Johannes Brahms - Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- - Composer: Johannes Brahms (7 May 1833 -- 3 April 1897)
- Performers: Christoph Eschenbach (piano), Amadeus Quartet
- Year of recording: 1968
Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34a, written in 1861.
00:00 - I. Allegro non troppo
14:44 - II. Andante, un poco Adagio
23:37 - III. Scherzo. Allegro - Trio
30:51 - IV. Finale. Poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo
This youthful work had a difficult birth. Brahms introduced it as a string quintet in 1862, but violinist Joseph Joachim found the music too weighty to be supported by strings and suggested recasting it for piano. So Brahms fashioned it into a sonata for two pianos, but this version didnt satisfy pianist Clara Schumann, who persuaded Brahms to bring strings back into the picture. The final transformation, for piano and string quartet, was finished in the fall of 1864; Brahms published it with a dedication to Princess Anna of Hesse -- not unusual for a young composer seeking patronage, but also perhaps something of a slight to Joachim and Clara Schumann, who had had such a hand in its multi-stage genesis.
The piano quintet displays young Brahms at his least risk-averse; the overall effect is often brash despite episodes of generous lyricism, and the use of themes and whipcrack changes in harmony seem impulsive, although Brahms is careful to thread certain motivic elements, particularly descending semitones, through all the movements in an effort to achieve structural unity. (This was an idea Brahms picked up from Beethovens Appassionata sonata.)
- Cunningly, Brahms begins by lulling listeners into complacency with a restrained statement of the first movements initial theme. Soon, though, the theme erupts with energy, whereupon the music slips into the unexpected key of C sharp minor for the second subject. Brahms subjects this material to a wayward development, and in the recapitulation he shifts the second theme into F sharp minor.
- The second movement, Adagio, is an episode of serenity, although it is always open to harmonic instability; its based on a faintly Slavic melody with a wistful harmonization.
- The Scherzo begins with low pizzicato cello notes, a launching pad for the syncopated main theme that creeps up through the strings and soon explodes into a robust, minor-key march. The contrasting trio section is in the comforting key of C major and manages to create a flowing, lyrical interlude out of what is essentially a fanfare figure. The scherzo ends with a unisono slide from D-flat to C, perhaps a nod to Schuberts String Quintet that ends the same way.
- After an ominous introduction, the finale builds into a fast rondo with the arrival of an impetuous but quiet theme over a nervous, almost galloping accompaniment. The first violin ushers in a second subject, slower and somewhat pleading. Brahms knocks these themes back and forth rather than supplying a formal development section, and then overlaps many of the movements -- and the entire quintets -- principal motifs in a Presto coda.
The dedication reads: "Ihrer Königlichen Hoheit der Frau Prinzessin Anna von Hessen gewidmet". - Hudba
I've been singing the first movement during my eight hours of work, I got home and listened like five times already. The first time I've heard this piece, more than a decade ago it was the two piano version with the beautiful Martha Argerich, it was my introduction to Brahms, who was going to become one of my favorite composers ever
Same here 🎶😄
i would check Schumann´s for another great example
and also check Dvorak's quintett!
My introduction to Brahms was one and two piano concertos. So majestic and painfully exquisitely beautiful
@@hanshartmann8205 Dvorak's quintet was under Brahms' direct influence. He was a Brahms student for a while.
"The Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 34 is remarkable for the way in which small motivic and harmonic details presented at the very opening come to play a larger role in the piece as a whole. ... The finale of Brahms's Third Symphony is built, much like the opening of the quintet, from a theme presented in F minor in unison and octaves. ... In an important sense, the relationship between the chamber music of the early 1860s and the symphonies of the late 1870s in Brahms is not only compositionally very close but also chronologically closer than it may at first appear." Walter Frisch, Brahms - The Four Symphonies, Yale University, 2003, p. 33-34.
This morning I played Mahler 6 under Eschenbach's baton, and then this evening I performed the first movement of this piece!!!
cool story
@@Tawanyh thank you!! That's so kind of you! They were both really memorable performances for me :)
Lol I read this comment while listening to Mahler 6
Congratulations😀😀😀
23:37
24:00 (24:03 PAM PAM PAM PAAAAAAAM PAM PAM PAM PAAAAAAAM)
25:16 holy shi- the chord progression with that particular rhythm is so wonderful... very unique
The moment from 25:10 to 26:38 blew me away... It's really well written
This is one of the greatest Brahms recordings of all time. It has been my go-to throughout my life. Sheer joy, passion and excitement.
Johannes Brahms:f-moll Zongoraötös Op.34
1.Allegro non troppo 00:05
2.Andante, un poco Adagio 14:44
3.Scherzo:Allegro - Trió 23:37
4.Finálé:Poco sostenuto - Allegro non troppo 30:51
Christoph Eschenbach-zongora
Amadeus Vonósnégyes
00:58
2:00
I love how this quartet has attacked the scherzo and allegro.
there is so much ferocity at 30:27
Brahms is not Schubert not Schumann not anyone he is unique. If you do not enter into his way of thought he may very boredom and difficult to grasp yet he is a genius of rhythm of colour of harmony of expression and of complexity. We refuse him but he enters deep into our soul. A giant.
You are right. I thought I would refuse him too but couldn't withstand him in the long run. I am his now. 😊
you have a way with the words sir.
The intensity that cannot be compared even with his symphonies, Brahms chamber works were crafted into perfection
The ending is pretty intense
Michael A. I know I was just about to say this. Such an amazing ending to a piano quintet! :D
I play the ending on repeat, I could never get tired of it lol
what a great masterpiece by a supergreat composer! I think some parts of it are suitable for singing, if one has the right words for it and the right voice. The lyricism is exquisite.
Terrific recording with music
Humam Ghassib yes, Humam, most of Brahms melodies are song-like, it is just like Schubert, very melodious. That is why people has been obssessed by Johannes Brahms, he sings human songs heroically and tenderly.
I think this exquisite piece is my all-time favorite. I always listen to it when I am under the weather and it lifts my spirits tremendously! This particular rendition of the quintet is unbelievably beautiful!
try Schumann's piano quintet for an even greater lift!
@@bernardokane5453 Those two quintets are often paired on the same CD. The two greatest piano quintets of all.
@@KeithOtisEdwardsОгромное спасибо за шедевр! Щиро дякую за геніальну музику і геніальне виконання! Очень хотелось бы узнать исполнителей.
@@olenadenysenko9105 Christoph Eschenbach (piano), Amadeus Quartet
My favorite Brahms piece, and this is an excellent performance. Thank you.
What a great idea to display the mss while the music plays. At first I kept thinking I had to turn the page, and only gradually realised it was being done perfectly for me. Thank you so much for uploading this. Eschenbach sublime as usual.
Bravo! One of the masterpieces of chamber music.
The first movement is a masterwork all on its own. Love it!
There is nothing as exciting and beautiful as the Scherzo! ♥
Yes, there is--the Andante whose delicacy and tension (eros and pathos both) breaks my heart.
Absolutely exquisite masterpiece and interpretation as well.
El gran quinteto de mi vida. Lo escuchaba absorto en la niñez y aún me conmueve, después de 50 años.
Thansk for the posting and the story behind the music. First time hearing but I enjoyed immensely.
Their scherzo is so powerful! Absolutely loved it!
Whilst this composition speaks of a fairly free spirit it also presages the Brahms of the future-a gorgeous if somewhat puzzling work. I loved it. Thanks for the recording.
For me, it's the scherzo that overwhelms. What stunning vigorous music! And a real ear worm...
Thanks for uploading this!!
Splendid performance!
I admire the passion of this performance. Some renditions of the Scherzo (often by older musicians or older recordings) take the Trio too slow, but I like it like this - a Grand March !
Taking the Trio slower makes no sense, if you look at the score. Brahms does not mark any different tempo for it so staying in the same tempo should be self-evident.
Sehr schöne 40
min mit der Musik richtig gute Oper so muss es sein super traumhaft schöne Operrette einfach nur super danke dafür dass ich die wunderschöne Opernmusik hören darf ich liebe die Operrette
0:33 Jeez Brahms is so beautiful and intense. I love it
beatifull quality recording and good version of this
Thank you so much. Brahms forever!
The trio in the 3th movement is my favourite part of the piece
The ENTIRE THIRD for me! ♥
Wow that’s querky
gives me the chills
AMAZING!
Marvellous work!
year of recording : 1968, its been 53 years and still amazing. so glad that I can listen to this piece
I feel like I've injected some extraordinary drug which has no bad side effects
No adverse-reactions perhaps....but highly addictive.....
Welcome to Brahms
@@ob4161 -- You might have warned me BEFORE that Richter recording of his Second!
SHAME ON YOU
Side effects seem to be trite metaphors
Thanks for uploading!
Thanks for the score.
Grandiose avec magnifique interprétation
Love how they end it especially ❤❤❤
I love this, especially the Scherzo.
Masterpiece by great master of music!
It's nice to find a piece of music I've been unable to find since I was at least 6. Especially the motiff at the beginning and end of the 1st movement.
What makes mankind as mankind, noble as heaven.
Dear Olla, thank you for your careful notes and insightful introduction to the works (prior to this I listened to Dvorak's "second" A major piano quintett, same excellent work by you. No wonder this care is rare, it requires time and insight...
Je n'arrive pas à croire ce que vous pensez de Brahms, c'est fantastique !
prodigieux quintette musique sublime ,, je ne connais rien de supérieur à la musique de chambre de brahms ,, mon compositeur , préféré celui que j'emporterai sur une île déserte ,,sans hésiter ,, un grand merci au fameux quatuor amadeus et à christoph eschenbach
The third movement so amazing
I can feel the pure soul of Brahms
Marvelous!
I am not a musician and your careful notes are very helpful for me and avidly read
One of the greatest piece in all classical music, wonderful!
"like" on 24 April 2016.
Back to hear it a 2nd time on 26 May 2016.
Harry Andruschak commenting just so you can watch again :D
Nelson Escalante same here bro
Christoph Eschenbach and the Amadeus Queartett just nail it!
Excelente version
Bravisimo!!!
Great.
Обожаю этот квинтет!! Сегодня вечером собираюсь на концерт в Москрвскую Консерваторию, где будет заучить этот квинтет и первый концерт для фортепиано Чайковским. Очень жду!!!!!!!! Спасибо ещё раз за то, что выложили с нотами!
Чайковского :)
+Gospodin Patrick Yes it is a great quintet, and enjoy the concert!
Tchaikovsky is overrated ..
i absolutely agree.
I absolutely agree that Tchaikovsky is overrated.
Oh, wow!
Played by the Windsor Quartet with Gabriel Chodas 1983 on WGBH, mind blowing!
8:12 is just beautiful
El mismo tema consiste en una serie de variantes de su compás inicial. En disminución, el tema (0:06) se convierte en una figura pianística frente a los acordes de las cuerdas (compás 5, 0:19); una transformación del primer compás del tema eclosiona en una nueva melodía lírica (compás 23, 00:57); después, una variante más lejana del segundo compás es sujeto de una imitación estrecha en los dos violines (compás 63, 2:25). Las últimas tres ideas tienen poco en común, aunque todas derivan de un antecesor común.
Magistral
One of brahms best pieces. To be honest, I am not a fan of brahms, but he nailed it on this one! Lovely stuff. Powerful too---
Everything is thematically developed so well, the ideas expand to their limit crafted so meticulously that one would say the true heir to Beethoven and not only in a structural manner, true passion is displayed in the writing and the playfull emotes drip into each other seamlessly. One can only stand in awe. This is music where every note matters. This is music where the violin bow can take an eye out.
Where do they teach this stuff?
Amazing quintet, sitting alongside the Schubert (Trout), Schumann and Dvorak. Later amazing piano quintets among others - Franck and J. Mahleb (not to be confused with G. Mahler) which I've only recently discovered here.
Back when Eschenbach still had hair and Brahms no beard. ;)
wow…
The experience of searching and listening to the music history song requirements of the exam and enjoying the music is suddenly pushed for countless times of ad, which gives people a bad experience😊
25:53 ❤️🎶🎻
god that's what I call an epic coda
30:51 - very Shostakovichesque
いいね！
Theres a little motif in the finale which Brahms uses again as the scherzo for his first string quartet. I'm mostly posting that here in case anyone else notices but can't find what it was!
Twoset violin comment
I came here from Brahms and no one else.
twoset is making my life fuller with their recommendations
Non-Ling Lings Unite!
They aren't my cup of tea, but I like to see that they're recommending profound music to their fans.
I’m here cause of two set
Magic 📣📣📣📣
Wow !!!!
역시 브람스네요. 2악장은 특히 좋군요. 통영국제음악당에서 피아노 퀸텟 들으려고 예습합니다.
Hello. I've just listened to Fleisher's version with Julliard. it's on both Deezer and Spotify. I think it's worth a shot 😛
Do you have any idea whether the versions for only strings and for piano duet still survive? I'd be interested to hear them
Also, as a side note, you'd never believe that this wasn't always written for piano quintet. Brahms' orchestration, at least in the first movement, is impeccable.
The Piano duet did definitely survive, it was published in 1872. I don't know about the string version.
The piano duet did survive, the other versions didn't. Master work!
The Piano duet is Op.34b
klop422 I heard one for piano duet this summer! Yes, they still do exist
I'm not sure if it's just me but some parts sound quite inspired by Schubert lol
I agree.
Yes very much
Yes, it does have a strong flavor of Schubert.
That's true. Brahms was a big fan of Schuberts music. I actually have to write a comparisson between their pieces for my music class because Brahms was often inspired by Schubert.
supremo
kinda wish Schönberg had orchestrated this one.
Aw, sad how the princess it was dedicated to died a year later...
Actually, Landgravine Anna of Hesse-Kassel (born Princess Anna of Prussia) died in 1918, more than 50 years after this piece was composed. Were you thinking of a different person?
Je suis d'accord avec Franco Bonani concernant la musique de Brahms
1ч
ГП - 00:06
1ПП - 00:58
2ПП - 01:23
ЗП - 02:50
2ч
1 раздел - 14:44
Середина - 17:16
3ч
1 раздел - 23:39
Трио - 26:38
4ч
Вступление 1 элемент - 30:53
2 элемент - 32:03
ГП - 32:32
ПП - 33:42
ЗП - 34:46
Anyone know if it's possible to get this on CD?
This is so epic. Holy sh*t
i whish someday i'll be able to enjoy brahm's chamber music.. or piano sonatas for that matter..
30:01
Is it just me or does the beginning melody of the Scherzo sound a lot like the second movement of Brahm's piano concerto in Bb major?
It sounds really similar in some parts at the violin concierto from tchaicovsky
Funny you should mention him--they were both born on the same day - 7 years apart---and they detested each others' works. REALLY detested!!
交響曲よりも前に、これを聴いていればブラームスを大好きな作曲家だと位置付けた
最初に聴いた曲が不幸だった
Como quintetos, éste y el op 44 de Schumann se llevan las palmas
28:00 Rasputin by Boney M :-)
It’s like 8:59 ... the piece is so fun to plaaaaaaaay
ブラームスの曲で１番のお気に入り
Zur Aussage von Daniel Barenboim - bekanntlich mein Lieblingsdirigent unter den lebenden Dirigenten und auch als Pianist über die Maßen brilliant - aus der Reportage über Beethoven, die ich nach 15 Minuten aus bekannten wie schlimmen Gründen abrechen musste, dass man bei Brahms merke, dass er kein PIanist war... ...also man muss schon wirklich genial sein, um das so überhaupt sehen zu können. Ich studierte einige Partituren von Brahms, aber der Gedanke als solcher, obwohl mir das Faktum natürlich bekannt war, kam mir nie in den Sinn... ...ich darf aber sagen, dass man Nikolaus Harnoncourt sehr wohl anmerkt, kein Pianist zu sein... ....basinga...
Le p'tit Daniel
Was redest du denn da? Brahms kein Pianist?
若い頃のブラームスは情熱家
Rach 3rd is some parts?
Hmmm. Tappeto, no.
The opening of the last movement (before the piano texture becomes heavy) kind of sounds like a late Beethoven quartet