of touch of a period interpretation. What is not to like?

  • @jesuszavalaaylas2258
    @jesuszavalaaylas2258 5 лет назад +8

    Bellísima obra de JSB ,conmueve escuchar esta obra.Otto Klemperer extraordinario.

  • @alexiosspanides3444
    @alexiosspanides3444 Год назад +4

    Heaven touches Earth...

  • @displaychicken
    @displaychicken 5 лет назад +6

    Your channel is absolutely phenomenal. It’s actually improving my life

  • @stephenestall9044
    @stephenestall9044 7 лет назад +28

    A magnificent performance and recording which puts so many so-called 'authentic' performances in the shade

    • @geiryvindeskeland7208
      @geiryvindeskeland7208 7 лет назад +2

      Stephen Estall, I am sorry for my inadequate English. Scholars wants to show the great composer some respect. Therefore they make attempts to restore this masterpiece, in other words - authentic performances.

    • @hejla4524
      @hejla4524 6 лет назад +3

      This is the best version, can't be improved.

    • @franciscoespinozagamboa6490
      @franciscoespinozagamboa6490 6 лет назад

      absolutamente de acuerdo con Stephen

    • @lemonemmi
      @lemonemmi 6 лет назад +3

      I do not think for a second that Bach wanted this to be rushed through, even how many scholars I'm up against. An oratorio with highly emotional text played with ludicrous speed displays a poor taste, something Bach certainly did not have.

    • @geiryvindeskeland7208
      @geiryvindeskeland7208 3 года назад +1

      lemonemmi. Well, if you don’t want to listen to scholars, do you listen to the doctors? The opening chorus, with the time signature 12/8, has 32 beats per minute in this version. We know they counted four beats in each measure - heartbeat. So now you can ask the doctors if an adult human can function nomally wth 32 heartbeats per minute, and the answer will be no, we can’t. Well, then we knowKlemperer’s pace in the opening chorus is too slow. The connection between different time signatures and different tempi was an established practice long before Bach’s time, but Klemperer did not care about such things. He chose tempi based on the tradition he himself was familiar with, a tradition unknown to Bach. Continue

  • @francoispallud1215
    @francoispallud1215 7 лет назад +6

    Thanks for this fantastic interprétation.Merci pour votre post ,c'est une interprétation magnifique,qui pour moi est l'égal de Scherchen

  • @sheldonsheldon4412
    @sheldonsheldon4412 3 года назад +4

    sublime

  • @hank3339
    @hank3339 4 года назад +5

    Beautiful, thank you!

  • @cosmofoxgaming1268
    @cosmofoxgaming1268 3 года назад +12

    This is the best recording of SMP of all time in my opinion. The correct tempo for me. Simply chilling and awe inspiring.

    • @beto1515
      @beto1515 Год назад

      And you are not wrong according to recording critics this became reference recording along with Karl Richter's Recordings too

  • @erikgraveleau8320
    @erikgraveleau8320 2 года назад +2

    Un chef d'œuvre qui vous cloue (sans mauvais jeu de mots) et qui vous emmène droit au ciel...voire plus haut encore🙌 PS : merci aux pages de publicité qui nous offrent quelques moments de répit au cours de notre ascension. 😉

    • @benjamindemornay1444
      @benjamindemornay1444 5 месяцев назад

      En fait c'est la croix qui nous mène au ciel parce qu'elle expie nos fautes

  • @johndrayton8728
    @johndrayton8728 7 лет назад +30

    With rushed, soulless Bach-lite all the fashion these days it is wonderful to hear this greatest of masterpieces given the performance it truly deserves.

    • @josepholeary3286
      @josepholeary3286 3 года назад

      But the speedy is not necessarily soulless as this shows: ruclips.net/video/E7ECsfEEF2M/видео.html

    • @geiryvindeskeland7208
      @geiryvindeskeland7208 3 года назад +3

      John Drayton. «Fashion?» No, faster tempi has nothing to do with fashion, but knowlegde - science. Faster tempi in recent performances is due to the fact that conductors and musicians have studied old written sources, which Klemperer was not interested in.

    • @quantumpiss4206
      @quantumpiss4206 2 года назад +2

      not soulless at all to be honest

    • @MorganHayes_Composer.Pianist
      @MorganHayes_Composer.Pianist Год назад

      @@geiryvindeskeland7208 spot-on. There's an impressive gravitas to parts of the Klemperer recording, but the lack of flow in a number like 'mach dich , mein herze, rein' borders on the comical.

  • @mk5244
    @mk5244 5 лет назад +15

    ....An Opus magnum performed by a cast of historic vocal icons under the baton of a giant among the great Maestri. Only OK could do it that way and be called Reference even decades after this recording.
    Mi piace moltissimo

    • @srfgrn
      @srfgrn 3 года назад +1

      "historic vocal icons" -- Rest In Peace Christa!

  • @juliomazzarolo5660
    @juliomazzarolo5660 7 лет назад +5

    This is a wonderfull masterpiece. Thanks for sharing this work and another pearls. One of the best channels in RUclips.

  • @gdg1963
    @gdg1963 4 года назад +7

    Nothing but THE BEST to honor the Lord JESUS CHRIST יהושוע

  • @ursulapainter5787
    @ursulapainter5787 6 лет назад +26

    The tempi are perfect. Mr. Klemperer knew what he was doing.

    • @mk5244
      @mk5244 4 года назад +1

      ....yes, he was indeed. From the great JSB to Richard Wagner, Maestro Klemperer still makes me speechless and listening in awe.
      RDS

    • @geiryvindeskeland7208
      @geiryvindeskeland7208 3 года назад

      Ursula Painter, many people prefer this slow tempi, and it is nothing wrong by doing that. But old written sources shows us that Klemperer’s tempi are too slow.

  • @jananemcova4003
    @jananemcova4003 2 года назад +1

    Je na místě poděkovat za tuto nádheru!

  • @johnvalentine4720
    @johnvalentine4720 Год назад +2

    Is it too much to say that listening to this great masterpiece is a life changing moment? I don't think so.

  • @Bareego
    @Bareego 6 месяцев назад +1

    I've been listening my way through the many different versions of this work on youtube, and listening to this one is like a veil has been lifted. So much depth and impact, I love it. For me the first part is like Jesus dragging the cross along, with sorrow and determination. So many modern interpretations play it way too fast, as if it was a frolick in the park.

  • @sdnikko8960
    @sdnikko8960 3 года назад +4

    I subscribed because of this specific recording. It's wonderful. Thank you Classical Music/ /Reference Recording. This would definitely qualify as a reference and with Klemperer's broad style of conducting the spirit of Bach's inspired music comes across with clarity and boldness (some chorales: 48:28, 1:55:43, 3:11:20 ).

  • @peachlirach
    @peachlirach 2 года назад +2

    Glorious.

  • @8mobydick
    @8mobydick 5 лет назад +43

    Perhaps the supreme version of this work I ever heard. The "historical" versions (Gardiner, Koopman, Herrewegue, Suzuki, etc.), with their light tempi, sounds mechanical to me in comparison to this strong devotional reading. Klemperer was powerful but very subtle too.

    • @thomasdent742
      @thomasdent742 5 лет назад +16

      Slowness and heaviness do not equal devotion.
      Fast tempi and lighter articulations do not equal lack of devotion.
      This may be a good performance, but no point rubbishing others that sound very different (but equally devoted and serious).

    • @cosmofoxgaming1268
      @cosmofoxgaming1268 3 года назад +5

      @@thomasdent742 played slow, it really lets the melodies and harmonies play out. It sinks in, and hits your soul like a comet.

  • @donnasherwood283
    @donnasherwood283 3 года назад +6

    Yes it is one of the best. Outrageous amount of commercial interruptions for a work like this

  • @alanbash2921
    @alanbash2921 2 года назад +4

    Pure Gold .

  • @MarkFarago
    @MarkFarago Год назад

    Was würde ich dafür geben, heute noch einmal so eine Matthäus-Passion live zu hören....

  • @jameslyon7234
    @jameslyon7234 2 года назад +3

    Excellent version, very tragic. I love the Philarmonia Choir and Boys of Hampstead Parish Church Choir.

  • @wvw1281
    @wvw1281 Год назад

    Eine großartige Aufnahme. Die ruhigen und erhabenen Tempi Klemperer's sind dem großen religiösen Thema angemessen. Alle Sänger gehören zu den besten ihrer Zeit! Habe selten eine vergleichbar bewegende Matthäus Passion gehört, auch wenn sie nicht völlig der Aufführungspraxis zur Zeit Johann Sebastian Bachs entsprechen mag. Danke !

  • @arteguey
    @arteguey 7 лет назад +25

    Although I think there is no such a thing as "the best" interpretation, I must admitt that this is THE BEST Bach's St. Matthew Passion. I agree with Janus 770: Eternity and Inmortality are here in this performance. The Penguin Stereo Record Guide, many many years ago said about this performance that in the presence of its grandeur, "points of style and interpretation dwindle into insignificance". I am a freethinker but this Passion makes me come close to the idea of a God... Thanks to Otto Klemperer, the Great.

    • @jshaers96
      @jshaers96 7 лет назад

      "Eternity and Inmortality are here in this performance"
      I agree with you about the 'eternal' bit, the bloody thing goes on forever here. I don't think Bach is served by a performance that tries to bore the listener into unconsciousness.

    • @arteguey
      @arteguey 7 лет назад +5

      With all due respect, what you call "unconsciousness" I consider but "higher states of consciousness". Of course, all this is a matter of different opinions... anddifferent feelings as well.

    • @55archduke
      @55archduke 7 лет назад +5

      Otto, as in his other greatest recordings (German Requiem, Das Lied, Missa Solemnis) puts the Fear of God in you. And as an atheist, I think that is a great and profound thing. As for his length, if you don't appreciate it that is your problem. His Eroica is twice as long as others', and it is the best, as another example. Are you in a hurry for the judgement day?

    • @guilherme1957
      @guilherme1957 7 лет назад +1

      arteguey, yes, i fell the same: "...this Passion makes me come close to the idea of a God..."

    • @assepoesjenoordijk3669
      @assepoesjenoordijk3669 7 лет назад

      arteguey he corned and he is out! ^-^

  • @jaikee9477
    @jaikee9477 4 года назад +7

    12:40 No words to describe this.

  • @SoportePcEmpresa
    @SoportePcEmpresa Год назад

    Gracias,. Colombia. BOGOTA D.C..

  • @francisco7jcs
    @francisco7jcs Год назад +4

    Passam os anos, mas Bach escuta-se sempre como se fosse a primeira vez...

    • @fidelio5390
      @fidelio5390 2 месяца назад

      Seltsam, daß Sie das "erste Mal" des Hörens offenbar als besonders schön empfinden... Ist es nicht eher so, daß mit jedem erneuten Hören das Verständnis und damit auch der Genuß wächst?

  • @shin-i-chikozima
    @shin-i-chikozima Год назад +1

    This is where my soul rests , and the stronghold of my soul

  • @lsmith145
    @lsmith145 7 лет назад +9

    Thank you dearly... the best channel on youtube

    • @classicalmusicreference
      @classicalmusicreference  7 лет назад +3

      thank you very much for this nice compliment that rewards our work.

    • @dejanstevanic5408
      @dejanstevanic5408 4 года назад

      I completely agree with you. They are really the best one and it needs to be repeated.

  • @jean-baptistelemen3681
    @jean-baptistelemen3681 4 года назад +24

    I would rather not partake into the contempt displayed towards "hitorically informed" interpretations in the comment section, which I find just as little worthy of music lovers as the contempt displayed by their snobby counterparts, still I must admit this Matthaus Passion lets us hear what only very few recordings manage: a kind of extremely subtle, quasi-mystical silverlike irisation, that I personally relate to what you can sometime percieve in Van Eyck or Gustave Moreau's paintings, or in Dreyer and Tarkovski's movies. Almost all recordings of Maria Yudina have it, which is (one of) the reason(s) why she's by rather far my favourite interpret. (If you never listenned to the Hammerklavier version of Yudina, I urge you to do so, it is a true marvel)

  • @aritraahamed9907
    @aritraahamed9907 3 года назад +3

    Divine!

  • @Vanchy58
    @Vanchy58 6 лет назад +7

    Yo apenas era un niño de tres años cuando se grabó esta excepcional versión de la Pasión según San Mateo de J. S. Bach. Maravilloso testimonio para la posteridad!!

  • @Chamorrov
    @Chamorrov 5 лет назад +6

    Best sopranos ever i've heard of this recording on Herzliebster Jesu, just a little bit slow, but sopranos, wow

  • @dielotosblume1205
    @dielotosblume1205 3 года назад +3

    Terrific rendition 😀😀

  • @dominiquegrace6523
    @dominiquegrace6523 5 лет назад +13

    simply the best performance ever!!!

    • @jasonhurd4379
      @jasonhurd4379 2 года назад

      RUclips Premium. Haven't seen one ad since I signed up. Worth the money.

  • @michaelrg3836
    @michaelrg3836 Год назад +1

    52:29 and 55:35 Gedda is superb here, no other tenor comes close to his emotional intensity.

  • @hellensmelova752
    @hellensmelova752 2 года назад +2

    Восхищает Христа Людвиг с её божественным Erbarme Dich, Mein Got .. Просто бальзам... Вообще, на мой взгляд у Клемперера лучшая интерпретация, логичные темпы, драматургическая выстроенность.. Благодарю за шикарную оцифровку записи!!!

  • @aaronjohns3997
    @aaronjohns3997 6 лет назад +9

    THIS is the most beautiful, drawing, fervent, biggest performance of this work. Amazing. Very far beyond the second-rounders: Furtwangler Stockholm 1952, Bohm, Sawallisch, Jochum, Colin Davis. ... Mengelberg 1939 Concertgeboughw is interesting but not so beautiful

  • @bettinapuentes7171
    @bettinapuentes7171 3 года назад +6

    Me fascina... Gracias Dios 🕊️✨🎼✨

  • @mk5244
    @mk5244 5 лет назад +25

    ....I have never heard inappropriate tempi by Maestro Klemperer. He was able to convince an orchestra to hold the musical line til the last beat of the last bar. And he was fully aware of what he was demanding. Certainly no democratic conductor, but they must have been happy under his baton.
    RDS

  • @TheoKoulouris
    @TheoKoulouris 4 года назад +3

    I wonder how surprised must, the people, have been who first listened to this masterpiece on Sunday's Mass.

    • @gilessteve
      @gilessteve 3 года назад +1

      I doubt it sounded nearly this good!

  • @gwanghyeongim768
    @gwanghyeongim768 4 года назад +7

    I feel like crying for some reasons

  • @ettoredipugnar6990
    @ettoredipugnar6990 3 года назад +3

    Bestrecorded version !

  • @rutepaes7867
    @rutepaes7867 2 года назад +4

    Simplesmente belíssimo perfeito maravilhoso

  • @augustinedennis4865
    @augustinedennis4865 6 лет назад +7

    Klemperer the best interpreter of The St. Matthew Passion

    • @franciscoespinozagamboa6490
      @franciscoespinozagamboa6490 5 лет назад

      ...also K.Richter

    • @m9m7m3
      @m9m7m3 5 лет назад

      also Ton Koopman
      @@franciscoespinozagamboa6490

    • @missasinenomine
      @missasinenomine 5 лет назад

      He's O.K. (Otto Klemperer)

    • @geiryvindeskeland7208
      @geiryvindeskeland7208 3 года назад

      Augustine Dennis, you are probably right about those who are not interested in restoring this old music. But for those of us who think it is important, we know that old sources do not support Klemperer’s performance.

  • @littlekiwi9724
    @littlekiwi9724 5 лет назад +4

    I usually prefer period instrument performances of Bach BUT Nicolai Gedda's "O schmerz" 52:30, and the aria that follows ("Ich will bei meinem Jesu") is to me the finest recording. His voice practically sears with white hot emotion. Beautiful!

  • @augustinedennis4865
    @augustinedennis4865 6 лет назад +5

    Best ever

  • @jorgeurzuaurzua4011
    @jorgeurzuaurzua4011 5 лет назад +7

    Und Siehe, Einer Aus Denen (1:23:25) sounds bettter in this recording that in any I have heard. The slower tempo increases the tension and underlines the contrast between the delicate soprano voices, and the climactic anguished screams of the choirs. On the contrary, in O Mensch, Bewein Dein Sunde Groß (1:26:11) the tempo may have been a touch too slow. In matters of individual taste we will never find a final agreement. However, there is no doubt that Klemperer version (just like Karl Richter's) becomes a statement and a point of reference. You may prefer a different approach, faster tempo, period instruments, smaller ensembles, and it is fine. But this recording will remain a reality to be reckoned with. Like a stone cathedral.

  • @alexo4678
    @alexo4678 5 лет назад +5

    Esta es para mi gusto la mejor versión de esta obra. Lenta, pausada, dramática, triste, solo escuchen a las sopranos del 10:07 al 10:37 (me parece oír a las mujeres llorando por Jesús en el viacrucis) yo me pregunto cómo se hubiera escuchado con timbales y metales! Se que el maestro tenía la filosofía de que ésta instrumentación era para obras o momentos más festivos, se nota en el cambio dramático del kirye al gloria de la misa en si menor, no me mal entiendan, la obra es perfecta así como está. En fin, Dios lo bendiga dónde sea que esté maestro.

  • @WinrichNaujoks
    @WinrichNaujoks 3 года назад +2

    How are the lungs of the poor wind instrumentalists big enough to play it at that speed? True heroes!

  • @sergeysimkin3263
    @sergeysimkin3263 2 года назад +1

    Великолепное исполнение ! Спасибо за публикацию .

  • @fernandofernandezgar
    @fernandofernandezgar 7 лет назад +11

    Sin duda la mejor versión de todos los tiempos. Colosal, monolítica, germánica, hierática. He buscado y escuchado cuantas versiones andan por ahí y las hay buenas (Fritz Lehmann, Richter, Karajan, Gönnenwein, Harnoncourt, Suzuki, Rilling ), pero ninguna supera a esta. He buscado y escuchado cuantas versiones andan por ahí del aria "Können Tränen meiner Wangen" y del aria "Erbarme dich, mein Gott, um meiner Zähren willen" sin ir mas lejos y debo decir que todas están muy atrás de las de esta versión. Absoluta referencia, Bach-Klemperer durarán por siempre en esta grabación.

    • @franciscoespinozagamboa6490
      @franciscoespinozagamboa6490 5 лет назад

      Estoy de acuerdo contigo, como dices, es una versión colosal, de acuerdo al carácter de la obra.-

    • @abdennurprado3673
      @abdennurprado3673 5 лет назад +1

      Una muestra de como la imponente masa sonora de una gran orquesta romántica ahoga la delicadeza y la jovialidad de la música barroca. Desfigura a Bach hasta convertirlo en un músico lento, pesado, moroso.

    • @franciscoespinozagamboa6490
      @franciscoespinozagamboa6490 5 лет назад +1

      @@abdennurprado3673 ¿orquesta romántica? Es una orquesta sinfónica obviamente que con instrumentos modernos. Si los compositores del barroco hubieran tenido la fortuna de contar en calidad y número con instrumentos como los modernos con todas sus potencialidades, no cabe dudas que habrían desechado los instrumentos antiguos con todas sus limitaciones.

    • @fernandofernandezgar
      @fernandofernandezgar 5 лет назад

      @@abdennurprado3673 ¿Jovialidad en una Pasión?...por favor. Saludos y cambio y fuera.