The second violinist Gerhard Schulz in the Berg Quartet, was the first violinist of our Dûsseldorf Quartet when we were students with violinist Sandor Vegh and cellist Antonio Janigro. We toured Europe in our quartet in a VW for two years and later went to Prussia Cove England for a BBC recorded chamber music course, with Sandor Vegh and Anonio Janigro. I recall telling Gerhard he was destined for fame! So proud of him! ❤
You knew Antonio Janigro? Impressive. Tell us more about him :) He founded Zagreb Soloists, the ensemble I played in for 8 years. And Sandor Vegh on the other hand was teaching my teacher - Lars Anders Tomter. Amazing connection.
I can prove your words. Two days ago I went down a slippery slop in the Angeles National Forest in the Cucamonga Wilderness (California). I was totally alone. I survived. I listen this music and reading your words in my bed. I wish you the best.
My friend died last night of an overdose. I had a feeling things were really bad for the past month, tried so many times to get in touch with him to help, last I heard April 13 he FB'd me "I'm homeless close to death" two days later he was dead, 1000 miles away. And here I am, Music truly does heal, I bawled my eyes out during the second movement. It astounds me that Schubert wrote this while aware of his own impending death... this is Schubetr testament to death, may it also be a small testament to my friend Chris.
+Steve Young `i wish you a very good recovery from this severe loss. hope it makes life more complete for you even if you will miss him very much. and music is the language of our souls, so it is our best healing for grief
Schuberts death was not exactly impending when he wrote this. He still had 4 years to live in his short life when he wrote this. But his syphillis broke out shortly before he wrote this and he suffered from depression.
paix à son âme ,, qu'il repose au paradis des mélomanes ,, moi les seules surdoses que je connaisse sont les overdoses de musique d'art de connaissance de compassion et d'amour et malgré cela je suis loin d'être parfait ,, peut être votre ami retrouvera t'il schubert parti à 31 ans lui ,, quels chefs d'oeuvre nous aurait il offert sans une vie tragique ,, la jeune fille et la mort ,, le cycle du voyage d'hiver , la symphonie inachevée , les trios ;; schubert dans l'intimité extrême devient insurpassable , pour le piano de schubert référez vous à brendel , un schubertien de génie ,,, brendel bien vivant ,, schubert vivait avec la mort pour compagne ,, syphilitique au possible rongé par les affres la solitude et la souffrance , en conflit avec le tyrannique paternel quelle musique géniale il nous laissa , mort à 31 ans il avait l'intuition du destin inexorable , d'une poésie existentielle que bien peu comprirent ,, schubert ne se plaignit il n'acheva pas ses oeuvres pour mieux les reprendre dans l'au delà qu'il savait imminent ,mozart lui même n'agit pas autrement ,, il vivait comme ses pharaons égyptiens la fortune exceptée , comprenant le caractère éphémère de notre vie ,, il attendait l'éternité sachant l'amour impossible sur cette terre , cette lettre divine qu'il adressa à la jeune fille si longtemps si rageusement aimée , schubert aimait l'humanité hommes et femmes peu lui importait , il voulut cette lascive ambiguité ,, par peur du paternel , des divinités musicales ,, la passion nous conduit à la mort nous autres humains inconscients insouciants trop imparfait pour deviner toutes les subtilités et le génie immense d'un schubert ,,il pleura la mort de beethoven pour s'en aller vers le lointain wallahla lui aussi ,, franz s'éteignit pressentant schumann mendelsohn et brahms surtout un autre géant génial subtil , immortel ,, mozart haydn et bach étaient passés ,, beethoven inhumé , schubert garda sa place ,, pour notre joie immense ,, merci
Merci pour tes mots du coeur... my friend died on the eve of his 31st birthday, no wonder I was drawn to Schubert, it's almost a year ago now. Et je connais Brendel et son Schubert, "the gold standard".
When I was 10 years, I received a recording tabe as a gift without any information on it. I started listening to it for several years but I never had any idea about the composer of that music piece which sounded like a magic. This mystery remained unsolved for years until a few nights ago...when I went to a quartet concert and after 26 years that piece was played again and I just realized Schubert was that mysterious composerrrrr. And I was about to cry 🥺😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
@@martinschwehla4704 I think he was diagnosed with typhoid fever/syphilis around that time. Some believe it might be why he didn't finish the eighth symphony--either that or he just got distracted.
Какое высокой , тонкой человечности обращение к гению сквозь время. Под впечатлением этой музыки прочитала Ваше сообщение ... Я Вас люблю за Вашу высокую искренность. Пожалуйста, оставайтесь таким. Будьте счастливы.
One day, at the beginning of 1826, Franz Lachner paid a visit to his friend in the Fruhwirt's house, near the Karlskirche, to which Schubert had moved a year before. He happened not to be in a mood for work and was glad of the distraction. "Come on, let's have some coffee!" Schubert fetched an old coffee mill, his most precious possession as he called it, out of the primitive cupboard and, having measured out the beans and taken off his spectacles, began to grind. Suddenly he called out "I've got it, I've got it, you rusty little contraption ! "He flung the grinder into the corner and the beans flew in all directions. "But what have you got, Franzl ?" cried Lachner. Oh a coffee-mill like this is a wonderful thing. Melodies and themes just come flying in. You see, it's this Ra-ra-ra, that's what it is ! It gives us inspirations, it transports us into the wonderful realm of the Imagination! "Ah,so it's your coffee mill that composes, not your head ?" laughed Lachner. "That's it, Franzl, "cried Schubert, "one's head sometimes searches for days for an idea which the little machine there finds in a second. Listen! "They were the themes for the magnificent String Quartet in D minor, the second movement of which contains the variations on the song, Der Tod und das Madchen. Lachner noted them down quickly. "Come on, Franzl", said Schubert, "now we'll gather up the beans, so that we can have our coffee at last." From the book by Otto Erich Deutsch - Schubert memoirs by his friends. So there you have it!
This string quartet is no doubt one of the most disturbing and chilling pieces of music ever written. It anticipates the great catastrophes that would soon befall the world. Schubert was a visionary. He looked straight into the abyss. His music is both a grievous farewell and a desperate warning!
Yes, and today Google/You Tube interrupted this sublime passage with a political ad!! Aaaiiee! But even a political ad could not tarnish the beauty of this performance. The Alban Berg quartet is the best!!
this a first rate video. not only is the music perfectly played with energy and passion, but the clarity of the picture is phenomenal , the camera work and lighting is brilliant.
We never realy die. We.reincarnate and we always meet with the people we really love. Life is eternal becsuse our soul is eternal. We alwsys reincarnate, after a period of reposal.
I like how the Alban Berg Quartett is like a special agents unit. :) Especially the more rhythmical parts are so precise but strong and dedicated to the max.
Just played this. One of the most sublime works in the whole repertoire, sublimely played, could hardly breathe in the slow movement, sublimely played.
Harmonie ist erwas viel groesseres und dimensionslos. Es ist der Wurzel der Griechischen Zivilisation, heute leider verscwunden bei den christlichen Tieren.
Besides the fact that the camerawork is absolutely dazzling, the Alban Berg Quartet plays Schubert's Death and The Maiden with intense drama, passion and perfection. I have their Late String Quartets by Beethoven, which they play with equal perfection and are definitely my favorite ensemble for delivering astounding and high quality performances. Bravo Alban Berg!
Sad to hear they are retired. The second violinist Gerhard Schulz, was the first violinist in our Düsseldor Quartet for 2 years when we studied at the Düsseldorf Konservatorium together with Sandor Vegh and cello teacher Antonio Janigro. I told Gerhard he was destined for fame. ❤
The 2nd movement speaks of death, the third speaks of rest, but the forth signifies the Resurection, it is extremely happy with perfect interpretation! Congratulariona for understanding the immense soul o Schubert. God bless ypu!
actually not magic, its never that easy, in fact i cried in a pratice rom like once. its years o fhard work and deadication to perfect such a unnoved craft. you are taking out th e hardworkb y replying with things like this. we put in blood sweat & tears and im not joking. like i have bled my fingers befroe from playing so long. so, no, kradomir, this is not magic, it is HARDOWKR AND DEADICATION. magic is implying that it is out of the ordinary, as it is not out of the ordinary. if you would stop leaving disrespectful comments such as this one and learn the beautiy of the work put behind music you too WOULD UNDERSTAND that this is not pure magic but instead hardwork.
This has got to be one of the most powerful, most disturbing and most violent String Quartets ever written. Some of the passages in it are just agony to listen to. To hear it played with such frenzied passion by one of my favourite 2 Quartet Ensembles is truly special.
Have you heard Shostakovich string quartets? I recommend 8, 9, 11 and 15, especially 8 and 11 are brutal, and so good! Most all of Shostakovich 15 are good! Borodin quartet plays them great!
This is one of the first pieces of classical music that really amazed me as a teenager and ten years later, after more than 200 listenings, it still fascinates me profoundly. Unbelievable how many different emotions related to death (grief, solemnity, fear, anguish, relief, tranquillity) can be conveyed in these four movements. From the terrifying 30:28 to the silent mourning of 11:38. Amazing interplay and sublime performance.
If one had to choose a single work to testify the power of music to every living soul, this one might be the best choice. I simply cannot imagine any being not being moved to an almost unbearable extent by this quartet. This is beauty that almost kills you and I could never listen to it every day.
que de souvenirs merveilleux remontent à ma conscience en réécoutant ce 14 ème quatuor de schubert ,, un chef d'oeuvre de poésie de beauté de nostalgie constructive , joyau onirique et que dire du fameux quatuor alban berg qui pour ce cette oeuvre et bien d'autres ne sera jamais égalé même après avoir écouté des monuments comme le quatuor de budapest , le quatuor lassale , la quatuor amadeus , la quartetto italiano , le quatuor tallich , le quatuor julliard , et tant d'autres merveilles comme le furent les 7 merveilles du monde pour le regard et la mémoires humains ,, mais concernant ce 14 ème quatuor de schubert je n'ai jamais écouté mieux que le quatuor alban berg ,, et si chacun doit avoir son avis je tiens à remercier cet ensemble pour tout le bonheur qu'il m'a apporté ,, merci pour le partage
This is a superb performance. The finale prestissimo coda is played with intense energy and precision, wonderful throughout. Can I request that sponsors' ads do NOT come in the middle of the music, but preferably before the performance. Thank you for sharing this marvelous playing.
I have so much respect for this generation of musicians. Musical integrity and at the state of the art production. This is as pure as it gets. The strong sound of the Alban Berg Quartet got me into listening to more Chamber music and enjoying it!
#hmac2222 you are right, its the best video to chamber musice ever seen and ALBAN BERG QUARTETT - there is nothing left - so sorry they dont exist any more thank you musicians and video artist and by my heart: thank you Franz Peter Schubert, my love
"...it is very important, when you are listening to music, to be completely focused...You are completely in the thing. And when you listen to music, take a few seconds of silence before you start listening, and then when the music starts, you hang on from the first note that you hear, and you don't go away thinking about other things, your mother, your girlfriend, the shopping list and things like that - hang on to the first note and you fly with the music until the last note. The amount of pleasure you will get out of that is absolutely unique...Give yourself to it! You have to have the will to attach yourself to the music with your ears, and then you will fly with it." - Daniel Barenboim. Just a thought - this isn't music made for studying to :)
Thank you, Andrew Crust, for Barenboim's advice. My tendency is to distract myself when I am listening to music (my mind always wanders, whatever I do, unwittingly), but I will try to remain in the flowing present, once more time and forever! Thanks a lot for remind me the most important thing!
+Carlos Lara yup - same as reading a book innit? Yet I see people all the time reading books with their pods on. Crazy. Trick is to pick a piece that's so good you actually don't want to do anything else.
Looking up info online, i am sad to read that after 38 years this world famous string quartet disbanded in 2008. Incredible artistry! Just thinking how wonderful it would have been to see this amazing performance in person. Left to right: Günter Pichler, Gerhard Schulz, Thomas Kakuska, Valentin Erben. Kakuska passed away from cancer on July 4, 2005, but was replaced somewhat earlier than that due to his health by regular collaborator Isabel Charisius--- I wonder what year this was recorded.
Beyond, beyond and beyond! There's the Quintet for strings. Then there's the piano quintet. And then there's The Death and the Maiden. And then there's an interpretation by The Alban Berg Quartet and we all can die tonight because it's absolute ecstasy.
I heard this for the first time at one of the Cal States. I think it was the Guarneri Quartet. I sat i the front row. It was like a bomb had gone off and I was shell shocked. I'd listened to a lot of classical music, but never anything like this.
Hmm. New York Times had a list of best composers, Franz was fourth. Bach Beethoven Mozart Schubert. I think FPS is maybe the best, but I don't know if you can call him undervalued, since he is often ranked as one of the very best.
Wow! Love the segue to shadows just before the piu mosso near the end of the first mvt. The character of the piece changed dramatically. Brilliant directing.
Hearing it again, it grows in richness, variety and expressive depth. Thank you for taking out the ads so the performance is a complete entity as it should be. One of the finest performances of this marvelous work, enhanced by the effective lighting.
I’ve listen this quartet many times through my long life in many concert halls;, on records, with the world renowned performers, yet, this quartet managed to dazzle me again. Incredible ensemble, incredible performance and superb cinematography! Bravi
I find this piece amazing! I could listen to it over and over. I MUST go see this performed live somewhere. Bet it's an experience to behold! Schubert is one of my favourite classical composers along with Dvorak and, of course, Beethoven. Best Wishes Friends. 🙂
Schubert... su genio y sensibilidad doliente... y este cuarteto receptivo al sentimiento del compositor y con esta extraordinaria interpretación... Se encoge el alma. Sublime.
What a great, great production. Not only is this a beautifully shot recording, but it's also easily my favorite interpretation. They handle the tempi in the Andante exactly to my taste, and they are appropriately reckless and diabolical in the Presto. What a group of guys.
oui tout est parfait ! la quintessence de Schubert. Les timbres, les phrasés, et l’énergie commune sont époustouflants . L’alternance des voix et des nuances est fascinante de profondeur et de clarté. Une telle grâce donne une émotion poignante.
One of the first pieces in a while which I’ve found myself liking immediately out the gate. It flows so well between all these different emotions and the moments of intensity are so easy to follow and empathize with. The beautiful cinematography is just the cherry on top! Superb!
Interpretação padrão dessa obra. Não vi melhor que isso até agora. Que quarteto de cordas!! Tive o prazer de ver essa formação no teatro Cultura Artística, pouco antes de o violista falecer. Que sorte tive.
Marvellous. The musicians are obviously masters of their instruments. The best recording of this piece, one of my favourites, that I've heard. Thank you for posting.
The second violinist Gerhard Schulz in the Berg Quartet, was the first violinist of our Dûsseldorf Quartet when we were students with violinist Sandor Vegh and cellist Antonio Janigro.
We toured Europe in our quartet in a VW for two years and later went to Prussia Cove England for a BBC recorded chamber music course, with Sandor Vegh and Anonio Janigro. I recall telling Gerhard he was destined for fame! So proud of him! ❤
You knew Antonio Janigro? Impressive. Tell us more about him :) He founded Zagreb Soloists, the ensemble I played in for 8 years. And Sandor Vegh on the other hand was teaching my teacher - Lars Anders Tomter. Amazing connection.
Interesting story! Thanks for posting! I'm sure those two years touring Europe with your quartet have you looking back on wonderful memories!!
The director of this video is the 5th member of the quartet... Breathtaking!
Can we just pause for a moment to admire the cinematography of this recording? I've never seen anything like it.
I agree!
Bruno Monsaingeon fecit!
Magnificent and prolific filmmaker for music documentaries.
Very dramatic! See 8:01 haha
Bruno Monsaingneon, the Stanley Kubrick of musical performance cinematography.
can you tell me what you mean with "cinematography" never heard this word, and don´t know what it means. Im german by the way ;)
K Sebastian “cinematography” ist wie ein Video gefilmt ist (normalerweise auf künstlerischer Art)
1. Allegro (d-moll) - 00:03
2. Andante con moto (g-moll) - 11:30
3. Scherzo - allegro molto (d-moll) - 22:12
4. Presto (d-moll) - 25:45
Many thanks ! I'm republishing it on top 🙂
Only when you look into the face of death do you begin to realize how beautiful life is.
I can prove your words.
Two days ago I went down a slippery slop in the Angeles National Forest in the Cucamonga Wilderness (California).
I was totally alone. I survived.
I listen this music and reading your words in my bed.
I wish you the best.
My friend died last night of an overdose. I had a feeling things were really bad for the past month, tried so many times to get in touch with him to help, last I heard April 13 he FB'd me "I'm homeless close to death" two days later he was dead, 1000 miles away. And here I am, Music truly does heal, I bawled my eyes out during the second movement. It astounds me that Schubert wrote this while aware of his own impending death... this is Schubetr testament to death, may it also be a small testament to my friend Chris.
+Steve Young `i wish you a very good recovery from this severe loss. hope it makes life more complete for you even if you will miss him very much. and music is the language of our souls, so it is our best healing for grief
Schuberts death was not exactly impending when he wrote this. He still had 4 years to live in his short life when he wrote this. But his syphillis broke out shortly before he wrote this and he suffered from depression.
♥
paix à son âme ,, qu'il repose au paradis des mélomanes ,, moi les seules surdoses que je connaisse sont les overdoses de musique d'art de connaissance de compassion et d'amour et malgré cela je suis loin d'être parfait ,, peut être votre ami retrouvera t'il schubert parti à 31 ans lui ,, quels chefs d'oeuvre nous aurait il offert sans une vie tragique ,, la jeune fille et la mort ,, le cycle du voyage d'hiver , la symphonie inachevée , les trios ;; schubert dans l'intimité extrême devient insurpassable , pour le piano de schubert référez vous à brendel , un schubertien de génie ,,, brendel bien vivant ,, schubert vivait avec la mort pour compagne ,, syphilitique au possible rongé par les affres la solitude et la souffrance , en conflit avec le tyrannique paternel quelle musique géniale il nous laissa , mort à 31 ans il avait l'intuition du destin inexorable , d'une poésie existentielle que bien peu comprirent ,, schubert ne se plaignit il n'acheva pas ses oeuvres pour mieux les reprendre dans l'au delà qu'il savait imminent ,mozart lui même n'agit pas autrement ,, il vivait comme ses pharaons égyptiens la fortune exceptée , comprenant le caractère éphémère de notre vie ,, il attendait l'éternité sachant l'amour impossible sur cette terre , cette lettre divine qu'il adressa à la jeune fille si longtemps si rageusement aimée , schubert aimait l'humanité hommes et femmes peu lui importait , il voulut cette lascive ambiguité ,, par peur du paternel , des divinités musicales ,, la passion nous conduit à la mort nous autres humains inconscients insouciants trop imparfait pour deviner toutes les subtilités et le génie immense d'un schubert ,,il pleura la mort de beethoven pour s'en aller vers le lointain wallahla lui aussi ,, franz s'éteignit pressentant schumann mendelsohn et brahms surtout un autre géant génial subtil , immortel ,, mozart haydn et bach étaient passés ,, beethoven inhumé , schubert garda sa place ,, pour notre joie immense ,, merci
Merci pour tes mots du coeur... my friend died on the eve of his 31st birthday, no wonder I was drawn to Schubert, it's almost a year ago now. Et je connais Brendel et son Schubert, "the gold standard".
When I was 10 years, I received a recording tabe as a gift without any information on it. I started listening to it for several years but I never had any idea about the composer of that music piece which sounded like a magic. This mystery remained unsolved for years until a few nights ago...when I went to a quartet concert and after 26 years that piece was played again and I just realized Schubert was that mysterious composerrrrr. And I was about to cry 🥺😍❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
1. Allegro (d-moll) - 00:03
2. Andante con moto (g-moll) - 11:30
3. Scherzo - allegro molto (d-moll) - 22:12
4. Presto (d-moll) - 25:45
관록의 명연주!!!!! Excellent!!!!!
1. Allegro 00:00
2. Andante con moto 11:28
3. Scherzo allegro molto - Trio 22:11
4. Presto 25:42
Andante con moto is used in a very popular Dutch funny series as intro!!
But I prefer as in beauty the allegro one!!!
@@sergei-prokofiev Szia Liszt. Hát még élsz? :)
Thank You. This should have been included in the description
Almost devastating. Impossible not to feel overwhelmed by the beauty of Schubert's strings.
The fact this was written as the composer realized he was dying. The theme of death permeates all four movements of the work. Chills!
The quartet was written in 1824. Schubert died 1828. So this is quite a bold supposition.
@@martinschwehla4704 I think he was diagnosed with typhoid fever/syphilis around that time. Some believe it might be why he didn't finish the eighth symphony--either that or he just got distracted.
Franz, could we ever thank you enough ? The 2nd movement is beyond words. Where did you find the inspiration to compose such an overwhelming beauty ?
Какое высокой , тонкой человечности обращение к гению сквозь время. Под впечатлением этой музыки прочитала Ваше сообщение ... Я Вас люблю за Вашу высокую искренность. Пожалуйста, оставайтесь таким. Будьте счастливы.
As you write, this is called being inspired: from the Latin "inspirare": to breathe in, to communicate... It's up to you to understand how or by whom.
One day, at the beginning of 1826, Franz Lachner paid a visit to his friend in the Fruhwirt's house, near the Karlskirche, to which Schubert had moved a year before. He happened not to be in a mood for work and was glad of the distraction. "Come on, let's have some coffee!" Schubert fetched an old coffee mill, his most precious possession as he called it, out of the primitive cupboard and, having measured out the beans and taken off his spectacles, began to grind. Suddenly he called out "I've got it, I've got it, you rusty little contraption ! "He flung the grinder into the corner and the beans flew in all directions. "But what have you got, Franzl ?" cried Lachner. Oh a coffee-mill like this is a wonderful thing. Melodies and themes just come flying in. You see, it's this Ra-ra-ra, that's what it is ! It gives us inspirations, it transports us into the wonderful realm of the Imagination! "Ah,so it's your coffee mill that composes, not your head ?" laughed Lachner. "That's it, Franzl, "cried Schubert, "one's head sometimes searches for days for an idea which the little machine there finds in a second. Listen! "They were the themes for the magnificent String Quartet in D minor, the second movement of which contains the variations on the song, Der Tod und das Madchen. Lachner noted them down quickly. "Come on, Franzl", said Schubert, "now we'll gather up the beans, so that we can have our coffee at last."
From the book by Otto Erich Deutsch - Schubert memoirs by his friends.
So there you have it!
00:01 - I. Allegro
11:29 - II. Andante con moto
22:12 - III. Scherzo - allegro molto - Trio
25:44 - IV. Presto
This string quartet is no doubt one of the most disturbing and chilling pieces of music ever written. It anticipates the great catastrophes that would soon befall the world. Schubert was a visionary. He looked straight into the abyss. His music is both a grievous farewell and a desperate warning!
19:55 - 20:30 one of the most sublime moments in all music!
Die meisten Menschen verstehen dieses Stück leider nicht ...
Yes, and today Google/You Tube interrupted this sublime passage with a political ad!! Aaaiiee! But even a political ad could not tarnish the beauty of this performance. The Alban Berg quartet is the best!!
The melody from cello make me crazy
i like 14:13 the best
so true... gets me everytime..
One of the greatest recordings/video ever made. No one captures the 2nd movt like they do.
this a first rate video. not only is the music perfectly played with energy and passion, but the clarity of the picture is phenomenal , the camera work and lighting is brilliant.
We never realy die. We.reincarnate and we always meet with the people we really love.
Life is eternal becsuse our soul is eternal. We alwsys reincarnate, after a period of reposal.
Да. Это так. Но только такую музыку надо слушать. Зрение здесь только помешает.
I like how the Alban Berg Quartett is like a special agents unit. :) Especially the more rhythmical parts are so precise but strong and dedicated to the max.
The combination of a great composer, dazzling interpretation and outstanding image.
Marvelous. One of my all time favorite video!
Just played this. One of the most sublime works in the whole repertoire, sublimely played, could hardly breathe in the slow movement, sublimely played.
"The Dark pictures: The devil in me" - The maniac from this game has very good taste, he played this wonderful music
I'm here cuz I heard this recording in "The Devil in Me", which was used in very intense moments. Unbelievable performance 👏👏👏
This is absolutely the best interpretation of this piece!
It is the best!
Definitely the best.
Try Artemis Quartet
It’s a superb performance, but my CD of the Italian Quartet playing this piece isn’t heading for the charity shop just yet...
This is literally the best recording I've heard!! The second movement made me cry it was so well played! BEAUTIFUL!!
Was für eine Musik und was für Musiker! Das nenne ich Harmonie!
Ich nenne es nicht auch Harmonie, es ist Brillanz.
Harmonie ist erwas viel groesseres und dimensionslos. Es ist der Wurzel der Griechischen Zivilisation, heute leider verscwunden bei den christlichen Tieren.
Besides the fact that the camerawork is absolutely dazzling, the Alban Berg Quartet plays Schubert's Death and The Maiden with intense drama, passion and perfection. I have their Late String Quartets by Beethoven, which they play with equal perfection and are definitely my favorite ensemble for delivering astounding and high quality performances. Bravo Alban Berg!
The four of them form a single body as they play - it's fascinating to watch! Bravo!
The performance is so perfect! I googled Alban Berg Quartett, it's pity that the quartet retired in 2008
Sad to hear they are retired. The second violinist Gerhard Schulz, was the first violinist in our Düsseldor Quartet for 2 years when we studied at the Düsseldorf Konservatorium together with Sandor Vegh and cello teacher Antonio Janigro. I told Gerhard he was destined for fame. ❤
Very good performance, video is pretty good too.
I. Allegro: 0:00
II. Andante con moto: 11:30
III. Scherzo (Allegro Molto): 22:14
IV. Presto 25:45
The 2nd movement speaks of death, the third speaks of rest, but the forth signifies the Resurection, it is extremely happy with perfect interpretation!
Congratulariona for understanding the immense soul o Schubert. God bless ypu!
Superlative performance of peerless glorious music. Simply wonderful.
Absolutely extraordinary playing.
Alban Berg thank you for that music. so beautiful. thank you so much
How this quartet sounds!.. Pure magic
actually not magic, its never that easy, in fact i cried in a pratice rom like once. its years o fhard work and deadication to perfect such a unnoved craft. you are taking out th e hardworkb y replying with things like this. we put in blood sweat & tears and im not joking. like i have bled my fingers befroe from playing so long. so, no, kradomir, this is not magic, it is HARDOWKR AND DEADICATION. magic is implying that it is out of the ordinary, as it is not out of the ordinary. if you would stop leaving disrespectful comments such as this one and learn the beautiy of the work put behind music you too WOULD UNDERSTAND that this is not pure magic but instead hardwork.
@@idodrugs7855 most intelligent people know what hard it takes. I think this person is just saying it feels magical
This has got to be one of the most powerful, most disturbing and most violent String Quartets ever written. Some of the passages in it are just agony to listen to. To hear it played with such frenzied passion by one of my favourite 2 Quartet Ensembles is truly special.
Have you heard Shostakovich string quartets? I recommend 8, 9, 11 and 15, especially 8 and 11 are brutal, and so good! Most all of Shostakovich 15 are good! Borodin quartet plays them great!
Played with great clarity and power.
This is a simply phenomenal interpretation of one of my favorite Schubert pieces. The cinematography is also breathtaking.
This is one of the first pieces of classical music that really amazed me as a teenager and ten years later, after more than 200 listenings, it still fascinates me profoundly. Unbelievable how many different emotions related to death (grief, solemnity, fear, anguish, relief, tranquillity) can be conveyed in these four movements. From the terrifying 30:28 to the silent mourning of 11:38. Amazing interplay and sublime performance.
29:01 is my favorite part, even if the odd triplets disappear after a measure or so, it just simply mesmerized me
Una interpretación de antología; no hay ninguna que se le compare. Lástima que ya no existe este conjunto.Maestro violista (RIP)
If one had to choose a single work to testify the power of music to every living soul, this one might be the best choice. I simply cannot imagine any being not being moved to an almost unbearable extent by this quartet. This is beauty that almost kills you and I could never listen to it every day.
If I could play more than open strings this would be on my bucket list to learn
This was one of the most epic performances I have ever seen.
que de souvenirs merveilleux remontent à ma conscience en réécoutant ce 14 ème quatuor de schubert ,, un chef d'oeuvre de poésie de beauté de nostalgie constructive , joyau onirique et que dire du fameux quatuor alban berg qui pour ce cette oeuvre et bien d'autres ne sera jamais égalé même après avoir écouté des monuments comme le quatuor de budapest , le quatuor lassale , la quatuor amadeus , la quartetto italiano , le quatuor tallich , le quatuor julliard , et tant d'autres merveilles comme le furent les 7 merveilles du monde pour le regard et la mémoires humains ,, mais concernant ce 14 ème quatuor de schubert je n'ai jamais écouté mieux que le quatuor alban berg ,, et si chacun doit avoir son avis je tiens à remercier cet ensemble pour tout le bonheur qu'il m'a apporté ,, merci pour le partage
This is a superb performance. The finale prestissimo coda is played with intense energy and precision, wonderful throughout. Can I request that sponsors' ads do NOT come in the middle of the music, but preferably before the performance. Thank you for sharing this marvelous playing.
I have so much respect for this generation of musicians. Musical integrity and at the state of the art production. This is as pure as it gets. The strong sound of the Alban Berg Quartet got me into listening to more Chamber music and enjoying it!
Such a breathtaking music and a breathtaking perfomance 👏👏👏👏
Senza parole… quanta bravura! Da parte di tutti, si può solo ringraziare
#hmac2222
you are right, its the best video to chamber musice ever seen
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ALBAN BERG QUARTETT - there is nothing left - so sorry they dont exist any more
thank you musicians and video artist
and by my heart: thank you Franz Peter Schubert, my love
+Erhard Geiger You're right, the video is just excellent. But The Lindsays performance is better (IMHO).
+EnterMyChallenge I've got their Schubert collection, of the later quartets; very good.
+Erhard Geiger fantasicna interpretacija!!!!!!!
Erhard Geiger
Vienna! Nothing else!
I was writing a paper and listening to this, then I noticed that there was a video. I had to stop and watch. Beautifully done!
"...it is very important, when you are listening to music, to be completely focused...You are completely in the thing. And when you listen to music, take a few seconds of silence before you start listening, and then when the music starts, you hang on from the first note that you hear, and you don't go away thinking about other things, your mother, your girlfriend, the shopping list and things like that - hang on to the first note and you fly with the music until the last note. The amount of pleasure you will get out of that is absolutely unique...Give yourself to it! You have to have the will to attach yourself to the music with your ears, and then you will fly with it." - Daniel Barenboim. Just a thought - this isn't music made for studying to :)
Thank you, Andrew Crust, for Barenboim's advice. My tendency is to distract myself when I am listening to music (my mind always wanders, whatever I do, unwittingly), but I will try to remain in the flowing present, once more time and forever! Thanks a lot for remind me the most important thing!
+Carlos Lara yup - same as reading a book innit? Yet I see people all the time reading books with their pods on. Crazy.
Trick is to pick a piece that's so good you actually don't want to do anything else.
Грандиозно! Спасибо большое ансамблю за непревзойдённое исполнение!!!
Looking up info online, i am sad to read that after 38 years this world famous string quartet disbanded in 2008. Incredible artistry! Just thinking how wonderful it would have been to see this amazing performance in person. Left to right: Günter Pichler, Gerhard Schulz, Thomas Kakuska, Valentin Erben. Kakuska passed away from cancer on July 4, 2005, but was replaced somewhat earlier than that due to his health by regular collaborator Isabel Charisius--- I wonder what year this was recorded.
I performed in a quartet with Gerhard Schulz in Germany for 2 years He is awesome and so glad he ended up in this awesome Berg Quartet! ❤
Beyond, beyond and beyond! There's the Quintet for strings. Then there's the piano quintet. And then there's The Death and the Maiden. And then there's an interpretation by The Alban Berg Quartet and we all can die tonight because it's absolute ecstasy.
I heard this for the first time at one of the Cal States. I think it was the Guarneri Quartet. I sat i the front row. It was like a bomb had gone off and I was shell shocked. I'd listened to a lot of classical music, but never anything like this.
Schubert is a very undervalued composer. Change my mind
Le Choro I agree
Ave Maria is heard literally everywhere.
Hmm. New York Times had a list of best composers, Franz was fourth. Bach Beethoven Mozart Schubert. I think FPS is maybe the best, but I don't know if you can call him undervalued, since he is often ranked as one of the very best.
Wow! Love the segue to shadows just before the piu mosso near the end of the first mvt. The character of the piece changed dramatically. Brilliant directing.
The Alban Berg quartet is divine .
Não me canso de assistir tão grandiosa interpretação! Saudações de alguém que os assiste do Brasil!
Привіт і вам! Це геніальне відтворення квартету #14 Шуберта. Дякуємо
Hearing it again, it grows in richness, variety and expressive depth. Thank you for taking out the ads so the performance is a complete entity as it should be. One of the finest performances of this marvelous work, enhanced by the effective lighting.
I’ve listen this quartet many times through my long life in many concert halls;, on records, with the world renowned performers, yet, this quartet managed to dazzle me again. Incredible ensemble, incredible performance and superb cinematography! Bravi
I can't listen to this piece without crying.
It's a doubles set, beards against shaveds.
I find this piece amazing! I could listen to it over and over. I MUST go see this performed live somewhere. Bet it's an experience to behold! Schubert is one of my favourite classical composers along with Dvorak and, of course, Beethoven. Best Wishes Friends. 🙂
What an amazing performance!
I couldn’t believe it was only four people making all that sound!
THANK YOU AUSTRIA FOR GIVING US SCHUBERT AND THE MUSICIANS OF THE FABOLOUS ALBAN BERG QUARTETT. What a wonderful country!
Great masterpiece, great performance, great everything ❤️
Gracias cuarteto Albán Berg por darnos este Shubert magnífico
Franz Schubert, I love your music so much! Please come to Brazil
Franz Schubert died in 1828
The second chapter goes directly to the heart
My favorite piece of chamber music. And a great performance of it!
Stunning music. Stunning playing. Stunning video.
What a wonderful performance. Whoever did the video was also a great artist!
No doubt :)
Schubert... su genio y sensibilidad doliente... y este cuarteto receptivo al sentimiento del compositor y con esta extraordinaria interpretación... Se encoge el alma. Sublime.
What a great, great production. Not only is this a beautifully shot recording, but it's also easily my favorite interpretation. They handle the tempi in the Andante exactly to my taste, and they are appropriately reckless and diabolical in the Presto. What a group of guys.
oui tout est parfait ! la quintessence de Schubert. Les timbres, les phrasés, et l’énergie commune sont époustouflants . L’alternance des voix et des nuances est fascinante de profondeur et de clarté. Une telle grâce donne une émotion poignante.
Belleza infinita. En el 2do movimiento pareciera denotar que Schubert sentía que iba a morir joven. IMPACTANTE de principio a fin
De acuerdo. Y por eso originó el título Death and the Maiden.
One of the first pieces in a while which I’ve found myself liking immediately out the gate. It flows so well between all these different emotions and the moments of intensity are so easy to follow and empathize with. The beautiful cinematography is just the cherry on top! Superb!
This is easily my prefered piece for string quartet. Simply marvelous!
Beautiful, and played so well, intonation is "talking" to me, so finely done.
Death and the Maiden, this came on Music Choice last night. I took it as an omen, and today the Maiden has died. Oh Baby sister, I love you so much.
Enjoyed..like the clarity and close ups and of course the clear sound.
Absolutely the best.
+Semra Bahcivan yes,yes!
Zoja Petkova Markovic
Sublime, magnifico. Espressione e testimone dell' altezza del genio umano...
Extraordinaria versión. No dejo de escucharla cada vez que puedo
How can one dislike this video? There is no way to find a reason.
Magnifiquement mis en image. Ce chef-d'œuvre le méritait.
Fantastico! La mejor interpretación de este cuarteto. Bravo!
Interpretação padrão dessa obra. Não vi melhor que isso até agora. Que quarteto de cordas!! Tive o prazer de ver essa formação no teatro Cultura Artística, pouco antes de o violista falecer. Que sorte tive.
There is no better music in existence for taking a long winters night stroll through deep, deep snow ....
awesome composer...awesome musicians...awesome filmmakers....thank you so much.
Marvellous. The musicians are obviously masters of their instruments. The best recording of this piece, one of my favourites, that I've heard. Thank you for posting.
Wonderful! Music and performance quartet impressed me. Thanks for the post.
this vid should receive an ocsar, the action is great, the filming is amazing!!!!
This beautiful, awesome piece makes me forget my pain and the scars on my arms and also on my soul...
these boys be jammin out fr fr. Cant wait for their new album.
That would be great, but the ABQ retired in 2008. It was formed in 1970. Its complete recordings are available as a 70-disc boxed set.
I love the violist’s instrument. I wish I had a viola half as beautiful as his.
Vielen Dank liebe Belotschka! Es ist wunderbar! Gute Musik zum richtigen Zeitpunkt!
It gives me joy to hear this kind of music !
What a wonderful interpretation! A delight for ears and eyes!
CONMOVEDORA versión de una obra dramática y maravillosa.
Palabras aparte para el director de cámaras que logró ina filmación pocas veces vista
Merveilleuse version .Belle prestation. Merci!