Since we have so many Italian's and/or highly cultured people frequenting this forum, I'm hoping to get some opinion on the best version of Allegri's Miserere.
And for anyone that hasn't heard it, please treat yourself by going here....http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x71jgMx0Mxc (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x71jgMx0Mxc) Turn it up loud!!
Clarkson once said that listening to the Alfa V6 was like having Angels licking your ears. It was true, but listening to this piece of music is like those Angels licking your ears whilst giving you a back rub with their downy wings, and massaging your brain at the same time.
Popular story has it that it was only played once a year at the Vatican, and it was not allowed to be transcribed, as it was considered too beautiful and too powerful to be heard more than once a year by the plebs. Mozart heard it when he was 14, went back to his room and transcribed the whole thing. The secret was out....
Anyway, like I said, trying to find the best version of it, hope to get some opinion here.
how beautiful......l feel all peaceful, and serene, the tension has left my shoulders, l've cancelled by massage, l have no use of capital letters, or full stops, just comma's so the serenity flows on, and on, and on, it just finished, must play it again, and again, thankyou sheldon with no capital s, the world is a beautiful place.....truly, it is a beautiful piece of music, thankyou
I had a quick flick through the comments, and found this one: Very beautiful. I heard it in Civilization 4...
Hah! ;D
Also this one, which might actually be helpful:
Also listen to the King's College Choir version on YouTube for an equally beautiful and less cold performance of this sublime masterpiece.
Any one else? Branko surely?
Brett, couldn't tell if that was sarcasm or no. Either way, very good, and thank you.
Luke. Civilization 4, that's very funny! Thanks for the comment recommendation too. That one's nice, but low quality.
I'm looking for the best version to download, both for listening, and as a good alarm clock tone. I've used the opening piece from Mozart's Requiem up till now, but need something different to wake up to now. I like a gentle rousing, me.
Cheers guys.
Sheldon,
Just to get your day off the a crisp Bavarian start try a bit of this (J S Bach)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uY3ZqUigAy8&feature=PlayList&p=D46F8565CBE3D53B&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=72
This is from the soundtrack of Hannah & Her Sisters (Woody Allen circa 1986).
The music to which Michael Caine seduces Carrie Fisher.
It will get a bit of rythum up when your brushing your teeth . You certainly won't sleep through it
Bump,
Also listen to the second movement
Ahhh, 'tis very nice indeed. And as you say, good getting dressed and teeth brushing music maybe, but certainly too vigorous for opening eyes to in my opinion. That said, any music to seduce Carrie Fisher to is very good music indeed. Especially if she's wearing the outfit from Return of the Jedi.
Cheers, I do like a bit of baroque now and again.
I think Hannah and her Sisters is one of the few Woody Allen movies I haven't seen, I may have to get it. Thanks Paul.
Sheldon,
Perhaps a little bit of this first thing to let the light in and get those pupils dilating .
It perhaps has a little bit of Lurch from the Adams Family late one on night with a spanish sherry on top of the keyboard
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCEIiP5JoNk&feature=PlayList&p=D46F8565CBE3D53B&index=76&playnext=5&playnext_from=PL
Quote from: Paul Gulliver on May 06, 2009, 09:01:29 PM
It perhaps has a little bit of Lurch from the Adams Family late one on night with a spanish sherry on top of the keyboard
Brilliant.
I think you guys need to put a couple of besser blocks up against the fence and come over to the funky side of town. Bring your greasy chips and Guiness witcha... 8)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V7mZtHZZuo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V7mZtHZZuo)
Yeah now your talking and guys if you still want to stay on your side of the fence but come forward a few years and hear some really nice stuff listen to these:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaxHODJzmU0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTHLr7PceZE
Fanfare for the common man un-cut and fanfare for the common man with an orchestral, sorta flamingo, pipes etc. twist. Nice.
Fanfare for the common man? now that sounds like Alfisti.
1750GT
That sounds like the wake up call you would get at Guantanamo Bay. I think Sheldon was originally after something a little less stressful.
Yes Sheldon, I think you need a bit of concrete in your coffee. Toughen up!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzxF-M2erx8
Awesome Gary. One of my favourites
Paul Err I think that was the point of the suggestion?
1750GT
1750 GTV. Read the thread top to bottom , not the other way around. If all you other rat bags want to "wake in fright". That's fine, some of the later picks form great selection list. I'm with Sheldon, gently gently in the morning thanks.
Err OK sorry I woke you up or rubbed you up the wrong way. So much for an alternate opinion.
Signing off
1750GT
Quote from: Sheldon Mcintosh on May 04, 2009, 10:31:22 PMAnyway, like I said, trying to find the best version of it, hope to get some opinion here.
Sheldon
Try the Astreé Auvidis recording by A Sei Voci (Six Voices), catalogue number E8524. The Miserere mei, Deus is sung twice on this CD - the first is ornamented as it may have been during 'prerelease' Papal times and the second is the more standard 'bootlegged' Burney version. No one knows for sure what it sounded like originally and each performance (twice each year during Easter week in the Sistine Chapel and sung by castrati) was subtly different. Mozart apparently noticed differences during his two 'sittings'. Unfortunately, his copies were either lost or destroyed shortly after he wrote them, probably to protect both himself and his family.
The text of the piece is the 51st Psalm (Miserere mei, Deus - Have mercy on me, O God) and the haunting quality of any rendition depends heavily on the acoustics of the building where it is sung or recorded.
Mozart (and others) did the right thing despite the threat of eternal damnation. It is, and was, far too beautiful to be locked away.
Regards,
Chris
Thanks Chris, much appreciated. I'll have a look for it.
Sheldon,
I should add that the information I posted was courtesy of a friend of mine who is a concert pianist. His wife is a violinist and his eldest daughter is at the Conservatory studying classical music. He has a copy of the CD and I listened to it after I read your original post - it is very good.
Whilst my musical tastes are eclectic and include the time honoured classics, I'm probably more at home listening to more modern 'classics' - Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin etc. :)
Chris
Hey Paul, I guess it all depends on what Sheldon gets up to in the morning. How about The Flight of the Valkyries?
/www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRJNiBgWovo