0:00 I. Selig sind, die da Leid tragen 9:42 II. Denn alles Fleisch, es ist wie Gras 23:30 III. Herr, lehre doch mich 32:50 IV. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen 38:43 V. Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit 45:42 VI. Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt 57:15 VII. Selig sind die Toten

And they survived the transition in the third movement from the first part (“… ein ende…”) to the second part (“.. keine qual …”) without getting confused. Bravissimi!

This conductor is really great. Clear and precise.

I think Brahms would be happy and proud with how well this piece was performed. Bravo.

Eine grandiose Dirigentin.

Eine der großartigsten Aufführungen des Requiems - Chor, Orchester, Solisten und Dirigentin eine spirituelle Einheit! ❤❤❤

We've just performed this with our amateur choir in Amsterdam and this version comes closest to how I remember it. I think this version is the most beautiful I've heard so far! I love it! Meine Seele verlanget und sehnet... I miss Brahms already

What a special performance. Not afraid, just playing Brahms. Wonderful.

The best rendition of Brahms' Requiem I've heard.

This is by far the finest record of Ein Deutsches Requiem I've ever heard. The Choir, the tempo... Everything is second to none.

This is one of the best renditions I’ve heard!!! I can clearly hear the 4 parts interweaving, really appreciate your effort!!!❤

The conductor, Ms. Grete Pedersen, is something else. She should be an international star of conducting. The sheer joy of making music shines through her. Cannot say how she might be at rehearsals but at least in performances she reminds me of the great Carlos Kleiber. The performance is almost perfect, although it seems to me that the tempo in No. III fugue is a little bit on the too fast side. However this does not detract at all from this beautiful rendition of Brahm's op. 45.

I am extensively experienced in this work, both as listener and as participant (chiefly in the chorus). It has always been a favorite of mine, and I have enjoyed it in many ways, live, recorded...and in this medium, where this performance joins many others I've been able to access, mainly from various German broadcasting companies. This version I only now (January 2023) discovered quite by chance...and likewise discovered that it was performed in November 2019, only two months after the permanent departure of my wife. Much has been made of Brahms' agnosticism, and I likewise describe myself as a "would-be believer," and I'm glad to say that not only the piece, but also this VERY sterling performance of it, might ultimately convince me otherwise! I have to marvel at the depth of this composer's spirit that he could create such a masterpiece...and I similarly congratulate these Norwegian musicians, all of them, that they've achieved this superior interpretation of it which comforts me so much in my loss. In a word: thank you. JAT

The baritone is wonderful too. So is the ensemble.

This recording touches me on so many levels. Honest, sincere, sympathetic. But technically brilliant in terms of tempo, colour, tone etc. I once knew a friend who said: "I am an atheist. I do not believe in God. But listening to Brahms's Requiem, I wonder if I am not wrong." Brahms was an atheist, too. But when he composed this, I also think he was visited by God. And he believed.

Sehr geschmackvoll! Vielen Dank für wahres Können gepaart mit dieser Hingabe. Zum Niederknien.

Simply magnificent. Brahms has been my favorite composer for as long as I can remember, and this performance was superb.

I'm a late arrival to this post and agree with the many others who have commented that this is a wonderful performance!!

Wonderful , transparant, sensible and dynamic interpretation. First class choir singing and instrumental playing . Brahms would be happy to hear his composition by these outstanding performers. Bravissimo!

An absolute beautiful rendition of this requiem; one of the best I have ever listened to!

The best performance in 47 years of listening to this Greta has wonderful ideas great Orchestra and chorus. Appreciated also the brass

Wow! How nicely sung and played. Beautiful choir voices, very homogenic. Brava Maestra Pedersen!

The Requiem has been my favorite choral work since I first sung in a 300+ chorus in Ft. Worth, Texas. I have listened to performances many times since, but this one was, in my opinion, the best I have ever heard. Superb throughout! Thanks for posting.

well balanced recording. exceptional performance of chorus as well as the musicians. its my personal favourit of the available recordings on you tube.

Wunderschöne Aufführung!! Gratulation und vielen Dank fürs teilen!

Having been in the orchestra for this multiple times, and it always being a very large symphony, I have loved the big sound of Brahms and his Requiem. However, I have a new appreciation for this piece after listening to your interpretation. The phrasing, color, textures, and sound are stunning. Thank you so much for enlightening us with this performance. It's so beautiful. Bravo. The icing on the cake is that the conductor is Grete Pedersen!

This wonderful. The smaller orchestra and chorus means we can hear all that is going on and it is stunning. In particular, we can hear the voice parts that often get blurred. The audience was confused at the end. It is so soft and serious they didn't know how to respond.

I listen to this perhaps 2 to 3 times a week. It replaced Klemperer after the first time I heard it. It is wonderful, particularly fot one nearing 70.

Yesterday I attended a performance of the Brahms Requiem. Large Choir, Large Orchestra and an interpretation with a lineage to Klemperer. Upon returning home I was compelled to listen to this recording and, yet again, understood this piece as Brahms intended, a requiem to give comfort to the bereaved. The interpretation of Grete Pedersen and the artistry of every voice and instrument creates a sublime, elegant and deeply moving aesthetic. Thank You.

I sang this at South Carolina while pursuing my DMA. This is a prime example of what a chorus/orchestra can sound like with all pros. Don't know who the lady conducting is but she impresses me greatly. Hold it all together and let the professionals do their job and what comes of it? GLORIOUS Unbelievable performance of a majestic piece of Heaven! BRAVISSIMO!

Totally delightful performance! My compliments to everyone involved. Everyone! Thank you! Thank you!

I get to see this live in 2 weeks. Very psyched.

Gefühlsstarke Trauer und feste Hoffnung auf die lieblichen Wohnungen....

I have just discovered this fine choir and its great conductor. Brahms 's "German Requiem" is a complex piece, which I have sung many times, and this somewhat "sober" version compares, I think, to the ones of the greatest conductors. I hope that Greta Pedersen and the Norwegian Soloists's Choir will get the international fame they deserve. I can't wait to see them perform in Italy.

wow. Fantastic.

Excellent idea to place parts of the choir at the back and along the sides of the room to provide a fuller sound experience. Haven't encountered that before - and yet such an obvious approach. 👍👍👍❤❤❤

Awsome version. Congrats. Your choit is wonderful. The finest jewel. All the Best for you

Fantastische Sopranistin

This masterpiece will quench and moisturize my parched soul

I love this performance!! Please please never ever delete or hide this video!... I love the way one can hear every voice and instrument clearly and separaetely in the ensemble. I love the interpretation.

Simplement superbe ! Merci infiniment….

Just gorgeous

Ich habe Ohren UND Augen - neben der wirklich großartigen und so subtilen musikalischen Interpretation und spannenden Ausführung mit diesen interessanten Experimenten der wechselnden Positionen muss man auch die Kameraführung loben: Wenn diese Aufnahme läuft - bei mir mehrmals pro Woche! - dann kann ich mich immer nicht abwenden und weiterarbeiten, so viel Freude macht es, in die Gesichert voll Spannung und Teilnahme zu schauen. Und hierbei gibt gerade Grete Pedersen ein besonders gutes Beispiel! Es ist immer wieder eine rundum Freude!!

Absolutely great! Thank you!!!!

Eine sehr schöne Darbietung! Ich habe EIN DEUTSCHES REQUIEM schon mehrmals als Chortenor mitgesungen und es geht immer wieder unter die Haut. Ein Kompliment den norwegischen Sängern und Musikern! Andreas Schwarz

Looking huge. Liked when you used to comment more. Good job

15:20, 15:50 the singer joins all around looks like especially for the < Crescendo < (17:20) of 2 movement Just awesome 💯🌠

Very good, sometime enough is enough -- we did it some years later with really big choir und orchestra but this sounds best. I really like it :)

This is so wonderful. I always get goosebumps when i hear this peace of music. Don't know which interpretetation i like better, yours or karajans with the Berliner Philharmoniker. Thanks for sharing ❤️

Very beautiful

Meticulously prepared in every respect and deeply felt. There is something wonderful about music-making in Scandinavia.

Some goosebump moments. THANKS!

Really fine interpretation and quality of performance, along with a very good job with the camera work, audio, etc. Thanks for offering your work for the world to enjoy this masterpiece.

My partner and I will perform this impressive work in mid October22 in a small community "big sing" at Lennox Head in northern NSW Australia. We should have 60-80 singers & an orchestra of 40..I use your wonderful performance here as my guiding Ishtar when rehearsing at home... absolutely amazing quality ...thankyou so much...I'm greatly indebted...hugs

as clear, clean, invigorating as a norwegian stream

A beautiful performance! Without the exaggerated vibrato that we often hear in other performances. Compliments!

Unimaginable beauty and elegance toughing deepely inside my soul. It's just by chance to know this choir but now, thank God letting me meet this ensemble.

Such a wonderful 'human requiem'. You made my soul happy while my heart was crying down my cheeks. Thank you.

Magnificent piece! .Excellent performance!

Beautiful and solemn . I can hear all the four parts respectively very clearly but still in perfect harmony as I am sure Brahms intended this supreme piece of Requiem to be. I also can feel the joy of singing , making and in part of music. I was moved to tears. Thank you !

I love how the conductor changes from conducting in 4 to conducting in 2 at 50:44 and again at 50:55 ("Hölle wo ist dein Sieg").

Stunning

I came upon this incredible performance purely by chance. Full justice has been done to the majesty of Brahms's monumental work by this marvellous choir. I found the clarity and fusion of voices and instruments fascinating. My very best wishes to you from India. I appreciate the camerawork and the sound engineering too. This is music from the Romantic era at its finest. Thank you very much for this jewel.

So beautiful!

Wonderful!

Un Requiem allemand, sur des textes de l'Écriture sainte, pour solistes, chœur et orchestre (avec orgue ad libitum) » - est une œuvre sacrée (mais pas liturgique) en sept parties (ou mouvements) composée par Johannes Brahms et achevée en 1868. Elle dure de 70 à 80 minutes, ce qui en fait la plus longue composition de Brahms. Les deux solistes n'interviennent qu'exceptionnellement, le baryton pour faire entendre l'appel angoissé de l'homme face à son destin, la soprano pour annoncer le caractère maternel des consolations futures. L'orchestre reste toujours d'une clarté exemplaire, même lorsqu'il passe au second plan. La conclusion résume la promesse du sermon sur la montagne. Les épisodes centraux du sixième morceau pourraient être considérés comme une version protestante du Dies iræ. L'œuvre, de conception humaniste, que l'auteur aurait désiré rendre œcuménique, lui assura la célébrité1.

Exquisite. I may not agree with every musical choice that Pedersen made in this performance. Here and there they rushed a bit. Also I don't know if I agree with the dreamy, spherical sound here and there (especially in Mov. 6). Sometimes it seems that the inherent tension of the words and phrases are ignored in favor of this stable spherical choral sound... Yet the overall interpretation was on point and well performed. Great job by Markus Eiche too. Thanks for uploading.

Goose bumps every time

There are no words to describe the experience of singing the Requiem for the Living, but this video really brings it back. Thank you.

Just beautiful, thanks, the best performance of the German Requiem i ever heard!! 🌸🌺💖🎵🎶

This is how Brahms' Requiem is meant to be sung in my opinion. I've performed it several times and always been disappointed with the result because of an overabundance of vibrato in the voices. I've always preferred leaning towards straight tone, especially in a 100+ voice choir. The tone this choir utilizes is perfect for this piece.

Beutiful and moving!

So Beautiful, so soft and flow kind of gentle version but dramatic enough equal, WOW 👌 👏💯👑 thanks 🌠

Berg good singing, without scores and devided in the hall, nu big compliments !

Outstanding in every way! I have enjoyed this so much. Thank you.

Tanks so much for such a lovely performance. Truly Beautiful Regards

Magnifico!

Wonderful performance of this glorious work with excellent soloists. Thank you for posting. I also note that Grete Pederson is a former footballer. Interesting change of career.

Fabulous choir!

Wonderful interpretation! Congratulations to the choir , orchestra and soloists. One of the best versions I've ever heard. From Buenos Aires Argentina. Thanks for your art!!

From time to time I have to come back to follow your performance floating into such sublime planes. What a therapy. Tusen takk.

Echt heel mooi... veldig pen!

Interesting how this conductor has long arms and hands and movements so similar to Blomstedt.

Wonderfull🎉

Extraordinaria versión. Finísima, elegante, diferente. Felicitaciones al coro y a la directora Pedersen. ♫♫

This performance is so beautiful! We are working on this with our local orchestra choir and this has help a ton in committing the music to memory and really understanding how everyone fits together and where my section fits in this. Just incredibly stunning!

Magnificent, thank you

great

Excellent choir.....

12:10 Wow!

Einfach herrlich

I am not an expert, but I would like to give my impression. I have heard several versions of the Requiem, and found this quite different. Orchestra and chorus are smaller than usual, and deliver a more "camera" versión, more intimist. It fits very well wih the composition. You can hear more voices. Besides, camera is more difficult than large orchestra and chorus, so double bravo!

Utrolig vakkert og rørende. Absolutt en av mine favoritter, og hvem kunne ha gjort bedre? Jeg er heldig nok til å få være med i en fremføring om to uker, og å høre på denne inspillingeb er noe jeg setter stor pris på både til øving og inspriasjon. Takk til Grete og alle de fantastiske musikkere.

Muito bom

TOP

Best ❤

All the singers have their parts memorized, they're truly performing by heart.

50:38 fav

I was the 1000th like

😊🙏🏼