Bruch: Complete String Quartets (Full Album)
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The two opus-numbered quartets of Max Bruch were first recorded only in 1993 by an Italian ensemble, and the recognised expertise of the Diogenes Quartet in music of this style and era makes their new recording the obvious first choice, but their album is further enhanced by the inclusion of a C minor quartet which was rediscovered as recently as 2013, in a box in the archives of the Mozart-Stiftung in Frankfurt. Further research revealed that this was an unpublished work by Bruch, composed in 1852 at the age of 14, in application for a scholarship from the foundation. Louis Spohr, in approving the application, was fulsome in his praise: ‘I am very interested to learn more about him, as I prophesy a brilliant career for him.’
This youthful effort is clearly influenced by the estimable models of Beethoven and Schubert, but its composer’s melodic gift is already revealed by the slow movement, an enchanting Notturno of great expressive strength. This is a subtle, finely balanced movement, woven with precocious sophistication by the teenage Bruch into an intricate fabric of voices, which cushions the sensitive melody, as it were, on a bed of roses. Four years later - and still only 18 - he referred back to elements of the quartet in his first acknowledged work in the genre, designated Op.9
This CD contains a World Premiere! The C minor Quartet by Max Bruch.
In 2013 an unknown quartet was discovered in the archives of the Mozart-Stiftung in Frankfurt, further research made it clear it was by the 14-year old Max Bruch! This fresh and spontaneous youth work clearly has its roots in the romantic tradition going back to Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Schumann.
The well known String Quartets Op.9 and Op.10 are vintage Bruch: although not revolutionary in any sense, they abound in catchy romantic melodies, the warm sonorities and harmonies adding to the feel-good atmosphere.
Excellent performances by the German Diogenes Quartet, who already recorded successfully for Brilliant Classics works by Gernsheim and a complete Schubert cycle.
Scholarly liner notes in both English and German are included in the booklet.
00:00:00 String Quartet in C Minor, Op. Posth.: I. Adagio ma non troppo - Allegro molto
00:08:19 String Quartet in C Minor, Op. Posth.: II. Adagio
00:17:26 Quartet in C Minor, Op. Posth.: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
00:21:08 String Quartet in C Minor, Op. Posth.: IV. Finale. Presto agitato
00:26:49 String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 9: I. Andante - Allegro ma non troppo
00:36:12 String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 9: II. Adagio
00:42:52 String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 9: III. Allegro molto energico
00:47:00 String Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, Op. 9: IV. Molto vivace
00:52:14 String Quartet No. 2 in E Major, Op. 10: I. Allegro maestoso
01:01:41 String Quartet No. 2 in E Major, Op. 10: II. Andante quasi adagio
01:07:57 String Quartet No. 2 in E Major, Op. 10: III. Vivace non troppo - Un poco meno vivo
01:13:25 String Quartet No. 2 in E Major, Op. 10: IV. Finale. Vivace
Artist:
Diogenes (Quartett)
Stefan Kirpal (violin)
Gundula Kirpal (violin)
Alba González i Becerra (viola)
Stephen Ristau (violincello) - เพลง
This string quartets are simply incredible. I'm so lucky of have discovered it a few minutes ago.
What an amazing discovery for me. I'm a classical music lover but was unaware of Bruch's string quartets. Thank you for sharing.
What a wonderful discovery! I'm like most people in that I'm only familiar with Bruch's violin concerto and Scottish Fantasy, so to find and hear these quartets was eye-opening. Hearing them made me want to explore more of Bruch's work. Thank you so much, you Brilliant Classic, you!
This is absolutely splendid - some of the most powerful chamber works I've heard! I'm so thankful for this fantastic recording of the opus posthumous quartet! It is a gem performed with such energy, power, and grace! Love it, thank you!
Que hermosura, con razón Bruch era uno de los compositores favoritos de mi papá. 👍😻🤗🥰
Thank you for this great upload! Before this video of 2017 it wasn't possible to find not even Bruch's string quartets op. 9 and 10 on TH-cam, so thank you very much for these Romantic pearls! For those who didn't know much Bruch before stumbling upon this video, I recommend listening to his other operas (symphonies as well) to be overwhelmed by its Romantic spirit!
Our pleasure!
One of my favorite opus by Bruch are his 8 pieces for Viola and clarinet. Just sublime
To think that these notes and masterpieces derived from silence is amazing. Thoughts are silent, It's the interpretation of them that creates noise. In this case this composer has found a way of making notes from a bundle of interpretations of what is noise in an unorganized manner. Genius.
It simply is not possible to have enough recordings of the music of Max Bruch. My profound gratitude to brilliant classics not only for all the world premiere and repertoire expanding recordings and compilations of composers but also box set rare recordings of the greatest soloists like Kogan Gilels and Kissin to name only a few.
Failed to mention Oistrakh edition box sets: concerto, chamber and trio, all wonderful treasures.
I did not known them but these quartets are sublime! Why in heaven's name are they not more famous?
You Tube is relatively new. In time pieces like this will be better known as people like you and me begin to explore the lesser known works of composers like Bruch.
Why in heaven's name? Cuz heaven doesn't exist... hehehehe... :)
@@bckm54 damn bro, that's funny 😒
@@paulheffron4836 -- The IV. Finale, Presto Agitato (String Quartet #1 in C Minor, Op. Posth).:...is a COLOSSUS! Same with #2. I didn't know what was playing....thought it was some later Beethoven that I'd missed! "Unknown Masterpieces"!!! Bravo from San Agustinillo!
Fabulous performances of all of it. The quartet gels perfectly to produce the sound I'm sure Mr Bruch would have loved. Great recording. Great upload.
Amazing. Beautiful. Thank you for sharing such a marvelous performance of these beautiful pieces. From San Jose, California
Brilliant Classics is a Dutch company, Thank you.
Majestic, soaringly brilliant, stuff!
Astounding! Beautiful! I am so happy to hear Bruch's music. Of course I've always known the name Anton Bruch but had never really listened to his music. I look forward to getting to know more of his work. Thank you so much.
TiticatFollies Think you may be confusing Anton Bruckner and Max Bruch.
Yes. Thanks.
Who is Anton Bruch? I may have missed someone here.
Incredible work, very glad to have been introduced to this somewhat obscure oeuvre
Great way to start the week!
Muchas gracias ! Un privilegio y un placer acceder a esos cuartetos del genial y conmovedor Bruch
Excellent!!!
Brilliant! Thanks for posting! /Bill
Agree with you 100%, Bill.....Greetings from México!
Excellent!
Belleza! Me impresiona el uso de los matices..buenisimo el cuarteto...
lovely
Thought I was listening to Schubert at his best.....had to re-check.....COLOSSAL!
Stevee GALLO 14 Year’s old
No big deal: When I was 14 I could bang a cracked tin kettle and make bears dance....Precocious? I'd say so
Never heard of him! Instantly impreesed by his music!
Bruch is one of those authors known for ONE single piece, and all the rest is unfortunately forgotten. The first violin concerto is his fortune and his malediction probably. It will always be "Bruch, the one of the violin concerto". If you are lucky you can stumble upon the Scottish fantasy played by Perlman in the same CD, otherwise Bruch's concerto is always with another author's violin concerto, not with another Bruch's opera.
beautiful
Tão brilhante que me sinto viva!🌼
Even the most beautiful playing cannot make up for lack of inspiration in the work.
Buena Música de Cámara. Qué sorpresa escuchar a Bruch en sus Cuartetos . Buen descubrimiento.
Aussi agréable à entendre qu'à écouter. Je me passe les trois quatuors quasi quotidiennement pour travailler. Cela met de bonne humeur sans aucunement nuire à la concentration. Bien au contraire.
brilliant masterpiece of romantic string music. Herd it on classic .nl.
2:22 quick start
Beautiful. Thank you! Do you know by any chance who painted the picture on the album cover?
It is an actual painting yes, called Der Tempel der Juno in Agrigent by Caspar David Friedrich
@@BrilliantClassics thanks, I love his work and was wondering if he did this.
Make sure you seek out and listen to the Adagio apacionado. It will leave tears in your eyes I promise.
Ever since age 12 I learned to play the guitar, classical pieces such as minuets, sarabandes, mazurkas. Then the piano, also classical. There is nothing like classical music, beginning with the great master Bach. First time I listen to Bruch, I love it because it has the "imperfections" that in Mozart's time were so disliked. I apologize to lovers of Mozart, but when I hear his scales and I know where they are going from note two, it's a turn off for me. Here with Bruch the tonality begins to be weakened, with which classical music became richer and more universal.
i like the weakening in classical music to accomplish the universalization by the way of simplification and sensitivity. The great intensitiy grows up far from the conventional saloons.
the minority is the better way for the universality.
"Without deviation from the norm, progress is not possible." - Frank Zappa
Dangerous mistake to compare one composer's music to another. This is Max Bruch and nothing to do with Mozart. Enjoy it please.
Great words!!!
One thing always makes me wonder. Fourteen dislikes. What? How? Why? I wish I could ask these people what makes them give thumbs down.
They're fusspots, feel important being contrarians,are know-it-alls, have tin ears or no taste
Just wondered why not let it be.
Problem is that people misunderstand the String Quartet. Listen to Beethoven's String Quartets and you will find the music so intense that it does become more difficult to listen to. Those expecting to hear a Max Bruch similar to his pop classic (Violin Concerto No 1) get a shock, so they give a thumbs down. These are also early works but all the same rich in development and beautifully played here. Hope this helps. David
I don't understand why people make such a fuss about dislikes. It is possible that a person doesn't enjoy this music and indicates a dislike, presumably so that TH-cam does not 'recommend' similar music to them in the future. Is that such a dreadful thing? Similarly, does it really matter what number of people like or dislike the quartets. If I hacked into this website and changed the number of likes to something much larger, and reduced the number of dislikes to zero, would that make you much happier, and further, why would it make any difference to you?
I agree entirely 123meanderer.
Great music! One thing that sticks out to me is why the uploader decided to simply repeat the opus in C minor, it's the exact same piece.
Good point!
I feel a sorrow of a hundred years
An outstanding work for a 14-year old boy!
i assume that you are 14-years old boy
Haris Xaristou Not necessarily
Haris Xaristou Why? This is outstanding work and anyone would be impressed by
Guys Bruch composed the c minor quartet at 14! (Read the description above for more details) :)
Don't be so over-impressed.....He may have just been a Prodigy, nothing more.....
👌
I swear to God, I thought I knew enough about Motzart. Wonder what else was in that box of his contemporaries ?
This isn't Mozart its Bruch he is a german composer
Bruch and Mozart were not contemporaries.
dónde nació Max Bruch?... en la luna?
A wonderful travel
Check out my Dad's string Quartet: th-cam.com/video/jFkutoctqFI/w-d-xo.html
Bruh
Mötley Crue,. Go jogging...
bruh
At 19:40....a loud, obnoxious advertisement broke in on the music. Voting dislike.
And again at 1:00:12
Sorry to hear. If you want to listen without the ads, you can listen it via Spotify or Download it via iTunes:)
Someone brings you free music and you dislike their video because you didn't pay for the TH-cam service which removes ads, thereby screwing the guy who gave you the music for free in the first place? Interesting outlook you have there.
couldn't agree more! *offers joe Duncan a HIGH FIVE* :)
You can use an adblock extension
You shouldn't give a dislike to the video simply because there was an ad. It doesn't have anything to do with the content of the video.