Deeply affecting music. Thoroughly compelling, fascinating string quartet 'art' of the highest order. Weinberg pulls you in and does not let go. I have three quartets in my collection. Need to track down the remaining 14 as soon as I can!
At no point in this work does one feel that the composer "mailed it in". It has its own existence unlike anything else I've heard in the genre. This is an intriguing piece of music. Just when I think I'm going to get comfortable something unexpected occurs. Wonderful find!
I acquired a couple of his Quartets quite by accident when some book/music seller had a big discount on lots of music I'd never heard about. Of them all, Vaynberg (Weinberg) has given me a disproportionate amount of "pleasure" (I use the term advisedly because his music troubles me so much, yet satisfies some psychic need that'd genetically burrowed over centuries and, finally, into my smallish brain.) [Greetings from Puerto Aventuras, Mexico]
At times emotionally disturbing , but allways exciting. I can't stop listening, enchanted. Like walking on a tight rope. What a discovery ! Thank you very much !
Amen. I would add that I'm not Jewish; However, being ecologically minded, I hear this in my ear as a lament for the Earth, where species are rapidly extincting. (Holocaust?) Incidentally, Bloch was an ardent environmentalist, and this piece reminds me of his Music.
This quartet is imbued with a bittersweet sadness, a longing perhaps for a chance to turn back the clock and change the events of history. It seeks to console, but only in shades of gray. It probes and sears into the innermost being, and in its final movement attains a heart-rending poignancy. Weinberg's Fifth Quartet is a great work, lifting my opinion of his music to a higher level than I had for it after hearing his 'Cello Concerto, my only other exposure to it. I'll continue to acquaint myself with more of it.
Weinberg emigrated from Poland to USSR right before WW2 started. All his family parished during the nazi's occupation. This is the backdrop of his music.
Great art requires the capacity to internalise tragedy, Beethoven's tragedy was his deafness and consequent social isolation. Verdi's was the loss of his wife and children. Weinberg's is the most poignant of all.
Having said that, it is not to be assumed that personal tragedy automatically produces great art. Weinberg's tragic history did not end with the loss of his family. The state sponsored murder of his father-in-law, the great theatre director Solomon Mikhoels, his imprisonment (which was only ended by Stalin's timely death and Shostakovich's letter to Beria, head of the KGB) and his later years of ill-health and subsequent neglect, did not dent his creativity.
The disgusting amount of ads placed throughout this performance completely ruined the spectacle. There were 5 interruptions sprinkled through the symphony and not even placed between the movements. An F for TH-cam.
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... only to find out that Weinberg had become my favorite composer. Why? I don't know. I love the heart and soul in his music.
me too...
Deeply affecting music. Thoroughly compelling, fascinating string quartet 'art' of the highest order. Weinberg pulls you in and does not let go. I have three quartets in my collection. Need to track down the remaining 14 as soon as I can!
At no point in this work does one feel that the composer "mailed it in". It has its own existence unlike anything else I've heard in the genre. This is an intriguing piece of music. Just when I think I'm going to get comfortable something unexpected occurs. Wonderful find!
this music is touching the soul...
For me is it without a shadow of doubt one of the great string quartets of the 20 th century.
I acquired a couple of his Quartets quite by accident when some book/music seller had a big discount on lots of music I'd never heard about. Of them all, Vaynberg (Weinberg) has given me a disproportionate amount of "pleasure" (I use the term advisedly because his music troubles me so much, yet satisfies some psychic need that'd genetically burrowed over centuries and, finally, into my smallish brain.) [Greetings from Puerto Aventuras, Mexico]
Two years later and I bump up against myself again! Always depending on Vaynberg to cure occasional bouts of irrational exhuberance….Bravi tutti!
Any chance for you to upload this quartet sheet music? I haven't been able to find it anywhere
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A still from Tarkovskys "Nostalghia"!
That second movement was unexpected.
Thanks so much for posting this.
I enjoyed this very much! Thanks for posting.
At times emotionally disturbing , but allways exciting. I can't stop listening, enchanted. Like walking on a tight rope. What a discovery ! Thank you very much !
You're very welcome!
Amen. I would add that I'm not Jewish; However, being ecologically minded, I hear this in my ear as a lament for the Earth, where species are rapidly extincting. (Holocaust?) Incidentally, Bloch was an ardent environmentalist, and this piece reminds me of his Music.
Wonderful to experience this music. Thank you! Important composer.
shostakovichs 1st, 5th and 8th string quartets are in the same keys as weinbergs 1st, 5th and 8th
This quartet is imbued with a bittersweet sadness, a longing perhaps for a chance to turn back the clock and change the events of history. It seeks to console, but only in shades of gray. It probes and sears into the innermost being, and in its final movement attains a heart-rending poignancy. Weinberg's Fifth Quartet is a great work, lifting my opinion of his music to a higher level than I had for it after hearing his 'Cello Concerto, my only other exposure to it. I'll continue to acquaint myself with more of it.
It associated with me novels written by Bruno Schulz and cinema
Divine!
❤
very good
Highly entertaining.
very moving
Спасибо.Если в России великого композитора забыли,где то помнят.
How did Weinberg survive WW2? This piece reminds me of Partos' "Yizkor'" which also features a viola, and was written in the same era.
Weinberg emigrated from Poland to USSR right before WW2 started. All his family parished during the nazi's occupation. This is the backdrop of his music.
@@valsolo5085 Thank you. Is tragedy necessary for Great Art? Otherwise it's just pretty.
Weinberg stated that Fate dictated for him the kind of music he was to write. Otherwise he was very reticent about his life-experiences.
Great art requires the capacity to internalise tragedy, Beethoven's tragedy was his deafness and consequent social isolation. Verdi's was the loss of his wife and children. Weinberg's is the most poignant of all.
Having said that, it is not to be assumed that personal tragedy automatically produces great art. Weinberg's tragic history did not end with the loss of his family. The state sponsored murder of his father-in-law, the great theatre director Solomon Mikhoels, his imprisonment (which was only ended by Stalin's timely death and Shostakovich's letter to Beria, head of the KGB) and his later years of ill-health and subsequent neglect, did not dent his creativity.
It's actually the TNO humanist guy!
The disgusting amount of ads placed throughout this performance completely ruined the spectacle. There were 5 interruptions sprinkled through the symphony and not even placed between the movements. An F for TH-cam.
Ad blockers work, and they are free. I saw no ads.
Beautiful, but too much viola
jean de la croix That's never a problem ;)
never!! :-)
@@amesasiteverwas Never, agree entirely.
And not enough cowbell...
@@hemiolaguy Nice to have a little sense of humor in the middle of all the serioso.