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Is this guy perhaps the fastest violin player in the world ?

Did anyone notice the first violin string literally BREAKING on about 7:20

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Наилучшее исполнение!!!

Absolutely stunning!

all these musicians are masters in their instrument and know exactly how to breathe together in an ensemble and how to listen to each other properly. I have seen renditions of this with mediocre firsts violin, secoonds, violists and cellists but here every player was on point. Best performance I have heard! Absolutely incredible tempo for the second movement I was shocked but I absolutely loved it . I hear musicians fudging up that bit at a lot slower tempo it was incredibly impressive the skill level here. I swear your hearts must;ve been racing absolutely incredible! The body language and movement together as a string quartet was great. Also you rung out those tension-filled moments and you all knew the corners of the piece and exactly how the piece should move on I have a feeling they have rehearsed together for a long time. Amazing!! The sound ratios were impeccable throughout the piece. I never heard one instrument overpowering the rest of the ensemble and I always heard each sound being valued equally even if one had the melody it was a beautiful mix of sound. Another beautiful cello solo and

His g string is out of tine

bro on the far left has the tallest char and is still bouncing out of it

Me with zero strings training:The second movement of this piece is how I judge ability on strings. This quartet’s performance of the entire piece is the most cohesive performance of this piece.

Genial

Fantastic playing! I have worked with Dimitri Kitajenko who was living and working with Schostakovitch. He told me that maestro always you can do what you want but never touch my tempos .this was played so perfectly that I think he would appreciate this tempos .even knocking on the door was little bit fast like whole performance but I have to say that it’s fascinating.bravo

Wonderfully played! And a sincere thank you for dressing like adults for this performance. So few ensembles do these days.

i am here everyday for a month!!!! i am obsesssssss

So great! What passionate energy!!

5:00 5:35 6:48 my fav part 7:45

the tempo is absolutely amazing beautiful also the violist's projection is impressive, esp at the end of the the second movement

Im going to norway for highschool, and if i ever get the chance i'd love to visit this festival someday! Im a massive fan of shostakovich and his works, and he is one of my biggest inspirations for my music. Ive spent countless hours practicing and analyzing his works, and these guys truly did this quartet justice, especially in the second movement! Id absoloutley love to see these guys live at this festival when i visit! Much love from Iceland 🇮🇸❤️🇳🇴 Edit: i read this fanatstic article detailing shostakovich's process and life as he wrote this piece. Apparently, this piece was intended to be his suicide note, akin to Tchaikovsky and his 9th symphony. After reading through what Shostakovich was going through while writing this piece, i couldnt help but cry; both while reading the article and listening to this masterpiece. I feel a whole new level of appreciation for Shostakovich, and also for these performers for doing his work justice. Shostakovichs life was dictated by the Soviet Party, and he deserves all the recognition. (Btw the article im talking about is robertgreenbergmusic.com/the-string-quartet-in-time-of-war-dmitri-shostakovich-string-quartet-no-8-1960/ )

My God! That was my first time experiencing a string quartet by Shostakovich! Incredible journey!

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Мне 70 и я впервые плакал от музыки, скорбь, печаль и трагизм жизни и смерти

best interpretation i’ve ever heard

¡Qué genialidad!

He's crazy talented. ❤

I like how they’re all headbanging to the 2nd movement while they’re playing lol

I think emotional nuances are lost in SOME places of this often times rushed 2nd movement. Humans can't react that fast to changing moods of others. BUT, there were greatly emotive bits played extraordinarily well.

I literally got goosebumps all over in many parts. I don't normally listen to string quartets, I'm more of a whole orchestra with a soloist enthusiast. But this was one of the best pieces I have ever heard. Magnificent. I loved this from start to finish. And I'll be listening to it many times over.

Simply INCREDIBLE!

I absolutely LOVE that tempo for the second movement. Release those emotions! I can't imagine just how pent up Shostakovich must have felt all those years on the edge of a razor blade with Stalin and the communist party. However, they need to have the melody of the third movement much quieter. It works as an astounding contrast to the second movement if that first melody in the third is super quiet.

Couldn't be better, Dimitri would have loved this performance and so do I. Bravo Bravo Bravo

Oh how I love that waltz at 7:42

Amazingg :"3

The problem with the second movement is technical, not musical. There is an audio compressor in the signal path ( i think it is after the recording and before uploading, to meet youtube volume level guidelines). It is making the quieter sections sound robust and buoyant but then making the louder sections sound crushed and unclear. The rule of thumb for classical music is that we do not use any EQ or compressors. More youtube audio has been spoiled by audio engineers than all the musicians and conductors put together. All hail the mighty recording engineer.

This performance is monotonous. Compare it with excellently nuanced Borodin Quartet's.

Oh! What a lovely name for a string quartet!

5:00 for myself because this is what I live for now

amazing

Not my favourite interpretation especially of mov1 however a very refreshing take

Johan is amazing :')

5:30 two set brought me here

Воистину прекрасно...

Excellente!

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An admittedly nerdy observation: Just after 20:19, the second violinist plays C instead of B flat, moving in parallel with the first violin's final statement of the DSCH motif (the notes D, E flat, C, B, derived from the German spelling of the composer's initials), instead of descending chromatically (and mournfully) with the (typically mournful) viola's chromatic descent. As a violist who has performed this quartet, I've always relished this moment of empathy with the second violin and was stunned when I heard it altered. Perhaps this was just a "slip of the finger"; in a video of a performance they gave later that year, the second violinist plays the expected B flat (at 20 : 22). Either way, their performances of this work are absolutely the most impressive I have ever heard. Bravo!!

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Tocan fantásticamente bien,tendría cuidado con los gestos el viola y primer violín parecen los muppets tocando y eso no es bueno,la expresividad corpórea cuanto menos es mejor.

Crazy to think that just four people can make all that sound. Amazing.

Sublimissime!

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