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

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  • čas přidán 16. 09. 2010
  • 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.
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Komentáře • 469

  • @nickwyatt3243
    @nickwyatt3243 Před 8 lety +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 Před 8 lety +47

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

    • @elizabethschmitz5435
      @elizabethschmitz5435 Před 8 lety +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 Před 7 lety +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 Před 7 lety +4

      Indeed!

    • @kennethpalmowski-wolfe7923
      @kennethpalmowski-wolfe7923 Před 7 lety +3

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

  • @CasperTheGhost64
    @CasperTheGhost64 Před 8 lety +154

    The first song to ever be pirated.

    • @touficsarkis283
      @touficsarkis283 Před 7 lety +11

      by the 2nd greatest of all time

    • @AtomAndRose
      @AtomAndRose Před 7 lety

      Toufic Sarkis Who is number 1?

    • @el7284
      @el7284 Před 6 lety +4

      xGattsu Bach, apparently

    • @birdingbum17
      @birdingbum17 Před 6 lety +5

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

    • @agarryking
      @agarryking Před 5 lety +1

      And well worth it.

  • @NinuRenee
    @NinuRenee Před 10 lety +52

    One cannot express in mere words how beautiful this is

  • @Ethericrose
    @Ethericrose Před 5 lety +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.

  • @queenjoanne1984
    @queenjoanne1984 Před 9 lety +42

    One of the most beautiful things I have ever heard!

    • @guyroberts2534
      @guyroberts2534 Před 6 lety +1

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

  • @yugandali
    @yugandali Před 12 lety +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!

  • @ga1actic_muffin
    @ga1actic_muffin Před 10 lety +22

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

  • @Dd4V
    @Dd4V Před 12 lety +10

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

  • @phikep
    @phikep Před 10 lety +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.

  • @argorokodile
    @argorokodile Před 10 lety +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 Před 3 lety

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

    • @AluminiumT6
      @AluminiumT6 Před 10 měsíci

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

    • @humpbackmedia
      @humpbackmedia Před 3 měsíci

      @@AluminiumT6😂

    • @AluminiumT6
      @AluminiumT6 Před 3 měsíci

      @@humpbackmedia 😂🫵

  • @Arthur-yf9yv
    @Arthur-yf9yv Před 2 lety +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…

  • @nevid9483
    @nevid9483 Před 7 lety +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 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @sebo3e
      @sebo3e Před 3 lety

      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 Před rokem

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

  • @tomandband
    @tomandband Před 7 lety +5

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

  • @seyimartins5560
    @seyimartins5560 Před 7 lety +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 Před 7 lety +3

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

    • @lucillebonds4332
      @lucillebonds4332 Před 4 lety +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.

  • @goldernera
    @goldernera Před 9 lety +75

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

    • @suyuyang9728
      @suyuyang9728 Před 8 lety +1

      Cannot people have different tastes?

    • @paradoxicalcanons
      @paradoxicalcanons Před 8 lety +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 Před 7 lety +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 Před 6 lety

      Now there aare 47 dislikes1

    • @cordeliav3055
      @cordeliav3055 Před 6 lety

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

  • @jareds4991
    @jareds4991 Před 9 lety +34

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

  • @pamelawilliamson1076
    @pamelawilliamson1076 Před 9 lety +30

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

  • @ahmad2000hi
    @ahmad2000hi Před 9 lety +19

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

  • @DweeD1516
    @DweeD1516 Před 4 lety +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.

  • @reinhardlohmann4500
    @reinhardlohmann4500 Před 10 lety +11

    Just gives me Goose bumps all over...

  • @natashaAwr
    @natashaAwr Před 5 lety +9

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

    • @lucillebonds4332
      @lucillebonds4332 Před 4 lety +1

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

  • @bumblebflame99
    @bumblebflame99 Před 10 lety +5

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

  • @Sionnach1601
    @Sionnach1601 Před 5 lety +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. :)

  • @Pinchton
    @Pinchton Před 9 lety +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.

  • @joyanna218
    @joyanna218 Před 7 lety +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 Před 7 lety +6

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

    • @PaulZink
      @PaulZink Před 7 lety

      Many violinists would argue that point with you!

  • @KingCajete
    @KingCajete Před 9 lety +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 Před 8 lety +35

      Supposedly, Mozart only heard it twice. Smart kid.

    • @cliffordmccurdy9375
      @cliffordmccurdy9375 Před 8 lety +10

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

    • @chamiseui
      @chamiseui Před 8 lety +26

      the first person to illegally get music

    • @sunflowerlulu4043
      @sunflowerlulu4043 Před 8 lety +2

      +Bert Jete trueeee!!!!!

    • @EnricoPolanski
      @EnricoPolanski Před 8 lety +6

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

  • @readventurekids
    @readventurekids Před 8 lety +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 Před 2 lety +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.

  • @crabbygaz
    @crabbygaz Před 13 lety +2

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

  • @garyps01
    @garyps01 Před 12 lety +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-

  • @SkaterTE
    @SkaterTE Před 3 lety +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.

  • @MiriamTherese
    @MiriamTherese Před 10 lety +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 Před 10 lety +2

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

    • @ParawhoreLoL
      @ParawhoreLoL Před 10 lety +3

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

  • @londonfoggy
    @londonfoggy Před 9 lety +10

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

  • @the14thmoonofuranus
    @the14thmoonofuranus Před 10 lety +4

    Those voices WOW!

  • @naomim8016
    @naomim8016 Před 9 lety +5

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

  • @SuperRatpacker
    @SuperRatpacker Před 11 lety +2

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

  • @mikedeath4456
    @mikedeath4456 Před 5 lety +2

    Purest Joy to my ears.

  • @lucillebonds4332
    @lucillebonds4332 Před 4 lety +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 Před 3 lety

      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.

  • @Victoriacariad
    @Victoriacariad Před 9 lety +6

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

  • @RanMouri82
    @RanMouri82 Před 10 lety +4

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

    • @LaurieWilliams-lk8fc
      @LaurieWilliams-lk8fc Před 8 lety

      +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 Před 8 lety

      +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 Před 8 lety

      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?

  • @WhoDat_1
    @WhoDat_1 Před 11 lety +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.

  • @edmundnschrag
    @edmundnschrag Před 13 lety +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.

  • @claudelleclement8480
    @claudelleclement8480 Před 11 lety +1

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

  • @lauraopper2571
    @lauraopper2571 Před 9 lety +32

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

    • @TomSuntotheMax
      @TomSuntotheMax Před 9 lety +2

      Why don't you just do all that yourself?

    • @lauraopper2571
      @lauraopper2571 Před 9 lety +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 Před 9 lety +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 Před 9 lety +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 Před 9 lety

      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.

  • @meezy83
    @meezy83 Před 13 lety +2

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

  • @magpie626
    @magpie626 Před 9 lety +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 Před 8 lety +1

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

  • @cosmicjohn09
    @cosmicjohn09 Před 11 lety +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.

  •  Před 10 lety +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.

  • @derek6603
    @derek6603 Před 8 lety +3

    it's so beautiful, it gives me chills

  • @novascotiawill
    @novascotiawill Před 6 lety +1

    Brilliant music. Magnificently performed here...

  • @alvarodiaz3990
    @alvarodiaz3990 Před 6 lety +3

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

  • @gilbertonwu8333
    @gilbertonwu8333 Před 7 lety +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.

  • @ravim5688
    @ravim5688 Před rokem

    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 ❤️

  • @bernaclaxton6545
    @bernaclaxton6545 Před 4 lety +1

    What can I say? Beautiful!!!

  • @jessfranco6664
    @jessfranco6664 Před 3 lety +1

    Divine

  • @tomteow1619
    @tomteow1619 Před 11 lety +1

    I simply love it touches my very soul

  • @ruaitvsanggau4699
    @ruaitvsanggau4699 Před 9 lety +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.

  • @erebusnoya3356
    @erebusnoya3356 Před 9 lety +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 Před 9 lety +1

      oliver doyle search for
      Salil al sawarim

    • @erebusnoya3356
      @erebusnoya3356 Před 9 lety

      GOT TOSA نظام الله

    • @arsantiqua8741
      @arsantiqua8741 Před 5 lety

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

    • @Sionnach1601
      @Sionnach1601 Před 5 lety

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

  • @jerjc99
    @jerjc99 Před 11 lety +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.

  • @dglinsma
    @dglinsma Před 8 lety +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.

  • @snofru9
    @snofru9 Před 11 lety +1

    Just. Awesome.

  • @WhisperingPeace
    @WhisperingPeace Před rokem

    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. ❤

  • @stpetric
    @stpetric Před 12 lety +1

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

  • @adolfoclaudiolazary5969
    @adolfoclaudiolazary5969 Před 5 lety +1

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

  • @alainmorel5318
    @alainmorel5318 Před 8 lety +4

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

    • @francoislebedel4428
      @francoislebedel4428 Před 7 lety +1

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

  • @coalitionofcommoncanadians5651

    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

  • @Petra1001uk
    @Petra1001uk Před 11 lety

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

  • @andrewchandler6406
    @andrewchandler6406 Před 6 lety +1

    Beautiful. Thank you.

  • @tristanireland669
    @tristanireland669 Před rokem

    ♥️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.!
    ♥️🙏🏻✌🏼

  • @yvanpevenage60
    @yvanpevenage60 Před 9 lety +2

    C'est beau, tout simplement.

  • @gisellamunoz7115
    @gisellamunoz7115 Před 3 měsíci

    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!!!!!

  • @mmbmbmbmb
    @mmbmbmbmb Před 11 lety +2

    wonderful ~ thank you!

  • @subvert47
    @subvert47 Před 10 lety +15

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

    • @Sionnach1601
      @Sionnach1601 Před 6 lety +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 Před 6 lety +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 Před 3 lety

      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 Před 3 lety +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 Před 4 lety +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.

  • @jesicare816
    @jesicare816 Před 2 měsíci +1

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

  • @1958debs
    @1958debs Před 13 lety +1

    And all the more mysterious.

  • @jamesdownham6417
    @jamesdownham6417 Před 6 lety

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

  • @cylindernos
    @cylindernos Před 6 lety +1

    This is truly angelic!

  • @templeH81
    @templeH81 Před 13 lety

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

  • @marymaughan-otten9450
    @marymaughan-otten9450 Před 10 lety +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 Před 6 lety

      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 Před 10 měsíci

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

  • @civilcomun3818
    @civilcomun3818 Před 5 lety +2

    AMEN o my DIOS misericordy

  • @christopherdonohue3905

    Beautiful, truly beautiful.

  • @chiamingliu6746
    @chiamingliu6746 Před 3 lety

    Voice from heaven,beautiful

  • @zodiace1
    @zodiace1 Před 10 lety +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 Před 10 lety +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 Před 10 lety +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 Před 9 lety +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 Před 9 lety +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 Před 6 lety

      Bruce Goldberg it's true

  • @MegaCirse
    @MegaCirse Před 2 lety +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 🔥✨

  • @ogerosa
    @ogerosa Před 11 lety

    magnifica esecuzione. Grazie

  • @manuelsequeira250
    @manuelsequeira250 Před 8 lety +1

    glimpse of heaven choir

  • @MrLee2e
    @MrLee2e Před 7 lety

    i have searched for years for this thank u

  • @elangeloussantyruiz1004
    @elangeloussantyruiz1004 Před 6 lety +3

    Beautufull good jesus melody celesti glory santy forever Amen

  • @earliermusic
    @earliermusic  Před 13 lety +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!

  • @laszlohajdu-nemeth2551

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

  • @eduardobeirasgarcia9402
    @eduardobeirasgarcia9402 Před 9 lety +11

    Esto deberia ser obligatorio escuchar en las escuelas.

  • @petraybelessmit4406
    @petraybelessmit4406 Před 11 lety +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..

  • @jeanluccapri1538
    @jeanluccapri1538 Před 5 lety +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…

  • @JRaymondT
    @JRaymondT Před 11 lety +1

    sharp, flat... really! This is a very beautiful recording of a fairly demanding piece (usually performed in two widely separated ensembles, the small one without a director). Let's be thankful for live music and recordings without autotune and editing.

  • @earliermusic
    @earliermusic  Před 13 lety +6

    @Dish951
    The Tallis Scholars, directed by Peter Phillips
    They are British

  • @Sionnach1601
    @Sionnach1601 Před 6 lety +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 Před 6 lety +3

      Sionnah1601: Beautifully expressed. I concur.

    • @Sionnach1601
      @Sionnach1601 Před 4 lety

      @@RiaLake Thank you, God bless

    • @Sionnach1601
      @Sionnach1601 Před 4 lety

      @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 Před 4 lety

      @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 :)

  • @ObakuZenCenter
    @ObakuZenCenter Před 3 lety

    Words just cannot...

  • @JulianaP
    @JulianaP Před 9 měsíci

    Pura beleza, pura perfeição

  • @rafaelalmeida743
    @rafaelalmeida743 Před 11 lety

    Gosto de mais desse tipo de música!

  • @Sionnach1601
    @Sionnach1601 Před 5 lety

    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.