Bruckner - Te Deum

Josef Anton Bruckner (1824 -- 1896)

Te Deum in C major.

I - "Te Deum laudamus..." - Allegro moderato (1:16)
II - "Te ergo quæsumus..." Moderato (8:06)
III - "Æterna fac cum Sanctis..." Allegro. Moderato. Feierlich, mit Kraft (10:55)
IV - "Salvum fac populum..." Moderato (12:43)
V - "In Te, Domine speravi..." Mäßig bewegt (19:43)

Herbert von Karajan (1908 -- 1989) Conducts.
Soloists: Anna Tomowa-Sintow; soprano.
Agnes Baltsa; mezzo-soprano.
David Rendall; tenor.
José Van Dam; bass-baritone.
Wiener Singverein -- chorus master: Helmuth Froschauer.
Wiener Philharmoniker.
Record at Vienna in 1978, Der Großer Saal des Wiener Musikvereins.

[augustinberishaj]

The last performance of Bruckner's TE DEUM, which Bruckner himself attended, was conducted by Richard von Perger at the suggestion of Johannes Brahms. On his copy of the score, Gustav Mahler crossed out "für Chor, Soli und Orchester, Orgel ad libitum" (for choir, solos and orchestra, organ ad libitum) and wrote "für Engelzungen, Gottsucher, gequälte Herzen und im Feuer gereinigte Seelen!" (for the tongues of angels, heaven-blest, chastened hearts, and souls purified in the fire!). The composer himself called the work "the pride of his life".

[musiclover]

When I was a kid, I attended a performance of Bruckner's "Te Deum" in Cleveland. Unknown to us, a large contingent of the brass section had been stationed in the rear of the auditorium in a high balcony. When the piece reached the Last Judgment part, so to speak, near the end, the "heavenly" brass instruments began to play and took everyone by surprise. From there to the finish, it was goose-bump city, I can tell you.

[kuliimjulischreiben]

This has me so excited to perform this in May!! My choir was supposed to sing it in 2020 and then the pandemic hit. Needless to say, we are all so incredibly glad to be back and to be singing this!

[MrHakka]

The BEST Interpretation of GREAT Bruckner´s TE DEUM...of Course by Maestro 
Herbert von Maestro von Karajan!...
Karajan´s GREATNESS forever!...

[fionaeller]

Welch göttlich geschaffene WERKE dieses unglaublichen Genies Anton Bruckner

[LadyAkratos]

Questa interpretazione mi fa venire i brividi. Bruckner e von Karajan, vera magia.

[poncione]

Per uno dei capolavori più grandi della Musica ci voleva una interpretazione meravigliosa e coinvolgente come questa... Karajan una garanzia, ma fantastici anche i solisti, con un Rendall davvero ispirato ed espressivo...

[gregs]

And yeah, he was back home in Austria when he recorded this, but nothing short of his forty years of experience conducting the Berliners could have prepared anyone to  pull off something this complicated so well. The greats wield an enormously positive influence upon each other, not just us.

[gleitma]

Bruckner's Te Deum takes you the highest realm of the heavenly music. There are divine things more beautiful than words can tell."

[juliuse.o.fintelmann]

There is a reason Bruckner called this his masterpiece.

[gddecker]

Absolutely phenomenal performance by Karajan and these forces. Wow!

[holstnaumann]

It is regrettable that it is monaural recording. The performance is wonderful. It is truly Bruckner of Karajan.

[Baraodojaguary]

Te Deum laudamus te dominum confitemur te eternum patrem omnis terra veneratur. God have mercy on me especially my sisters in heart since i love them protect them from the great tribulation that is to come

[chicolopes]

Incredible masterpiece. Wonderful is such a pale word to describe it...

[scitsalcoryp]

Utterly brilliant....the mono sound does not ruin this
Thank God for this

[mohammedalomari]

The beloved Anton Bruckner is the master of all masters.

[atsumoritokyo]

This was also done in 1979 when he visited Japan with the Berlin Philharmoniker. By the way, that day was a coupling with Mozart's Requiem.
It was, in fact, an unprecedented expedition to Japan on an unprecedented scale that was not feasible in Salzburg, Vienna, or even Berlin. Perhaps there was something in Karajan's own heart that he had for his second home, Japan. BPh's very special full-length, all super-first-class chief players and world-famous soloists, and the Wiener Singverein Chorus, which he was also a lifelong music director like BPh, was a gorgeous in Tokyo only. These were the nights of the concert only in Tokyo Japan. Now, if there is a video of the performance at the Fumonkan Hall at that time, I definitely want to see it. I wonder if it exists somewhere.

Here are the schedule for the historic performances in Tokyo Japan 1979. ↓
The Berlin Philharmoniker Orchestra conducted by Herbert von Karajan performed in Japan in October 1979 a total of nine times, all at the now-defunct Fumonkan (Suginami Ward) in Tokyo. It was like similar to Das Große Festspielhaus in Salzburg.

16th = Mozart: Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major, K.543 / Richard Strauss: Symphonic poem "Zaratustra Talks" op.30

17th = Mahler: Symphony No. 6 in A minor "Tragedy"

18th = Schubert: Symphony No. 7 in B minor, D.759 "Unfinished" / Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5 in E minor, op.64

19th = Dvorak: Symphony No. 8 in G major op.88 / Mussorgsky (Arranged by Ravel): Pictures at an Exhibition

Mid-day break

21st = Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 in D minor, op.125 "with chorus" Anna Tomowa-Sintou (soprano), Luza Baldani (alto), Peter Schreier (tenor), Jose van Dam (bass)

22nd = Haydn: Oratorio "Haydn: The Creation" Anna Tomowa-Sintou (soprano), Peter Schreier (tenor), Jose Van Damme (bus)

Mid-day break

24th = Verdi: Requiem Mirella Freni (soprano), Agnes Baltsa (alto), Luis Lima (tenor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass)

25th = Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K.626 / Bruckner: Te Deum Anna Tomowa-Sintou (soprano), Luza Baldani (alto), Peter Schreier (tenor), Jose van Dam (bus)

26th = Verdi: Requiem (Solist is the same as 24th)

In addition to the lineup of famous songs with chorus, Mahler's Symphony No. 6, which was a hot topic when the record was released the previous year, was a "heavyweight" programming with many things to listen to.

[jessasnamoi]

7:07 - 8:07 that full blown fff-burst of music never fails to give me goosebumps! how celestial and glorious! Beyond any comparison!

[dimitargetsov]

"Te Deum" ---"In Your Hands, O, Bruckner, Bruckner, may Your Soul Rest In Peace!
what am i speaking?
Your Soul is LIVING !!! AND WILL LIVE
YOU ARE ALIVE!
Te Deum ... ....

[wcsxwcsx]

Bruckner's choral works are so much more satisfying.