This is definitely one of my favourites romantic string quartets, i had never heard this particular recording, but now i think this is the best one i've heard, thanks for uploading it.
The tension in this quartet is impressive, in particular in the 1st movement and in the finale. Going through this masterpiece of composition and interpretation is a wonder, hearing the silence after the last chord is almost like a relief.
Thanks for uploading this. An excellent performance of a work previously unknown to me. Having the score is an enormous benefit, so thanks for troubling to provide this too.
Question to the Mendelssohn experts: Did Mendelssohn write more pieces after his sister's death, and if so, do they have the same fascinating sinister vibe? It's so tragic that Mendelssohn didn't live longer. Goofy pseudo-intellectuals and wannabe art critics complain that Mendelssohn's style hadn't changed over his life, comparing him to Beethoven who lived 20 years longer and had a much longer career. And it's dumb to think Mendelssohn didn't change his style. In fact, there seem to be different Mendelssohn styles - the young prodigy finding his own way navigating through his idols, then the established and beloved composer with his neoclassical understanding of romanticism, and then the third version where Mendelssohn begins to slightly change and - in this string quartet - rebel against his established style. Mendelssohn isn't the greatest B composer - in fact, he contains both, so-called classical "B tier" attitudes getting in touch with progressive "A tier" attitudes which makes him my favorite composer. When Mendelssohn's style seems to contract itself, it always comes to the point where Mendelssohn finds a way to expand the density, while composers who always expand sometimes seem constrained in their expansion, trapped in their freedom.
The howl of anguish heard shortly after the piece opens would confirm most people's belief that this quartet was written in reaction to his sister, Fanny's, death. That was in May. Mendelssohn wrote the piece in the summer of 1847 and it was premiered in October. Since he died at the beginning of November, this was his last completed composition. All the opus numbers from 73 on were assigned posthumously.
Also beethoven’s style may have changed a lot more compared to different composers due to his crippling hearing. Imagine the difference of writing music when you were young and old, compared to when you could hear and when you’re deaf.
@@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtrackssounds similar to people who claim rap isn't music. It's just a different genre, and yes for some people metal is better, it's an opinion after all.
@@eliass596 I'm not the kind of person who says that something is not music. It's stupid to say that rap is not music, as much as it's stupid to say that heavy metal isn't. My comment has nothing to with the fact that heavy metal is or is not music, or with liking or not liking it. It has to do with the distinction between serious music and music for entertainment. I don't like, in general, the comparision between classical music and popular music because I think it's stupid to compare serious arts to entertainment. This is all I have to say. In my life I've enjoyed different kinds of music, including rap and metal, so it's not that you have to explain me that all genres of music contain pieces with a pleasant sound. I simply think that to say that heavy metal is serious art like classical music because it sounds good is not different than saying that the film "How high" is serious cinema because it makes you laugh.
Never heard Mendelssohn untill I heard the Allegro Assai the other day. It blue my mind, I won't say literally because it wouldn't be true. But whaaaaat? Some one could make a badass edm beat with those tones. I have only heard a similar effect once before, when all the low scale brass all came in together and alone to make this powerful tone out of nowhere. I forget the piece now, but I could remember if I tried. I want to say Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony perhaps.
@@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks there are some beautiful rock pieces too, and I know that this composition can not be rock, because that genre was invented years after Mendelssohns death. It does sound very brave and modern too me
@@letsschubertiad1966 Everyone knows that there are nice melodies outside classical music and that some pieces of classical music have weak melodies. So, you don't have to explain that there are some nice melodies in rock music. If I had written that there are not nice melodies in rock your reply would have been adequate. What I wrote in reality is different. Classical music is the genre of the highest class, rock music is vulgar. If you say that a genre of music is vulgar it doesn't mean that it doesn't contain pieces with good melodies. It only means that it's vulgar. It's quite common to read comments like "Vivaldi/Mozart/Beethoven was the first rock star" and I think that they are offensive. They were composers of serious classical music, you can not trivialize their art in this way!
Why do you need to be offended by my comparison?, I just don't like that you talk about rock like something that is spoiling the youth. And I love Mozart, Schubert, Bach, Beethoven, Donizetti, Weber, Wagner, Tschaikovsky, Filtsch, Liszt, Chopin, Verdi, Brahms, Mielk, Lortzing, Haydn, Finger, Elgar, Viotti and especialy Mendelssohn because I have a special connection to him. I don't trivialize classical music, I adore it. That's why I made an obvious exaggeration about this piece.
I cannot really read music but I understand a little, and I cannot see how the score in the screen has anything to do with the music being played. I don't see anything that looks like what I am hearing.
0:00 - I. Allegro vivace assai
7:01 - II. Allegro assai
11:26 - III. Adagio
19:22 - IV. Allegro molto
The whole world is in this quartet.
Underrated comment.
Written immediately after the sudden death of his beloved sister Fanny.
oh no, I didn't know that :(
such a talented duo, both died so close to each other..
That was the reason why this quartet was given the name "A Requiem for Fanny"
@@rodrigosamuelguinis717 and there is a reason for that key (F Minor)
And very soon... Mendelssohn died, equally sudden as his sister. A tragic but genuis family.
This is definitely one of my favourites romantic string quartets, i had never heard this particular recording, but now i think this is the best one i've heard, thanks for uploading it.
The Artemis Quartet have some very good recordings of lots of stuff. Worth checking the rest of their output
@@klop4228 The recording of Octet Op. 20 with Jascha Heifetz is excellent too.
Have you listened to Quatuor Ebene's recording?
One the greatest pieces of chamber music. This shows very well the greatness of Mendelssohn.
The tension in this quartet is impressive, in particular in the 1st movement and in the finale. Going through this masterpiece of composition and interpretation is a wonder, hearing the silence after the last chord is almost like a relief.
24:20 this ending is always give me goosebump. Love it!
0:56 That sounds soooo good!
Yes he loved his sister from the depth of his heart
Thanks for uploading this. An excellent performance of a work previously unknown to me. Having the score is an enormous benefit, so thanks for troubling to provide this too.
My tears goinig down with the third movement.
Thanks God I found this in a Playlist and seek for it🥰
no ammount of 🔥can describe the second movement of this piece
The 2nd movement's recap from trio to scherzo is destroyer!
the 21:50 is legendary
Probably my favorite recording of the quartet... makes me wish I could play all the instruments so I could make my own
22:43 the best scale of the entire piece
This is a magic
Great piece and performance, thanks for the upload! But in the Finale the development starts at 20:55
Sublime obra e interpretación! Que suerte tenemos de poder escuchar la música de mendelssohn, realmente un placer.
Totalmente de acuerdo maravilloso
Une performance merveilleuse.
a tragic and grieving quartet
We'll listen to this on the night of the day we're getting married.
Must be wonderfull!
Fantastic😍
I'm the 999th like. I wonder who will be the next one to like this masterpiece, from this author whom I've just known of today.
not me
True artemisian performance
Amazing
Question to the Mendelssohn experts:
Did Mendelssohn write more pieces after his sister's death, and if so, do they have the same fascinating sinister vibe?
It's so tragic that Mendelssohn didn't live longer. Goofy pseudo-intellectuals and wannabe art critics complain that Mendelssohn's style hadn't changed over his life, comparing him to Beethoven who lived 20 years longer and had a much longer career. And it's dumb to think Mendelssohn didn't change his style. In fact, there seem to be different Mendelssohn styles - the young prodigy finding his own way navigating through his idols, then the established and beloved composer with his neoclassical understanding of romanticism, and then the third version where Mendelssohn begins to slightly change and - in this string quartet - rebel against his established style. Mendelssohn isn't the greatest B composer - in fact, he contains both, so-called classical "B tier" attitudes getting in touch with progressive "A tier" attitudes which makes him my favorite composer. When Mendelssohn's style seems to contract itself, it always comes to the point where Mendelssohn finds a way to expand the density, while composers who always expand sometimes seem constrained in their expansion, trapped in their freedom.
The howl of anguish heard shortly after the piece opens would confirm most people's belief that this quartet was written in reaction to his sister, Fanny's, death. That was in May. Mendelssohn wrote the piece in the summer of 1847 and it was premiered in October. Since he died at the beginning of November, this was his last completed composition. All the opus numbers from 73 on were assigned posthumously.
Also beethoven’s style may have changed a lot more compared to different composers due to his crippling hearing. Imagine the difference of writing music when you were young and old, compared to when you could hear and when you’re deaf.
This work is simple great, the string quartet most heavy metal of chamber music!
Although I understand what you mean, it's an offense to compare a great composer of serious music like Mendelssohn to heavy metal.
@@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtrackssounds similar to people who claim rap isn't music. It's just a different genre, and yes for some people metal is better, it's an opinion after all.
@@eliass596 I'm not the kind of person who says that something is not music.
It's stupid to say that rap is not music, as much as it's stupid to say that heavy metal isn't.
My comment has nothing to with the fact that heavy metal is or is not music, or with liking or not liking it.
It has to do with the distinction between serious music and music for entertainment.
I don't like, in general, the comparision between classical music and popular music because I think it's stupid to compare serious arts to entertainment.
This is all I have to say.
In my life I've enjoyed different kinds of music, including rap and metal, so it's not that you have to explain me that all genres of music contain pieces with a pleasant sound.
I simply think that to say that heavy metal is serious art like classical music because it sounds good is not different than saying that the film "How high" is serious cinema because it makes you laugh.
Música linda
7:03
Herr Beethoven would have really liked Felix's Opus 80 string quartet.
I was almost there...
the climax of 1st mvt is so dramatic and tragic
Never heard Mendelssohn untill I heard the Allegro Assai the other day. It blue my mind, I won't say literally because it wouldn't be true. But whaaaaat? Some one could make a badass edm beat with those tones. I have only heard a similar effect once before, when all the low scale brass all came in together and alone to make this powerful tone out of nowhere. I forget the piece now, but I could remember if I tried. I want to say Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony perhaps.
He invented rock before there was a term for it :)
You are right
Just because it's an energic piece doesn't mean that it's rock. Fortunately Mendelssohn has never composed bad music for teenagers.
@@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks there are some beautiful rock pieces too, and I know that this composition can not be rock, because that genre was invented years after Mendelssohns death. It does sound very brave and modern too me
@@letsschubertiad1966 Everyone knows that there are nice melodies outside classical music and that some pieces of classical music have weak melodies. So, you don't have to explain that there are some nice melodies in rock music.
If I had written that there are not nice melodies in rock your reply would have been adequate.
What I wrote in reality is different. Classical music is the genre of the highest class, rock music is vulgar. If you say that a genre of music is vulgar it doesn't mean that it doesn't contain pieces with good melodies. It only means that it's vulgar.
It's quite common to read comments like "Vivaldi/Mozart/Beethoven was the first rock star" and I think that they are offensive. They were composers of serious classical music, you can not trivialize their art in this way!
Why do you need to be offended by my comparison?, I just don't like that you talk about rock like something that is spoiling the youth. And I love Mozart, Schubert, Bach, Beethoven, Donizetti, Weber, Wagner, Tschaikovsky, Filtsch, Liszt, Chopin, Verdi, Brahms, Mielk, Lortzing, Haydn, Finger, Elgar, Viotti and especialy Mendelssohn because I have a special connection to him. I don't trivialize classical music, I adore it. That's why I made an obvious exaggeration about this piece.
As if the spring storm
The ending is pure Mendelssohn but could easily be late Schubert
07:03
1:13 👌😩
5:00
24:39
What concentrated tension! His last work - dead at 38 - a terrific loss to Music
Not only as a talented composer. He used his wealth to help musicians and revived Bach's work that was sidelined for a century.
11:26 Imagine how a woman feels
Contrapoints?
what
Un Quartetto che fa da Ponte tra Beethoven e Brahms.
dedicated to her sister Fanny on her death on may 1847
0:39
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I cannot really read music but I understand a little, and I cannot see how the score in the screen has anything to do with the music being played. I don't see anything that looks like what I am hearing.
it matches perfectly 😎
Please learn to read music. It will preserve your brain well into old age. Following a score is one of the delights of life.
7:05