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Miserere (Latin (passive imperative of miseret) for "Have mercy" or "Have pity") is the first word in Latin of Psalm 51
Andrea Bocelli, OMRI, OMDSM (Italian pronunciation: [anˈdrɛːa boˈtʃɛlli]; born 22 September 1958) is an Italian classical crossover tenor, recording artist and singer-songwriter. Born with poor eyesight, he became permanently blind at the age of 12 following a football accident.
Bocelli has recorded fourteen solo studio albums, of both pop and classical music, three greatest hits albums, and nine complete operas, selling over 80 million records worldwide. He has had success as a crossover performer bringing classical music to the top of international pop charts.
In 1998, he was named one of People's 50 Most Beautiful People. In 1999, he was nominated for Best New Artist at the Grammy Awards. "The Prayer", his duet with Celine Dion for the animated film Quest for Camelot, won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song and was nominated for an Academy Award in the same category. With the release of his classical album, Sacred Arias, Bocelli captured a listing in the Guinness Book of World Records, as he simultaneously held the top three positions on the US Classical Albums charts. Seven of his albums have since reached the top 10 on the Billboard 200, and a record-setting ten have topped the classical crossover albums charts in the United States.
The magnificent "Miserere mei, Deus" composed by Allegri and here brilliantly performed by the Choir of New College, Oxford. Please help the New College Choir fund future recordings, performances and tours by buying the album directly from their website at http://www.newcollegechoir.com/agnus-dei-recordings.html Thank you.
The Choir of Claire College, Cambridge, Timothy Brown
Gregorio ALLEGRI - "Miserere mei, Deus" (= "Mon Dieu, prends pitié de moi") *The Choir of New College, Oxford (Edward HIGGINBOTTOM)* Psalm 51 (50): 3. Miserere mei Deus secundum magnam misericordiam tuam et secundum multitudinem miserationum tuarum dele iniquitatem meam 4. Amplius lava me ab iniquitate mea et a peccato meo munda me 5. Quoniam iniquitatem meam ego cognosco et peccatum meum contra me est semper 6. Tibi soli peccavi et malum coram te feci ut justificeris in sermonibus tuis et vincas cum judicaris 7. Ecce enim in iniquitatibus conceptus sum et in peccatis concepit me mater mea 8. Ecce enim veritatem dilexisti incerta et occulta sapientiae tuae manifestasti mihi 9. Asparges me hysopo et mundabor lavabis me et super nivem dealbabor 10. Auditui meo dabis gaudium et laetitiam et ...
This piece is Psalm 51, but first set to music by Allegri around 1630. It is one of the finest and most popular examples of renaissance polyphony. It is often heard in Churches of the apostolic Christian tradition on Ash Wednesday, immediately following Shrove (or pancake) Tuesday, marking Christ's return to Jerusalem. Beautifully performed here by The Sixteen, listen out for the simplicity, humility and reverence.
Pavarotti, Bocelli and Zucchero are singing Miserere From "Pavarotti and friends for Angola 2002" (a song made by Zucchero) 3 great Italians! On Wikipedia (Italian) it says "Testo e Musica - Text and Music: Zucchero" 12. Miserere - (con Luciano Pavarotti) (Testo e Musica Zucchero) http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miserere_(album)_ Thanks for your comments! - If you can, please write in English, and I promise that I don't will write in Swedish/Svedesi =) Enjoy! //Vonzy® ........................................ ........................................ ............ MATERIAL IS USED UNDER THE GUIDELINES OF "FAIR USE" IN TITLE 17 § 107 OF THE UNITED STATES CODE. SUCH MATERIAL REMAINS THE COPYRIGHT OF THE ORIGINAL HOLDER AND IS USED HERE FOR THE PURPOSES OF EDUCATION, COMPARISON, AND CRITICISM O...
This is the classic first performance.
Live performance at Garnisonskirken in Copenhagen on april 6th 2014. Ars Nova Copenhagen conducted by Paul Hillier. Visit Arsnova.dk for more information
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Listen to King's College Choir, free, on their website: http://bit.ly/kingslisten The Choir of King's College Cambridge sing a shortened version of Gregorio Allegri's Miserere Mei Deus
A disconcerting way to wake: to find everything in place
the world goes on without my faith in anything
to have to drag myself from bed, pull a sweater over my head
(somehow find a way to brave the sun again).
And all of this just as I was beginning to have the most amazing dream.
They rolled the stones away
and let everyone come right in and say hello to me.
They picked me up and held me there
and smiled at my crumpled wings.
And all of this just as I was beginning to have the most amazing dream.
And when you go to sleep at night, don't you ever feel the weight
of all the things that make you happy;
that float around you, pull you down?
And don't you ever want to stand up on the waves and run?