Vatican 1600 (Allegri's Miserere performed by the Tallis Scholars)

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  • Опубликовано: 22 авг 2024
  • This recording of Gregorio Allegri's glorious Miserere is perhaps the purest, most definitive sound ever achieved by a professional choir. It was performed by the Tallis Scholars under the direction of Peter Phillips and recorded by Gimell Records in the early 1980s.
    The photos I took inside St. Peter's Basilica in Rome in 1997 without filters or flash. It was a little dark that day and the lighting wasn't so good so the pictures are a bit grainy.

Комментарии • 469

  • @nickwyatt3243
    @nickwyatt3243 8 лет назад +304

    Can you imagine what the effect of hearing this would have been circa 1500, 1600 or 1700? It must have seemed that they were hearing the infinite; touching the veil, transcending existence.

    • @Sionnach1601
      @Sionnach1601 8 лет назад +47

      +Nick Wyatt "...they were hearing the infinite; touching the veil, transcending existence." - beautifully put, btw.
      It *still* does.

    • @elizabethschmitz5435
      @elizabethschmitz5435 8 лет назад +13

      +Sionnach1601 Yes!!!! This feeling, this beauty, this lifting of the soul to higher things; this is what you feel when you know humanity is putting their divinely-bestowed gifts to good use.
      I tend to think that a great number of the dislikes must have not listened to more than a few minutes in. Well. They don't know what they're missing!

    • @X-11
      @X-11 8 лет назад +17

      i have been listening to this for years now and i just notice the dislikes (after reading your comment). i never thought something as pure as this could be hated...

    • @elizabethschmitz5435
      @elizabethschmitz5435 8 лет назад +4

      Indeed!

    • @kennethpalmowski-wolfe7923
      @kennethpalmowski-wolfe7923 7 лет назад +3

      CH: There is no accounting for taste, or lack thereof.

  • @CasperTheGhost64
    @CasperTheGhost64 8 лет назад +158

    The first song to ever be pirated.

    • @touficsarkis283
      @touficsarkis283 8 лет назад +11

      by the 2nd greatest of all time

    • @AtomAndRose
      @AtomAndRose 7 лет назад

      Toufic Sarkis Who is number 1?

    • @el7284
      @el7284 7 лет назад +4

      xGattsu Bach, apparently

    • @birdingbum17
      @birdingbum17 6 лет назад +5

      Actually, the first to be pirated was Greensleeves, which was composed far earlier than this piece.

    • @agarryking
      @agarryking 5 лет назад +1

      And well worth it.

  • @Ethericrose
    @Ethericrose 6 лет назад +33

    This makes my heart ache and my soul joyful. It gives me a longing for a time I have felt and known before. A time when flesh was not needed, a time in the realms of spirit. My heart aches for that peace my soul remembers.

  • @NinuRenee
    @NinuRenee 10 лет назад +53

    One cannot express in mere words how beautiful this is

  • @queenjoanne1984
    @queenjoanne1984 9 лет назад +43

    One of the most beautiful things I have ever heard!

    • @guyroberts2534
      @guyroberts2534 6 лет назад +1

      Joanne Goodwill I love this tune so much it's arguably the best

  • @nevid9483
    @nevid9483 7 лет назад +27

    I'm not religious in any way, but when you won't agree that this is beautiful you have an issue... sorry, but that is the truth.
    Every night for almost 1 month I start this video and sleep to this music.

    • @rogertraylor7288
      @rogertraylor7288 3 года назад +1

      You don't have to be a believer to enjoy and admire music crafted for religious purposes!

    • @sebo3e
      @sebo3e 3 года назад

      Dear freind have you ever tough about this song how it touch your heart and hear something close what is telling you with kindess to reach you? A voice which wants to hold you who waits by your heart by telling our Lord your problems and fears we can tell him everything what ever or not you are ready its your choice to decide in prayer to answer what do you think?

    • @NoBadPit
      @NoBadPit 2 года назад

      I wake up this everyday. It just fascinates me that Brother Mozart memorized this piece. I say Brother n/c he was a Freemason.

  • @argorokodile
    @argorokodile 11 лет назад +25

    I'm not religious at all, although I can still appreciate this wonderful music.
    It is one of the most amazing pieces I have ever heard in my life.

    • @papagenoharto
      @papagenoharto 3 года назад

      This and "SPEM IN ALIUM" by Taliis are new paragraph. INCEDIBLE

    • @AluminiumT6
      @AluminiumT6 11 месяцев назад

      As long as you keep in mind the fact that irreligious people are literally incapable of making anything close to this.

    • @humpbackmedia
      @humpbackmedia 4 месяца назад

      @@AluminiumT6😂

    • @AluminiumT6
      @AluminiumT6 4 месяца назад

      @@humpbackmedia 😂🫵

  • @Dd4V
    @Dd4V 12 лет назад +11

    Probably the most sublime piece of music I`ve ever heard.

  • @ga1actic_muffin
    @ga1actic_muffin 10 лет назад +22

    this + fantasy game = 24:7 non stop playing.

  • @joyanna218
    @joyanna218 7 лет назад +14

    Such divine sounds the human voice can make... nor am I religious, but this is beauty that embraces me to the depths of my soul

    • @mikidavis2568
      @mikidavis2568 7 лет назад +6

      The finest instrument in the world is the human voice. All others are poor immitations.

    • @PaulZink
      @PaulZink 7 лет назад

      Many violinists would argue that point with you!

  • @yugandali
    @yugandali 12 лет назад +31

    I was shocked the first time I heard this: can this be human?
    I listened to the CD hundreds of times, and was overjoyed when the Tallis Scholars came to Taipei and sang this.
    Thank you for posting!

  • @phikep
    @phikep 10 лет назад +19

    I heard this for the first time about 5 years ago at the start of the Lenten season and it moved me so much that I felt pleading of the words and was literally brought to tears during Holy Mass; exactly where I needed to be during Lent.

  • @SkaterTE
    @SkaterTE 3 года назад +2

    This song is a reminder that no human is greater than other human being. God is our creator. We had created so many beautiful things and so did he.

  • @reinhardlohmann4500
    @reinhardlohmann4500 10 лет назад +11

    Just gives me Goose bumps all over...

  • @goldernera
    @goldernera 9 лет назад +75

    I can't believe 35 people disliked this godly music. God bless x

    • @suyuyang9728
      @suyuyang9728 8 лет назад +1

      Cannot people have different tastes?

    • @paradoxicalcanons
      @paradoxicalcanons 8 лет назад +8

      +Suyu yang I have to admit to being a bit mystified by the "dislikes" myself. It
      stands to reason that people have different tastes and that's perfectly
      understandable. I applaud that. I encourage it. I just can't quite understand why
      anyone would bother to waste the energy posting something negative when
      one can simply just move on.

    • @TheFlowerkraft
      @TheFlowerkraft 7 лет назад +8

      Believe it. There will always be people who will not be receptive to our Lord. Just as there is good there is also evil. But let those of us who believe, pray for those who don't even if we get scoffed at.

    • @isoejr
      @isoejr 7 лет назад

      Now there aare 47 dislikes1

    • @cordeliav3055
      @cordeliav3055 6 лет назад

      Now there are 49. Can't imagine why those people just don't move on. Perhaps they are mentally defective.

  • @seyimartins5560
    @seyimartins5560 7 лет назад +16

    This one of my favorite classical pieces. That give me a feel of the presence of God each time; which proves that God is with us at all time.

    • @X-11
      @X-11 7 лет назад +3

      i am not religious but i agree 100%, it lightens the soul. this is so beautiful.

    • @lucillebonds4332
      @lucillebonds4332 4 года назад +2

      Seyi Martins This is not a classical piece. This is a religious music. This is a Plea for mercy towards the Creator when King David committed sin with Bathsheba and he had Bathsheba's husband killed in battle because Bathsheba was carrying his child. You should read this part of the OT how David plotted the killing of Bathsheba's husband.

  • @KingCajete
    @KingCajete 9 лет назад +252

    This wasn't composed by Mozart. It was composed by Gregorio Allegri an Italian composer. It was made strictly for the Vatican church for the Sistine Chapel during special services. At only 14 Mozart transcribed it by memory and reproduced the song. Technically, piracy. =)

    • @americanswan
      @americanswan 9 лет назад +35

      Supposedly, Mozart only heard it twice. Smart kid.

    • @cliffordmccurdy9375
      @cliffordmccurdy9375 8 лет назад +10

      +Bert Jete --- and he was chastised by the Pope for this illegal activity!

    • @chamiseui
      @chamiseui 8 лет назад +26

      the first person to illegally get music

    • @sunflowerlulu4043
      @sunflowerlulu4043 8 лет назад +2

      +Bert Jete trueeee!!!!!

    • @EnricoPolanski
      @EnricoPolanski 8 лет назад +6

      +Bert Jete It's not exactly the same version the Choir of the Sistine Chapel sings.

  • @Arthur-yf9yv
    @Arthur-yf9yv 3 года назад +3

    Can’t believe I first heard this in the film Maurice. The guy ends up being an atheist and skipping chapel as much as he dare at university. It doesn’t play for long in the film but it’s so beautiful…

  • @jareds4991
    @jareds4991 9 лет назад +34

    I'm not religious at all.....But still.....WOW. What a group of talented singers creating some beautiful sounds!!

  • @lucillebonds4332
    @lucillebonds4332 4 года назад +4

    Here are 3 beautiful Prayers you can pray every morning maybe at 4 or 5.
    Psalm 66 May God show us grace and blessing;
    Psalm 50 Have mercy on me O God, according to Thy great mercy;
    Canticle of Zachariae, St. Luke 1, 68-79 Blessed be the Lord, the God of Israel.

    • @elizabethsohler6516
      @elizabethsohler6516 3 года назад

      Ps. 50 is one of the texts used here.The other is the Lord's Prayer. Allegri alternated lines from the two texts in this piece.

  • @MiriamTherese
    @MiriamTherese 10 лет назад +12

    We listen to this every Maundy Thursday while meditating on Our Lord's sufferings. To me, it's the most perfect religious piece ever written.

    • @ParawhoreLoL
      @ParawhoreLoL 10 лет назад +2

      If only you weren't completely wasting your time. But the piece is fantastic.

    • @ParawhoreLoL
      @ParawhoreLoL 10 лет назад +3

      Thanks i hope your skeletal fedora is tipped to me. I try.

  • @natashaAwr
    @natashaAwr 5 лет назад +9

    Amazing, Heavenly, mesmerizing, uplifting, infinite, Angelic, awakening, inspiring 💖

    • @lucillebonds4332
      @lucillebonds4332 4 года назад +1

      Natasha B. You can pray this as an Act of Contrition the same way as the CONFITEOR morning and nighttime.

  • @tomandband
    @tomandband 7 лет назад +5

    I sung this when I was a young teenager, now I'm 22. How times change, however this piece still remains magical.

  • @londonfoggy
    @londonfoggy 9 лет назад +10

    I believe that God sends us beautiful things like this to see a small glimpse of heaven...

  • @DweeD1516
    @DweeD1516 4 года назад +9

    This is the best version I have ever heard of this. I've listen to this exact version hundreds of times now. Thank you.

  • @Pinchton
    @Pinchton 10 лет назад +10

    I love chorale works (inspired by my time in a church choir and school choir) and this is one of the best.
    It brings goosebumps on my arms every time I hear it.
    Also a lump to the throat.

  • @pamelawilliamson1076
    @pamelawilliamson1076 9 лет назад +30

    This music is too beautiful for any words of mine. I just love to let it wash over me

  • @gilbertonwu8333
    @gilbertonwu8333 7 лет назад +1

    God is love. Have mercy on us Lord. Create a clean heart for me O God and renew in me a steadfast spirit ...wash me completely from my guilt and cleanse me from my sin ... I acknowledge my iniquity. There is no mercy without forgiveness. You forgive me Lord for you have shown mercy to me. And you know everything ... You know that I love you.

  • @Sionnach1601
    @Sionnach1601 6 лет назад +8

    It saddens me a bit when I see haters, mockers of Christians and Christianity, but also Christians judging their fellow human being. Both the haters and the Catholic judgers should both desist as both are wrong.
    This piece ultimately is supposed to be about LOVE. It is about absolute love for whatever great 'thing' it is that you believe in. But also it should be about the *giving over completely* of oneself, absolute surrender because of love, acceptance of one's place in the Universe, and faith that one will always be welcomed, embraced, and loved - never judged.
    This is what is starkly missing in all these comments. The Christian's Jesus gave himself over amidst much suffering, hoping his sacrifice would help uplift others. We won't worry about the judgement of the others or why he needed to do it for the "sinners".
    He just did it in a supreme act of self-sacrifice and love for them, and love for his father. No finer thing could be or would ever be done. I'm not a Christian, but the beauty of the act, and the agony he is supposed to have suffered, for love, LOVE, brings me to tears right now. No judgment or conditions. People are missing this in this whole forum. It's sublime, it's sweet, it's so tender and asks nothing in return. Can't you all see? Stop your fighting now. Stay your hard words for each other.
    Charles Dickens' words, I think, voice Christ's beautiful, ultimate thoughts at the time:
    "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."

    • @RiaLake
      @RiaLake 6 лет назад +3

      Sionnah1601: Beautifully expressed. I concur.

    • @Sionnach1601
      @Sionnach1601 4 года назад

      @@RiaLake Thank you, God bless

    • @Sionnach1601
      @Sionnach1601 4 года назад

      @Earth Dweller Thank you too ED. Absolutely, I don't think many 'get' that, Christians and non-Christians alike, that he was / is a "Universal God for a Universal humanity". Perfectly put.
      He could be under any name, under any guise in any religion, but still be perceived as a Supreme being of Good - "Good", something I'm sure that we are ALL pre-programmed to know when we see it.
      I think Gandhi 'got it' as well:
      "I am a Hindu, I am a Muslim, I am a Christian, I am a Jew".

    • @Sionnach1601
      @Sionnach1601 4 года назад

      @Earth Dweller Anyway thanks for your lovely penned comment. Likewise, it's very rare for me too, to find such a wonderful, insightful, Good, comment or response.
      God bless wherever you are in the World :)

  • @garyps01
    @garyps01 12 лет назад +3

    English Translation:
    Have mercy upon me, O God, after Thy great goodness According to the multitude of Thy mercies do away mine offences. Wash me throughly from my wickedness: and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my faults: and my sin is ever before me. Against Thee only have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that Thou mightest be justified in Thy saying, and clear when Thou art judged. Behold, I was shapen in wickedness: and in sin hath my mother conceived me. -more-

  • @readventurekids
    @readventurekids 8 лет назад +11

    Mirroring the other comments below, this is just beautiful. It reminds me that beyond the mass media there really are 'truly' talented and skilled people who make our fascinating world full of uplifting experiences. I wish I could bottle the part at 5:05-5:10

    • @soykrimh8428
      @soykrimh8428 2 года назад +1

      like that this part 00:30 - 00:50, I'm getting down to myself and It's like I'm talking to the inner me.

  • @Sionnach1601
    @Sionnach1601 5 лет назад +4

    Weird...I was playing this monumental piece this evening in the kitchen (because I needed 'refilling'), and asked my little four year old what he thought of it, as he seems to have quite an insight for good music of any genre. He actually, and honestly said:
    "I heard this when I was born. I heard it when I was a baby."
    The same little chappie, one evening when my sister visited, leaned across the table to her and out of the blue asked:
    "So what's your baby's name??"
    She looked stunned, and a bit flustered - 'guilty' flustered. She hadn't told us that she was pregnant.
    So now!
    Miserére Mei...music is the language of the spirit. Are angels and such supremely benevolent entities 'real'? I'm fairly sure that they are. :)

  • @erebusnoya3356
    @erebusnoya3356 10 лет назад +25

    this is god's music. it has been for the past 400 years. no music will ever beat this for brilliance and beauty, and the tallis scholars always do it best. in this age they do anyway. the falsetto links with the rest of the group perfectly, whereas with other choirs it just sounds too far apart, and the falsetto make's this song so beautiful i think. and it needs to sound perfect. angels singing god's music don't make mistakes.

    • @01FNG
      @01FNG 9 лет назад +1

      oliver doyle search for
      Salil al sawarim

    • @erebusnoya3356
      @erebusnoya3356 9 лет назад

      GOT TOSA نظام الله

    • @arsantiqua8741
      @arsantiqua8741 5 лет назад

      @@01FNG, I see that you have memetic tastes.

    • @Sionnach1601
      @Sionnach1601 5 лет назад

      Cripes! I am staggering here!! That was SOOOOOO WELL SAID!!!
      I salute you so highly!! :)

  • @naomim8016
    @naomim8016 9 лет назад +5

    this is so beautiful, and the lovely story that accompanies it makes it one of my favourite choral pieces ever

  • @bumblebflame99
    @bumblebflame99 11 лет назад +5

    Perfect music to play while drifting through the cosmos or at any dramatic time :D

  • @SuperRatpacker
    @SuperRatpacker 11 лет назад +2

    this is a truly beautiful musical piece............it moves me every time i hear it

  • @alvarodiaz3990
    @alvarodiaz3990 6 лет назад +3

    Gracias por tan hermosas voces! Dios los bendiga. Amen.

  • @crabbygaz
    @crabbygaz 13 лет назад +2

    This is the best version, clean, clear and an outrageous soprano!

  •  10 лет назад +2

    La primera vez que la escuché no sabía que pieza era, fue realmente fascinante oírla. Todavía, después de encontrarla, me impresiona cada vez que la pongo. Gracias por compartir.

  • @ravim5688
    @ravim5688 Год назад

    I AM NOW 22 BUT LAST TIME I LISTENED WHEN I AM IN 7 YEARS OLD. THESE YEARS JUST PASSED NOW I AM AGAIN LISTENING FIRST TIME WOW ITS A GREAT EXPERIENCE... WHATEVER THIS IS JUST RECALLING AND ONCE AGAIN REMINDING MY OLD LIFE
    (I hered this on radio that time) what a Vocal Musical voice this is Mind blowing.And What A Experience This is when I heared At 7 year Old ❤️

  • @ruaitvsanggau4699
    @ruaitvsanggau4699 9 лет назад +2

    I say thanks to this choir who sings the song of Miserere mei deus wonderfully. I know this is not only a form of music but also the voices which is combined one to each other to become a good melody like we hear now. Once again thanks to make me tear when hear this song. Because I am a sinner and missing to the God love and the salvation.

  • @cosmicjohn09
    @cosmicjohn09 11 лет назад +2

    one of my all time fav's so very special wonderful top c' heavenly singing.so sweet ....very tingle factor.makes me shiver.and hair stand on end.thanks for posting. just wish it was the full version.. Aum shanti Hari.

  • @lauraopper2571
    @lauraopper2571 9 лет назад +32

    Create in me a clean heart O God....wash me and I will be whiter than snow.....

    • @TomSuntotheMax
      @TomSuntotheMax 9 лет назад +2

      Why don't you just do all that yourself?

    • @lauraopper2571
      @lauraopper2571 9 лет назад +11

      TomSuntotheMax I was quoting from the psalms....A lot of Christians believe that our sins were washed away by the blood sacrifice of Christ when He was crucified. The Psalmist is asking the Lord to cleanse him because he believes his sins are too great to be atoned for on his own. Personally, I believe I can't do this on my own but that I need help from the Lord via Jesus' death and resurrection. I don't hold it against people who don't believe this.....but this is my personal belief.

    • @jamesjoyce2279
      @jamesjoyce2279 9 лет назад +2

      Laura Opper If you feel so burdened by sin that you need cleansing, why do you entrust the process to a God who knowingly and deliberately made you sinful in the first place? To allow 40-50 billion humans over a six millennia time-scale to suffer the consequences of his originally incompetent design flaws, and then demand they seek HIS forgiveness is perverse to say the very least. He should hope we forgive HIM for dragging us into his mess in the first place.

    • @lauraopper2571
      @lauraopper2571 9 лет назад +9

      Paul Cooper I'm sorry you are unhappy. Yes, the world is a scary place. We get sick and die, and we are cruel to each other. But, in my opinion, God did not make me sinful. I make myself sinful when I am full of pride about being better than others or I gossip or I withhold charity from someone who needs it or I am unkind to someone. I can be forgiven for my sins by God, but to me personally the real benefit of Christianity is not just the forgiveness but the idea that I can do so much more for others than I am doing now with God's help. So, yes, I need cleansing from my sins. I realize that's not for everyone. I hold no malice toward people who disagree with me. But this is what works for me and my soul's health. This music benefits my soul...and I am thankful for that.

    • @venutti
      @venutti 9 лет назад

      Laura Opper if you believe you're a sinner, you clearly do not understand this music. And yes, music is also a matter of understanding.

  • @gisellamunoz7115
    @gisellamunoz7115 4 месяца назад

    Belleza absoluta. Es como si los propios ángeles le estuvieran cantando a Dios. Que mente tan prodigiosa la del maestro Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Solo el pudo haber recordado esta pieza magistral de memoria. Que belleza. Gracias x compartir!!!!!

  • @WhisperingPeace
    @WhisperingPeace Год назад

    Utterly magnificent. Goodness gracious, listen to the beauty of the grougeous sound. The Tallis Scholars performance of this glorious music is and always will be my favorite. ❤

  • @mikedeath4456
    @mikedeath4456 5 лет назад +2

    Purest Joy to my ears.

  • @RanMouri82
    @RanMouri82 10 лет назад +4

    Beautiful! Thanks for sharing. It's helping me stay focused on God's mercy this Good Friday.

    • @LaurieWilliams-lk8fc
      @LaurieWilliams-lk8fc 8 лет назад

      +RanMouri82 If the moon had been aligned differently would you have had the same focus on an alternative Friday and less or perhaps none on the Friday that you mentioned?

    • @RanMouri82
      @RanMouri82 8 лет назад

      +LaurieWilliams5066 Don't you find more significance to "Happy Birthday" when singing it to someone you love on their birthday? Or do you insist on insulting a stranger's religion by asking silly questions about the moon's alignment?

    • @LaurieWilliams-lk8fc
      @LaurieWilliams-lk8fc 8 лет назад

      RanMouri82 Your question nearly answers itself. Which is sillier - my question about the moon's alignment or the widespread practice of regarding a particular day as special based on that alignment?

  • @Victoriacariad
    @Victoriacariad 9 лет назад +6

    Thank you for uploading this, I do love the Tallis Scholars!

  • @magpie626
    @magpie626 9 лет назад +2

    Search the deepest depths of the internet to finally find the name of this amazing piece of music by chance. Big thumbs up.

    • @carolmaxwell5371
      @carolmaxwell5371 8 лет назад +1

      heard this on classic FM and had to go to iplayer to find out what it was.. so lovely

  • @derek6603
    @derek6603 9 лет назад +3

    it's so beautiful, it gives me chills

  • @tomteow1619
    @tomteow1619 11 лет назад +1

    I simply love it touches my very soul

  • @claudelleclement8480
    @claudelleclement8480 11 лет назад +1

    It's certainly the best, the most pure... A choir of true angels...

  • @alainmorel5318
    @alainmorel5318 8 лет назад +4

    Rendons grâce à la beauté, elle nous rapproche de toi, Seigneur. Le Beau, le Vrai, le Bien...

    • @francoislebedel4428
      @francoislebedel4428 7 лет назад +1

      "La beauté sauvera le Monde " - Dostoïevsky......espérons-le.

  • @meezy83
    @meezy83 14 лет назад +2

    This is an absolutely fantastic recording ... the soprano is effortless. Beautiful!

  • @novascotiawill
    @novascotiawill 6 лет назад +1

    Brilliant music. Magnificently performed here...

  • @tristanireland669
    @tristanireland669 Год назад

    ♥️Absolutely Adore♥️
    This Extraordinary Exquisite Sublime
    Piece Of🎼
    Since I 1st heard in 1980.!
    This is the Ultimate Definitive Recording😍
    & without a doubt,
    all others pale in comparison. Period.!
    😍Thx for the terrific photos, the grain adds to the sobering poignant mood of in ⛪️singing.!
    ♥️🙏🏻✌🏼

  • @edmundnschrag
    @edmundnschrag 13 лет назад +2

    The pictures are fitting. Though with our eyes we see as through a glass, you have allowed us through our ears to see Him face-to-Face, and for that I am grateful.

  • @marymaughan-otten9450
    @marymaughan-otten9450 10 лет назад +4

    Just listen to the beautiful sound and forget religion if all you can do is insult and disrespect. Its a time to meditate and relax and make of it what will make you a better person. Love, family, friends, beauty x

    • @Sionnach1601
      @Sionnach1601 6 лет назад

      I totally agree with you Mary. I would like to add though, that both the haters and the Catholic judgers should both desist as both are wrong.
      This piece ultimately is supposed to be about LOVE. It is about absolute love for whatever great 'thing' it is that you believe in. But also it should be about the *giving over completely* of oneself, absolute surrender because of love, acceptance of one's place in the Universe, and faith that one will be welcomed and embraced, never judged.
      This is what is starkly missing in all these comments. The Christian's Jesus gave himself over amidst much suffering, hoping his sacrifice would help others. We won't worry about the judgement of the others. He just did it in a supreme act of self-sacrifice and love for them, and love for his father. No finer thing could be or would ever be done. I'm not a Christian, but the beauty of the act, and the pain he is supposed to have suffered, for love, LOVE, brings me to tears right now. People are missing this in this whole forum. Charles Dickens' must have used telepathy to read Christ's beautiful, ultimate thoughts at the time:
      "It is a far, far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known."

    • @AluminiumT6
      @AluminiumT6 11 месяцев назад

      @@Sionnach1601 This piece is about repentance for sinning against God. Learn to read.

  • @jamesdownham6417
    @jamesdownham6417 6 лет назад

    Stunning as indeed the Tallis Scholars are , I marvel particularly at the awesome clarity and amazing balance and intonation .Exquisite .

  • @the14thmoonofuranus
    @the14thmoonofuranus 10 лет назад +4

    Those voices WOW!

  • @MegaCirse
    @MegaCirse 3 года назад +1

    Cette divine musique me fait songer à tous ces êtres innombrables qui ont reçu la vie comme une
    blessure et ont défendu au suicide d’en guérir la cicatrice. Ceux-là veulent que le Créateur en contemple à chaque heure de son éternité la crevasse béante 🔥✨

  • @dglinsma
    @dglinsma 8 лет назад +14

    From Wikipedia: The music as it is performed today includes a strange error by a copyist in the 1880's. the curious "truckers gear change" from G to minor to C minor is because the second half of the verse is the same as the first half, but transposed up a fourth. The original never had a Top C.
    It seems even the errors of this song were divinely influenced.

  • @Petra1001uk
    @Petra1001uk 11 лет назад

    With pure voice, like crystal sound..... exquisite.

  • @ahmad2000hi
    @ahmad2000hi 9 лет назад +19

    1:49 OMG :O That C !!!!

  • @coalitionofcommoncanadians5651
    @coalitionofcommoncanadians5651 Год назад +1

    not too many pieces of music are able to move me to tears, This piece has been in my life since I was about 7 , and it never fails to put me into a kind of roller-coaster of emotions. I remember once after we listened to this at Grand-parents place and right after we were going out somewhere , all of us, and Grandma, she was going on about the High C part in the song, which is so amazing sounding. And I said something like , :So what? She said , can YOU do that? And I remember that as I was walking out the door to the back deck, I just launched RIGHT INTO that note! With no effort at all! Amazing! I was probably 9 or 10. Now of course that is impossible

  • @WhoDat_1
    @WhoDat_1 11 лет назад +2

    I saw (heard?) this performed by the Tallis Scholars in Oxford. Before then, I had never appreciated it as much as I do now. Many thanks for posting this.

  • @jesicare816
    @jesicare816 4 месяца назад +1

    The father is here as well as grandpa of the three whom sing in their barn,yes .

  • @andrewchandler6406
    @andrewchandler6406 6 лет назад +1

    Beautiful. Thank you.

  • @adolfoclaudiolazary5969
    @adolfoclaudiolazary5969 5 лет назад +1

    Que fotografías, maravillosas.Es un hermoso vídeo. Gracias Saludos

  • @zodiace1
    @zodiace1 10 лет назад +21

    There is a wonderful story, but I don't know if it is true. The Miserer was considered so special a property of the Church that no one was allowed to write the music down in manuscript. Young Mozart was said to have heard it once and gone home and written it note for note. I hope it's true!

    • @pinkyslippers
      @pinkyslippers 10 лет назад +6

      I've heard that story too. Apparently this song was performed in the Sistine Chapel since 1630 but wasn't heard by the public until 1770, as you said, after a 14 year old Mozart wrote it down after hearing it.

    • @2standard
      @2standard 10 лет назад +7

      Actually, he heard it twice after having traved to the Vatican with his father, Leopold, who responded to a summons to take a commission to write music for the Vatican. Wolfgang was 14 at the time (1770). Something like six weeks later, after their return to Austria, Wolfgang put it down on paper from memory. Pretty stunning in and of itself until you stop to realize Wolfgang had just invented the 18th century's version of music file sharing.

    • @pilipalod
      @pilipalod 10 лет назад +10

      2standard The story is true. Here is what Wikipedia has." According to the popular story (backed up by family letters), the fourteen-year-old Mozart was visiting Rome, when he first heard the piece during the Wednesday service. Later that day, he wrote it down entirely from memory, returning to the Chapel that Friday to make minor corrections. Some time during his travels, he met the British historian Dr Charles Burney, who obtained the piece from him and took it to London, where it was published in 1771. Once the piece was published, the ban was lifted; Mozart was summoned to Rome by Pope Clement XIV, only instead of excommunicating the boy, the Pope showered praises on him for his feat of musical genius."

    • @mackatu1961
      @mackatu1961 9 лет назад +3

      Yes, that is a true story. Unfortunately, it was confiscated by the church when they found out what he did and it wasn't released to the public until much later. Aside from a scant few articulation mistakes, it was a perfect hard-copy reproduction of what Mozart heard that day at church. Pretty amazing if you ask me.

    • @HGB666
      @HGB666 6 лет назад

      Bruce Goldberg it's true

  • @subvert47
    @subvert47 10 лет назад +15

    Surprised no one has mentioned this: the high treble part is sung by Alison Stamp.

    • @Sionnach1601
      @Sionnach1601 6 лет назад +1

      Well it had to be sung by somebody! It just so happens to be sung by someone by the name of Alison Stamp, whoever she is when she's at home. The important point here is "Miserere Mei", not some singer.

    • @mauricioduron3193
      @mauricioduron3193 6 лет назад +5

      +Sionnach1601
      Am among many who thank 'subvert47' for giving us the name of the impeccable musicality of one who by no means should remain anonymous.

    • @elizabethsohler6516
      @elizabethsohler6516 3 года назад

      I'd be surprised if TS had used a soprano for this piece. At least half their number are trebles (boy sopranos) who can make that high part soar with no trouble at all.

    • @subvert47
      @subvert47 3 года назад +1

      @@elizabethsohler6516 The Tallis Scholars sopranos are women and always have been. The altos are mixed. As for boys being able to make the high notes *at all* (never mind easily): no, they really can't. It's always the same whoever: waiting to hear whether the soprano can make it up there. Very few can do it, and even fewer can do it five times in a row.

  • @lucillebonds4332
    @lucillebonds4332 4 года назад +2

    This is part of Laud prayers at dawn of the monks and nuns. This is also used in the REQUIEM MASS OF THE TRADITIONAL CATHOLIC LATIN MASS OF THE ROMAN RITE on the deceased prayed at the door of the Church by the Priest before the coffin can enter the Church.
    This is part of the Seven Penitential Psalms prayers you can pray for all the souls in Purgatory on Nov. and earn an indulgence applicable to the Poor Souls in P.

  • @jeanluccapri1538
    @jeanluccapri1538 5 лет назад +3

    Miserere mei, Deus: secundum magnam misericordiam tuam.
    Et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum, dele iniquitatem meam.
    Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea: et a peccato meo munda me.
    Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco: et peccatum meum contra me est semper.
    Tibi soli peccavi, et malum coram te feci: ut justificeris in sermonibus tuis, et vincas cum judicaris.
    Ecce enim in iniquitatibus conceptus sum: et in peccatis concepit me mater mea.
    Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti: incerta et occulta sapientiae tuae manifestasti mihi.
    Asperges me hysopo, et mundabor: lavabis me, et super nivem dealbabor.
    Auditui meo dabis gaudium et laetitiam: et exsultabunt ossa humiliata.
    Averte faciem tuam a peccatis meis: et omnes iniquitates meas dele.
    Cor mundum…

  • @elangeloussantyruiz1004
    @elangeloussantyruiz1004 7 лет назад +3

    Beautufull good jesus melody celesti glory santy forever Amen

  • @snofru9
    @snofru9 11 лет назад +1

    Just. Awesome.

  • @yvanpevenage60
    @yvanpevenage60 9 лет назад +2

    C'est beau, tout simplement.

  • @jessfranco6664
    @jessfranco6664 3 года назад +1

    Divine

  • @mmbmbmbmb
    @mmbmbmbmb 11 лет назад +2

    wonderful ~ thank you!

  • @bernaclaxton6545
    @bernaclaxton6545 4 года назад +1

    What can I say? Beautiful!!!

  • @stpetric
    @stpetric 12 лет назад +1

    The Allegri Miserere, of course, is incomparable, and this is a wonderful performance. Your photographs add a great deal. Thank you.

  • @jerjc99
    @jerjc99 11 лет назад +1

    This is indeed a glorious sound, and the accompanying photos are a pleasure to see; very appropriate. You found some great camera angles. Many thanks for the upload.

  • @templeH81
    @templeH81 14 лет назад

    The Tallis Scholars sing this so amazingly. This song makes my heart leap

  • @katana1154
    @katana1154 3 года назад +2

    R I P
    ROBERTO C.
    DIED OF COVID-19
    JULY 2020
    MISERERE MEI DEUS

    • @elizabethsohler6516
      @elizabethsohler6516 3 года назад +2

      I'm sorry for your loss.

    • @katana1154
      @katana1154 3 года назад +2

      @@elizabethsohler6516 Is a hard very hard hard hard time for me and my family... Thanks for yours words, this song loved my family member I hope please pray for his soul Miss Elizabeth.

  • @zodiace1
    @zodiace1 10 лет назад +2

    I believe the words are: ""Let us praise God. Oh Lord, oooh you are so big. So absolutely huge. Gosh, we’re all really impressed down here I can tell you. Forgive us, O Lord, for this dreadful toadying and barefaced flattery. But you are so strong and, well, just so super. Fantastic. Amen."
    It truly is a shame that such gorgeous music has words that express such shame.

    • @Jake-mv7yo
      @Jake-mv7yo 10 лет назад +1

      This is good stuff to listen to while drunk during Lent. I may be an atheist but I'm still technically Catholic to "keep up appearances".

    • @leocomerford
      @leocomerford 10 лет назад +2

      If you've murdered your loyal soldier in order to marry his wife and cover up your previous adultery with her, isn't shame precisely what you ought to be feeling and expressing?

    • @zainadeluce4287
      @zainadeluce4287 6 лет назад +1

      this is 51 psalm you silly man, wrote 2000 odd years ago. People had different views

  • @chiamingliu6746
    @chiamingliu6746 3 года назад

    Voice from heaven,beautiful

  • @ogerosa
    @ogerosa 12 лет назад

    magnifica esecuzione. Grazie

  • @christopherdonohue3905
    @christopherdonohue3905 6 лет назад

    Beautiful, truly beautiful.

  • @hannahazra8847
    @hannahazra8847 5 лет назад

    Ressourcement , prière et je prends soudainement conscience de mon besoin d'être pardonnée par notre Seigneur et Dieu Jésus-Christ. Toi qui est la Vigne crée par le Trés Saint Père qui est aux cieux , fais que nous vivions en Toi comme tu vis en nous ; que nous soyons les Sarments aux nombreux fruit portés en Toi , non pas à cause de nos mérites ... mais grâce à ton Amour qui nous embrasse ... Amen.

  • @cylindernos
    @cylindernos 6 лет назад +1

    This is truly angelic!

  • @1958debs
    @1958debs 13 лет назад +1

    And all the more mysterious.

  • @Sionnach1601
    @Sionnach1601 5 лет назад

    If this was the first, and last music in the whole world, I would be happy and have glimpsed spirit from the troubled mortal world.

  • @ObakuZenCenter
    @ObakuZenCenter 3 года назад

    Words just cannot...

  • @laszlohajdu-nemeth2551
    @laszlohajdu-nemeth2551 9 лет назад

    Thank you. An evening prayer to put all daily tribulations to rest.

  • @RichardIIfan
    @RichardIIfan 12 лет назад

    Yes this is and the choir achieves its effect by having a kind of double concerto choir in the distance. It is not rushed and the pure high notes is the purist singing. This is probably the finedst piece of music ever written so simple and yet so deep.

  • @garyps01
    @garyps01 12 лет назад

    O give me the comfort of Thy help again: and stablish me with Thy free Spirit. Then shall I teach Thy ways unto the wicked: and sinners shall be converted unto Thee. Deliver me from blood-guiltiness, O God, Thou that art the God of my health: and my tongue shall sing of Thy righteousness. Thou shalt open my lips, O Lord: and my mouth shall shew Thy praise. For Thou desirest no sacrifice, else would I give it Thee: but Thou delightest not in burnt-offerings.

  • @MrLee2e
    @MrLee2e 7 лет назад

    i have searched for years for this thank u

  • @petraybelessmit4406
    @petraybelessmit4406 12 лет назад +1

    I heard that too.. And the story goes on.. Imagine how the church used it: in a dark church, at night, with only one candle burning.. Imagine how that feels if you are there..

  • @greenhowie
    @greenhowie 5 лет назад

    2 points I want to raise for my own amusement :
    The first is that hearing this music used to cost an insane amount of money, not only in travel, but also in tithes to the church. Be grateful.
    The second is that this is hauntingly similar to a great deal of ambient electronic music these days, given that the vocals are basically instruments to those unfamiliar with the language. Nothing really changes.

  • @civilcomun3818
    @civilcomun3818 6 лет назад +2

    AMEN o my DIOS misericordy

  • @earliermusic
    @earliermusic  13 лет назад +3

    @cyung01
    The recording is one of the earliest Tallis Scholars recordings (pre-digital) that was re-released in 2001 under the Gimell UK label. You can get it on Amazon.com.
    Good luck!