As a violist who has endured all of the jokes, you madame have achieved the most beautiful sound I have ever heard on the instrument. Even the accompaniment portions are well voiced and musical. Every phrase is clear. Bravissima!

@Wheeliethai

2 жыл бұрын

As a Violist who has also endured all the jokes, it's too bad that Borodin barely gave any Melodic melody to the Viola.

@killerb3609

2 жыл бұрын

@@Wheeliethaias a bassist, i still think their part is pretty

@triatand4839

2 жыл бұрын

SO what are the violist jokes? never heard them

@kathybaker2660

Жыл бұрын

It's been my understanding the correct term is violinist. If I' am wrong please enlighten me. By the way my grandmothers name was Viola.

@kunstderfugue

Жыл бұрын

Oh my God I was thinking "wow these melodies really make this viola sound". It's such a sweet, deep, fond sound. I like very much.

It is an utter shame that Borodin's life intervened to such a degree that he was not able to devote more of it to composition. His ability to create unforgettable melodies is pure genius -- artists with this level of invention and ingenuity deserve more than having to try and fit their talents in somewhere in the midst of simply trying to survive. This wonderful movement just makes you realize how much we have lost to a world that does not value astonishing talents like Borodin's.

@magnolean9762

2 жыл бұрын

I mean he has accomplished some of the greatest feats in history not only being one of the greats in composition, but also one of the greats in chemistry with his work in organic synthesis that tbh should have gotten him a nobel prize.

@prototropo

7 ай бұрын

@@magnolean9762 Yes! He was a true polymath--a genius at impossibly long, lyrical melodic beauty matched only by Bellini and Schubert. But his work with aldehydes was more widely hailed and he was Nobel worthy in chemistry, absolutely. He was also a champion of women's education!

THIS IS MY FAVORITE MOVEMENT OF MY FAVORITE PIECE FOR STRING QUARTET PLAYED BY MY FAVORITE STRING QUARTET

@evanmcguire5787

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for posting this, I know the classical videos aren't as popular, so it means a lot that you're willing to take the time to keep this incredible music alive as well as your instruments popular

@brainrussell6811

5 жыл бұрын

Wish that they would include this piece on iTunes for download... whaddya say guys... and gal?

@jaedth

4 жыл бұрын

You're in luck then! It IS great, no doubt.

@elizabethschaeffer9543

4 жыл бұрын

This is what this wonderful music should sound like. They have caught the life of it.

Borodin's Nocturne is the most beautiful piece of music ever composed. What a beautiful interpretation from this charming, talented quartet. Bravo, Dover Quartet! Bravo!

I'm not sure how to adequately describe the intense visceral response I have when listening intently to a masterful classical composition played by an outstanding musical ensemble. I literally find myself on the edge of my seat, heart racing, emotionally swept along as I anticipate the next musical phrase. This intimate performance and recording is simply overwhelming. There's a reason the Dover Quartet has achieved such worldwide prominence at such a young age. I'm awestruck.

@parkedawn

5 жыл бұрын

I feel exactly the same way.

@jputterman26

5 жыл бұрын

Thelonious Monk used to say the band's role was to "lift the bandstand." I've had people who saw Lester Young or Charlie Parker tell me their body levitated. That's the feeling these incredible musicians convey.

I know it sounds silly but I found this so beautifully performed and well done it brought tears to my eyes.

@ushoys

5 жыл бұрын

Not silly at all

@elizabethschaeffer9543

4 жыл бұрын

Not silly at all. This music performed so sensitively is deeply moving.

@jagdpanther1944

4 жыл бұрын

nothing silly when music brings tears

@mirror1675

3 жыл бұрын

My grandmother played the violin very well and I recently learned from my aunt that when my dad was a small boy he would often start sobbing when he listened to it. Just the thought of that makes me cry.

@createlovehappy

3 жыл бұрын

Me too.

I CANNOT tell you how happy I am that you guys did this! Love this piece, and love this whole quartet! Thank you guys so much!!!

@akwadmusicyt4353

5 жыл бұрын

Jordan Bates YES

@pipedreams1685

3 жыл бұрын

It’s very lovely isn’t it?!

All it took to make Dover my favourite string quartet of all time was two youtube videos, incredible!

They are all fantastic, but my eyes keep being drawn to the cellist. It seems he is the heart of the group, the one that does the most in keeping the group together and setting the mood of the piece. Of course, as he pointed out, he is the most free to look around, since he doesn't hold his instrument with his chin!

@ceterisparibus6261

3 жыл бұрын

he is the beat of the piece... for sure.. I think you are right. Just I would hate to be used as the beating heart of a social setting... when a pretty girl is up ... she is keeps the pace in the mids with the other guy with similar notes but maybe a bit lower. I identify with the cello... but I love the violin especially in this song.

@niapawina

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

@maxineporter8848

Жыл бұрын

I'm partial to the cello (I played it when younger). The composer must have had a special place in his heart for the cello! The cello lines are an integral part of this piece.

@AbigailPoirier

Жыл бұрын

@@maxineporter8848 Yes, Borodin really makes the cello the star! I'm thinking you must have meant that you're *partial* to the cello, you like it especially well. "Impartial" would mean that you cared no more for the cello than for any other instrument.

Holy smokes, these guys are sublime. I want to see a live performance now!!

how did I only found this piece of classical music, it's so beautiful it should've been more famous~

Such calm and relaxing music, no wonder the band on the RMS Titanic played this piece as the lifeboats were lowering from the sinking ship - must've been a surreal sight and sound.

That first violinist.😍😍😍 Beautiful piece. Viola player is awesome.

my favorite thing is when you can hear the strings hitting against the fingerboard. it’s just such a real thing idk it’s weird but i like it

This melody as adapted to Kismet, was our wedding song over 56 years ago. It would have been marvellous to hear your performance back then. Bravo!

Congratulations to the Dover Quartet and a special greeting to Milena, I am her admirer. Greetings from Chile.

I believe this is the most beautiful piece of music I have ever heard in my life . The first time I heard it I cried that was nearly 30 years ago and still when it is played like this It's still so incredible. How does it alter your breath and your heart beat ? Tug at you soul ? Thankyou so much for playing you are so talented . Thankyou for recording the way you play together such a treat . I could listen all day just heavenly .

@anacolle6264

3 жыл бұрын

I todo cried the first time i listened to this música. It was played by the borodin quartet. The Beauty brought tears yo my eyes. I still love it and this quartet is amazing .thanks

0:58 Omg..cello sounds ammmazing ^_^

I first heard this in 1992…on an episode of Ren and Stimpy, believe it or not (Stimpy was laying in bed crying). It touched my soul. I’m so happy I found it again, such a beautiful piece of music. Words cannot express what this means to me.

I love the Cello. Such effortless performance .

I'm really impressed. Impeccable,flawless performance. A very poetic, expressive playing by the cellist. Although I'm a brass band member,I confess,I 've admired his interpretation.

Lovely

so i’ve probably been planning my wedding since my senior year of high school,, and i’m now a junior in college. i’d love to have this for my processional!

THANK YOU, THANK YOU THANK YOU

An incredibly moving performance. Bravo!

Great Performance Dover. Bravo ... beautifully played. Thank you from Ireland.

my first exposure to this piece was watching a Disney animated short set to the story of The Matchstick Girl, and I fell in love. This performance brought beautiful tears to my eyes. Bravo a tutti!

@jmchez

5 жыл бұрын

For me it was, "And this is my beloved" from the Musical "Kismet".

@platinumpetal3995

4 жыл бұрын

My buddy played this for a quartet, she was violin. I was completely mesmerized from it, I asked her for the song, and here I am XD

This piece is just pure joy, each and every time.

"And this is my beloved" --Kismet Loved this!

I'm pretty sure they are tuned to 444. The ending is the part to identify. Very cool. I know most chamber groups and other orchestras in Europe tune much higher than other parts of the world, but either way it sounds phenomenal.

We just listened to this beautiful, heartfelt, poignant recording.The sound is superb, the visuals delightful, an altogether moving and special recording, thank you so much. And by the way that is my funeral music…I was listening with a piano pupil who also plays violin in a young string quartet coached by Derek Williams in Nottingham.They had worked on the 1st movement…he too, like me, was spellbound

Awesome! This is probably the best rendition I’ve ever heard. Do you ever come to the UK? Yes, that’s an invitation!

Marvelous. And impressive how the roving camera was able to move around without noise or tripping on cables.

Every time I hear this piece, it's like I was listening for the first time. It gives me such a thrill, I can hardly say...

Brilliant! Comforting - like a cosy cup of tea and a crumpet on a wet afternoon😃

My favorite piece ever played to perfection! My new favorite quartet. (The cellist is cute too!)

just another night at the office for them - real pros it doesn't get any better than this - real feelings and compassion!!!! 4 stars rating from me

really tight knit group - they were actually almost bumping into each other's arms but they didn't seem to care - they were loving the music too much. as am i. thank you

I listen to this Borodin nocturne a lot from a lot of different groups, maybe I've heard hundreds. Starting around 2:56 here begins a section that I love above all others, that driving violin like a heart beating hard is so punk, and at around 3:46 they really start chopping wood! The solos and tender parts are played with equal excellence. Beautiful.

Best KZread discovery of the week BrooklynClassics

If my ears could sing in raptures of joy they would join my soul in the exquisite bless while listening to you perform. Thank you so much.

Great playing and audio / video quality! Thanks!

I first heard this selection on overnight New York City public radio in the middle of the night. I was around 35 years old. I am now 68 but the music is not diminished.

This is one of the most beautiful things I’ve heard, can’t stop listening to it!

I’m breathless

👏👏👏👏 BEAUTIFUL

Really impressed - playing this as part of an orchestra but this really blew me away, can’t wait to play it myself! ❤️😍

Most beautiful composition!

This music always makes me cry by happiness. Thank you so much for this emotional moments 😘

Heavenly

beautiful

I heard this piece many decades ago and loved it, but did not remember the composer, or name of the piece. When I stumbled upon your rendition here, it came immediately to my mind, as something I heard years ago. Thank you for posting this sublime piece, it brings tears to me, your rendition is so superb. I play it over and over...I never want to forget it!!

Beautiful and moving.... here after hearing Africa......

Here I am sobbing like a baby

So beautiful. So majestic. So utterly utterly fantastic. You make me so happy. Those harmonies are absolutely spine-tingling

Wow i can actually hear the viola. Twoset, i have found ling ling😂

@milenapajaro-vandestadt8780

5 жыл бұрын

music/ game life 😂🤣😍

@emilyrickers5567

4 жыл бұрын

Ah, another Ling Ling wannabe!

@OrdinaryLatvian

3 жыл бұрын

You TwoSet people spread like cancer.

@bobshnitzel2608

3 жыл бұрын

@@OrdinaryLatvian I wouldn't go that far, thats a bit rude That being said it does get kind of silly how so many comments that are so similar get put in the comments of basically every classical music related video

@OrdinaryLatvian

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobshnitzel2608 They're probably just kids, but goddamn are they annoying. I realize the futility in looking for good comments on KZread, but these people certainly don't make it any easier.

Beautiful so beautiful.

I love this song so much. It gets into my soul so deeply

ah!!! so lovely to see my favorite string quartet again producing beautiful music. it would be a dream come true to hear them play the entirety of this quartet 💕

Love this quartet, and this piece! Bravo!

When I was in my 20s this and Madam Butterfly's Un Biel Di Vedremo were my favorites and my friends made so much fun of me. They finally got it and now they thank me. How great is that?

Love you guys !!

Fabulous cellist. Beautifully controlled, poised, stylish playing. And he seems to interact with his colleagues more than do the other three.

Splendid

I simply cannot believe how beautifully you folks play. I know you have worked terribly hard to make this sound. Sanjosemike (no longer in CA)

exceptionally beautiful, thank you.

Beautifully played. For sure, one of the most romantic and moving pieces of music ever written.

Gorgeous

This is so beautiful. So beautiful.

Lovely. 💚

I have a Brussels Quartet CD ... gathering dust ... of the notturno. It was my standard ... like Murray Parahia's Goldberg Variations, and Fischer Dieskau's Schone Mullerin But the Dover notturno transfixes me. Then why should I - who doesn't play an instrument - have such a profound reaction to this? It is a mystery. And how could Borodin even conceive of such a beautiful piece of music. It is music like a conversation between loving people. I do not understand. So I have to remain convinced of the reality of the human soul.

Such beautiful musical “speech” from the soul! Music is the multiverse’s language spoken by these brilliant artists ! Congratulations! 👏⭐️

so incredible!! thanks so much this beautiful recording! the dover quartet is so special!

This music products in me adrenalin!!! Bravoooo!!!

I do LOVE this DOVER String Quartet. Very gifted and obviously hard-working musicians. You don't get to be this good without a lot of innate talent and a lot of blood, sweat and tears, and also loving what you do.

Not only does this piece touch my soul, it gives me chills while doing so.

Thank you for your wonderful performance.!

Beautiful performance !!! I had the privilege to be in one of your concert in Aschaffenburg together with my family.

It's so weird that I was just listening to this, this week. I heard it on my bus and found it. This piece is trying to get me back into playing lol!

After listening countless times to this piece, this is the first time I felt and understood the musical arc of this beautiful quartet movement. What an exciting performance, not to mention the gorgeous sound. Thank you!

Wow! That was Fantastic, bravo indeed!

Wow, that was beatiful. Thank you. You are awesome.

Beautiful!

Beautiful... truly

That was awesome

Wow, astonishing !!!

I read the title to fast and got to cleaning my room. The entire time I thought was was listing the Borodin Quartet performing Debussy's String Quartet no.2!

Amazing!! I'm in love with this!

I’ve been listening to the first movement so much, I forgot how pretty the third one is

Thanks! That was just a gorgeous delight!!

Wonderful!

Amazing performance!!!

Amazing to think that Borodin was a Doctor who turned to research organic chemistry successfully but had this musical creativity. He was a member of the mighty handful who took their inspiration from Russian folk songs and tales though not one of them had a structured musical education in fact they eschewed that,except Rimsky -Korsakov who was appointed a professor at the St Petersburg conservatory and became its best pupil his own words.

@Honorablebenaiaha

3 жыл бұрын

No one here is impressed with your copy pasta. Now get lost ass hole.

Music and performance, simply superb!😇💐

Awesome! Wonderful performance! ❤

Absolutely gorgeous rendition of a favourite Nocturne. Thank you.

It touches my hearts ..

Incredible performance and composition... my fav string quartet to date.

Love you guys❤

my fav quartet!!