Bruckner - Te Deum

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.

Bruckner lived in another dimension.

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".

Welch göttlich geschaffene WERKE dieses unglaublichen Genies Anton Bruckner

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!

There is a reason Bruckner called this his masterpiece.

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

The beloved Anton Bruckner is the master of all masters.

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

A truly great piece of choral music.

Traumhafte Darbietung. Wunderschöner Tenor 😊 Deo Gratias

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

This is the first large choral work I sang as a member of the newly formed RTÉ Philharmonic Choir in Dublin in the early 1980s. I was winging it as a new member, a credible tenor but couldn't sight read for toffee!! But I got there. Haven't listened to this piece in decades and forget about those very long, sustained noted the choir have towards the end and all at the top of their range, sheer cruelty, but what a piece!!

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...