If I were spending twenty years alone in outer space and I could only take one piece of music with me, this would be it.

@weiliu3623

3 жыл бұрын

Make sure to bring enough batteries.

@alexlevine2522

2 жыл бұрын

I agree today and many days in the past and future. On some days, though, I'd vote for Beethoven's Diabelli Variations, like this Quintet a work of beauty, depth, and pure genius.

@elviajove8289

2 жыл бұрын

Me too! Especially the Adagio which just sends me to heaven!

@CTP8585

Жыл бұрын

AH, to you, outer space is somewhat like a desert island and this is your desert island music. My friend, on the contrary, outer space is full of intelligent life forms lot more advance than us. However, they will not appreciate this SCHUBERT chamber like you did. ENJOY.

Absolutely the best chamber piece ever conceived. Shows what the violist can do.

One of the best chamber pieces ever conceived.

@bertrandmarotte4401

4 жыл бұрын

Perhaps the greatest piece of music ever?

@55archduke

3 жыл бұрын

@@bertrandmarotte4401 Let's just say there's none better.

@theopaopa1

3 жыл бұрын

@@bertrandmarotte4401 perhaps...

@alexlevine2522

2 жыл бұрын

Almost...just take out the "one of"

Five men in total intimacy together. If only the world could be like something even approaching this it would be wonderful thing.

The finest work of all chamber music. Schubert is a real genius. He composed several greatest works in western music history during his last years of life. It is a miracle.

@erichodge567

2 жыл бұрын

...and at the other end of his life he managed to compose Gretchen am Spinnrade (I'm just going to say it), the greatest lied ever written, at the tender age of seventeen. Impossible and unbelievable.

@alexlevine2522

2 жыл бұрын

Imagine what he'd have done if he'd lived his three score and ten!

@kittikhunsodprasert5841

2 жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree more. After refine sweetness of the 1st movement suddently the dark fantasy of 2nd movement is shock the audiences. It's so sweet, sadness of funeral march and suddend stormy in the middle which right after the storm its becomes real feneral. This movement I love the most. It's beautiful and scary in the same time.

@aachoocrony5754

Жыл бұрын

@@erichodge567 Any particular recordings you would recommend? I'm liking Jessye Norman's. Thank you

@martyheresniak5203

10 ай бұрын

Genius, yes. Miracle, no.

One of the greatest string quartets/quintets of all time played by one of the greatest ensembles of all time.

There is a mathematical enigma here. This string quintet, which has been a favourite of mine for more than half a century, clearly requires five players; but in this utterly outstanding performance, a single heart beats throughout, and a single soul sings. I have never heard the like of it. (And I notice, in this church setting, that the signs for "PEACE" and "HOPE" have been unceremoniously stashed away in a corner, as though in recognition of the fact that in Schubert's all-encompassing vision, such banal slogans have no place in the expression of true sublimity. Thank you, thank you.

@jamesnickoloff6692

2 ай бұрын

I agree with everything you say except the banners. They are positioned directly behind the lectern where Scripture is proclaimed and where the preacher holds forth. But yes, there is no place for banality, spiritual or otherwise, in the presence of Schubert--and Emerson.

@jamesnickoloff6692

2 ай бұрын

Actually, on second look, it seems that the podium has been moved for the musicians. Hard to tell where the banners would normally be.

Great seeing David Finckel back in the fold...and what a magical performance here.

@adriancameron8665

Ай бұрын

Almost as good as their recording from 1992

WOW. What an emotional and amazing situation they made. Return of the former 35 years member! Great to see this. They made a disc of that masterpiece with the great Slava, and the disc is still my all-time favorite.

One of most wonderful performances of this classic!!!!!

@loriswaterhouse9948

3 жыл бұрын

Patricia rutledge

Indiscutibilmente uno dei capolavori assoluti della musica da camera. Ogni paragone sarebbe inappropriato. Vi sono altre gemme che risplendono tanto quanto questa. Ma ora, ed ogni volta che la sentiamo, godiamoci questa. Per quanto conosco, il q. Emerson è l'unico degno erede in attività del q. Amadeus, del q. Italiano e del q. Alban Berg.

Second movement is the best masterpiece ever for me

@klauslayer6645

3 жыл бұрын

I agree! Absolutey beautiful!

@danielnatzke6733

3 жыл бұрын

Rubinstein considered it the entrance to Heaven.

@loveItalia-py6gp

2 жыл бұрын

me too....

Omg this whole performance is a delirium I hope to be able see them live one day

@ivainsencher

Жыл бұрын

I was able to see this evening at fmg, gorgeous.

@martyheresniak5203

10 ай бұрын

I saw them quite a lot in the early eighties. They were booked for a concert at a small chamber music series held in the chapel at Bard College. They were booked before they won a big something or other (of which I see no mention in their Wikipedia article nor on their website) and played just after. The place was packed because of the notoriety. They apparently liked the series because they came back subsequent seasons. I was lucky to be the local critic and get all those free tickets. They were the first quartet I had encountered that swapped out the first and second violin parts. That is pretty much standard now.

Magnifique interprétation d’une oeuvre magnifique. Elle n’a rien à envier aux interprétations du passé (Casals et les Budapest, Casals et Tortellier, Heifetz et les Budapest…). Elle vient simplement s’ajouter en toute humilité.

I finally found it! My only source of information of music was only encarta and as a nine year old kid I always loved the classical music. Encarta only gives you snippets of the pieces and this was one of them that has always clung to me. It's been long since I've been in touch with the Classics and I remembered this tune and I'm so happy I found it

@dell177

2 жыл бұрын

i find youtube to be a great source of music performances no matter what your tastes. The resolution of the files is not what I'd like to see but great playing shines forth in spite of that. I have thousands of performances bookmarked so I can sit back and listen to them at will. I use and external DAC that feeds my stereo so I can hear what these files have to offer. My DAC treats lower resolution files very kindly so the sound I get is quite good, I would rate musicality as more important than ultimate detail that would tend to highlight the resolution of the file (bitrate) more.

Kinda forgot what an amazing piece of music this is, and they really do it justice here.

Their CD from 1992 of this piece is probably the best interpretation that I've ever heard.

@Soccerlover7945

4 жыл бұрын

I was just going to come here to say that! The definitive version for sure. Everyone else plays the "loud" part of the adagio too slow and haltingly.

@jantigercat

2 жыл бұрын

Was it the recording made in Germany with Rostropovich?

@aladee1

2 жыл бұрын

@@jantigercat that’s the one.

Que interpretación tan apasionada fabulosa, sublime. Gracias por compartir.

This is so sublime and heavenly! I am sending it to my former piano mentor, William Corbett-Jones of San Francisco, a marvelous pianist and person who loves Schubert! Happy Holidays,....

thank you all for playing Schubert's amazing music and for sharing.

Super good performance. I went to their concert at stony-brook. It was very different them what we could hear on youtube. Highly recommend go to the concert, pay and listen.

@abirdthatflew

4 жыл бұрын

True. Nothing beats a live performance.

Remarkably stormy and intense for C major. Masterful. I knew 1st violinist Phil Setzer and recorded him in his early days, around 1971 at Franconia college in New Hampshire

Emerson is able to play with deep feeling without schmaltz or sentimentality. The performance is clear, direct, patient, and assured, with nothing to prove to anyone. This gives it a deep spiritual quality, as if all unessentials have been left behind, leaving only the music's pure, timeless soul. Is there any way this recording could be made available for download or purchase?

Schubert's music flows like water.

This music reaches you inner being. The soul is touched in an imaginable way.

@elviajove8289

2 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t have said it better; just sublime, especially the adagio

I keep listening this music. 2nd mov adagio is great for this kind of weather.

Thank you, Franzl 😇 for leaving behind such a treasure of music!!!! And thanks to such great artists we are able to listen and stunning by our hearts!❤ 🙏

먼저 이런 대가들이 연주한 아름답고 소탈한 무대가 가슴에 와닿으며 (한국과는 다른 공연 분위기)에머슨퀄텟과 핀켈의 연주가 너무나 감동입니다. 어쩜 이렇게 최상의 밸런스와 고양된 음색으로 서로의 음역에서 조화로울수 있는지..이것이 진정한 연주의 자유로움이 아닐까요.. How beautiful performance it is!! how could they play so harmonious and so best balanced in music ! just. maestro's expression.!! also Ich muss sagen ,ich wundere mich so sehr , wie sie so harmonisierten in ganzen Musik,in beste Balance!! so faszinierte Interpretation immer -hin ausspruch!

If this is not the most sublime, and glorious and heartfelt piece of music ever written, then what is? Mozart comes close, so too Beethoven. But this man, glorious Schubert, has it all here.The most perfect piece of compositional genius. Ever!

@martyheresniak5203

10 ай бұрын

Beware superlatives. Advice from my second grade teacher. Never best nor most nor ever nor perfect nor worst.

@jamesnickoloff6692

2 ай бұрын

@@martyheresniak5203 But your second grade teacher was the greatest ever, I'm sure!

@grangetowncardiff6935

2 ай бұрын

@@martyheresniak5203 Do you have a soul? Do you have ears to listen? Never mind trite advice from your "second grade teacher" and I'm sure he/she was just that. Second Grade. Listen again, and be in awe of some of the most sublime music ever, ever, written. Pip Pip

@martyheresniak5203

2 ай бұрын

@@grangetowncardiff6935 What an ass. How utterly knit-picky. I was not speaking of the music nor its quality, but of the unfortunate use of superlatives. Perhaps you should work on your reading comprehension. And, no, I do not have a soul. I don't believe in that kind of fairy tale.

thank you so much for putting your heart into this performance

Franz Schubert 1797-1828 Quintette à corde avec violoncelles, en Ut Majeur, D956. Ce quintette a été composé par Franz Schubert deux mois avant la fin de sa courte vie, à 31 ans. C’est sa dernière œuvre de musique de chambre, elle est contemporaine de sa 9ème symphonie, dite « La Grande ». Un quintette est une pièce musicale écrite pour cinq instruments à cordes. Contrairement à Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart qui utilisait un effectif de deux violons, deux altos et un violoncelle, Schubert a substitué une partie d’alto par un second violoncelle, ce qui confère une dimension plus dense, et laisse le loisir au violoncelle soliste de s’exprimer totalement. Avant lui, Luigi Boccherini utilisa à plusieurs reprises cet effectif. Lumière et crépuscule, inquiétude et sérénité, alternent en permanence. Schubert composa deux quintettes : celui-ci pour deux violoncelles, et celui, fameux, avec piano, « la truite ». Ce quintette est divisé en quatre mouvements, « allegro ma non troppo, adagio, scherzo et allegretto ». Il ne fut pas joué en public du vivant de Schubert : un seul concert fut consacré entièrement à ses compositions avant sa mort, en 1828, et sa création - supposée - daterait de 1850, au Musikverein de Vienne.

Gorgeous richness of sound. I don't want it to end. And yes I'll try to bring enough batteries for forever!

Thankyou for sharing this Michael.

Gorgeous piece so wonderfully played. Thank you for posting it. Thanks also to Alec for mentioning the Emerson CD of this piece which I will order today.

Thank you. Wonderful.

at around 27:00, the coda to the 2nd movt. is one of the most heart-breaking in all music. And played here so honestly and without exaggeration. Simply stunning.

Sublime. I was sorry to hear of the quartet retiring.

great music and performance of this schubert gem...

Terrific performance; A+!

The adagio will tear your heart out.

@piranyam

2 жыл бұрын

Always cry on that one!!

@tonyrowe4701

3 ай бұрын

Kenneth Branagh " Conspiracy" .... one of the most subliminally and painfully ironic quotes in any movie .....

19:36 the harmonies here kill me every time ❤

Was für eine großartige Aufnahme! Mehr Musik kann ich mir kaum vorstellen.

I adore and marvel at Schubert's quiet place there alongside Beethoven et al. What treasures of profound ponderings and outright statements that puts him in a position for contributions (he was writing half step modulations before others conceived of such) to the growth of music. He did this right alongside Beethoven without demand or apology. It's as if Schubert emerged fully mature and musically refined which only got better. 31 years on this planet and left dozens of musical treasures for audiences to appreciate the timeless relevance of this music. This work defies description or summary. It has simply to be listened to in rapt attention and reverence.

This video is super nice and relaxing

I’m on my 3rd year of playing cello. We are doing “small groups” in my school orchestra, and we ended up with 2 cellists. We have an ensemble of 106 in the large class, and 40ish in the higher level class. We wanted to play a quintet with 2 cellos, and I am so excited to play this piece. Thank you for sharing!

@teepee431

4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations.

@quocvinhluong6501

2 жыл бұрын

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@quocvinhluong6501

2 жыл бұрын

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@quocvinhluong6501

2 жыл бұрын

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@quocvinhluong6501

2 жыл бұрын

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I just listened to this piece (I. & III.) at my college. This is one of my favorite pieces now

Pocos autores pueden expresar sentimientos tan profundos como Schubert en toda su música de cámara. Este quinteto es un claro ejemplo de ello. En cuanto a los intérpretes, PERFECTOS

@tuckerfarley3785

Жыл бұрын

Helping me through a tough time…so fine Thanks for being there..❤ ..

The viola part is on 🔥🔥🔥🔥!!!

@berylgreen1973

3 жыл бұрын

That was the instrument Schubert played in ensembles like this.

What a legacy !! Amazing !!

@alfiiamansi

3 жыл бұрын

And THIS could be burnt!!!! Composer died few weeks after finishing this, and no one knew about this work

good to see Finckel back together

Like the first light of dawn, this music opens your eyes to new promises and to all the wonders of nature. Evocative of powers beyond observation, these pieces pull the strings of the heart, attract nostalgia and awaken the loves, the skinned lives and torpor of the sleeping watchmen

Bravo!

I love 💞 this quintet

Love the opening of this piece. It has a very "Brahms 3rd Symphony" feel to it. The Emerson, of course, is brilliant.

I love duet the second theme of 1st movement by two cellos

FABULOUS SALUTATIONS TO MAESTROS THANKS from India

I believe Schubert is who Mozart would have become if he had lived into the 19th century.

@MrVincent537

4 жыл бұрын

Exactely the same I think since my childhood. The fifth symphony of Schubert is like a postum Mozart symphony.

@MrVincent537

4 жыл бұрын

And Brahms is the rebirth of Schubert...

i think i'm in love with both cellists lol

Wow, wow, wow, great, great!

When music touches the soul...

Bravo

Eine Sternstunde der Musikgeschichte

Probably the greatest music ever written in the entire music history after the cello suites.

@solooverland3666

3 жыл бұрын

As a professional cellist, I appreciate the sentiment, but no. Bach’s Cello Suites are not even the greatest string music ever written, not even HIS greatest string music

They're recording with Rostropovich in the early 90's is still the best interpretation, in my humble opinion.

@stephan2437

Жыл бұрын

I'll raise you the one with Pablo Casals and the Vegh Quartet. Slava was the greatest soloist in history but for Chamber Music and Bach Suites there is only Pablo.

The Adagio is celestial.

A MAGNIFICENT INTERPRETATION AT MARLBORO CONCERT LEVEL

Intergalactique certifié !

Once in a species genius. Schubert.

Good audience.🦋

Wow. 2:03

5 Männer in Einklang, Gottes Segen.

Schubert could have been another Beethoven, had he lived longer, already created so many classics in his short life.

@samdajellybeenie14

4 жыл бұрын

I think comparisons like this are inappropriate and silly. Beethoven’s and Schubert’s music were completely different! Why do we have to compare everything to Beethoven? Let’s just enjoy each for what they are!

The 2nd theme is sublime (Allegro ma non troppo). 02:50

Desert Island top ten for sure

Obra maestra, pero los dos últimos movimientos son impactantes. Un goce espiritual pleno

38:18

I have an LP recording of this work with Casals and it is funny how he sometimes grunts in sympathy with his cello.

☺️enjoy 🙏🏼 …

Прекрасная музыка

Your turn, Ludwig.

@DAS1962

3 жыл бұрын

Alas Ludwig was already dead a year by the time this was written. This couldn't have been written if Ludwig's later String Quartets had not come first

@solooverland3666

3 жыл бұрын

Abirdthatflew - Eh... Op.131?

@abirdthatflew

3 жыл бұрын

@@solooverland3666 - Touché!

God, from 46:20 it feels so climactic

Amazing how throughout Schubert's music one can always hear the idea of death luring around

Ain't the last part a fandango?

Paul Watkins ..I think I've seen him do Borodin.. I like the music just as long as I do not see him play... sorry, I loose my aplomb at times..

I wonder how felt Finckel playing it with a new member of his old quartet, he was playing for many years. He did legendary recording with Rostropovich and now he is playing with Watson, but the 2nd cello...And Finckel sweet tone is unmemorable...Like ex and current wife together ;)

@DavidWDNO

3 жыл бұрын

In the preCOVID realm, the Merriam-Webster`s definition of "unmemorable" used to be this : www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unmemorable Alas, apparently no more... And neither Paul Watkins, as i just realized, called these days Watson... And then, as if all of that was not enough, those subtle wives` innuendos ... O tempora! O mores!

wow, a little bit draggy for the emerson

Hoy estuve en el Parque Metropolitano de mi ciudad natal, Santiago de Chile. El parque es un cerro, una puñalada de las primeras montañas de los Andes sobre el valle en que se asienta la ciudad. En la falda sur de este cerro el conquistador Pedro de Valdivia estableció su campamento, aunque luego fundó la ciudad un poco hacia el poniente, dándole una planta de tablero de ajedrez, de acuerdo con las ordenanzas legales de la época. El lugar en que estuve se llama "TUPAHUE", es un híbrido de lengua quicha, la lengua de los conquistadores "Incas", en la cual TUPA o TUPAC es Dios, el Inca, el emperador, era un Dios, y la lengua de los aborígenes que ya estaban allí. los "mapuches", gente ("che") de la tierra (mapu). Es un lugar elevado un "Lugar de Dios", un sitio donde está Dios. Es un lugar muy adecuado para escuchar esta música trascendental, tan "humana" que toca al sentido de la vida, de la vida que se acerca a su fin. Como estoy próximo a comenzar mi octogésimo año de vida, escuché, en mi teléfono, este quinteto, para mí, la cumbre de toda la música occidental, en este lugar de Dios que conozco desde que tenía 6 años de vida y he visto evolucionar desde ser un lugar agreste hasta convertirse en el segundo parque urbano más grande de América. Lo escuché al pie de una palma chilena (jubae chilensis) palmera de lentísimo crecimiento, tan lento que si entierra su semilla, encerrada en una durísima cápsula. demorará cuando menos 10 años en abrirse y en aparecer el primer esbozo de una palma que demorará 100 años en llegar a unos 15 metros de altura. Esta palma fue traída desde la costa, unos 200 kms al poniente. Es un ejemplar joven, nacido del fruto de una palma que era un ejemplar también joven cuando Schubert vivía sus últimos días y escribía esta música inmortal.

@michaelparloff1155

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for your poetically lyrical thoughts about growing older, holy Inca sites, slow-growing Chilean palms, and, especially, Schubert’s sublime Cello Quintet. I forwarded your beautiful comments to the members of the quintet that performed Schubert's late masterpiece. They were similarly moved by what you wrote.

I prefere this first Violin 🎶

Got totally fed up with ads breaking in at random. Could at least put them between movements

@michaelparloff1155

6 ай бұрын

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Superb performance, spoiled only by the usual unintelligent filming.

The interruptions by the ads are truly infuriating in THIS masterpiece. Especially gross in the 2nd movement.

@michaelparloff1155

Жыл бұрын

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The interpretation does not convince me: The powerful downward movement in the first sentence is artificial. The first violinist often plays impure, the sound of his instrument is very sharp and flat...

Such a shame that this is interrupted in mid-phrase by your monetization arrangements.

@michaelparloff1155

10 ай бұрын

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@martyheresniak5203

10 ай бұрын

@@michaelparloff1155 Like I said, monetization arrangements. If those ads play, you are getting paid.

@michaelparloff1155

10 ай бұрын

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Age has its benefits. Glad they’re not rushing like they used to... PS Ridiculously bad camera/editing work

Pardon my Ignorance ,but I'm guessing this is not the "Trout" ? Heh, heh, heh, & that would be because it's a "Quintet"

@stephengrant5960

3 жыл бұрын

This is not The Trout. The Trout is a different Schubert quintet, but for the rather unusual combination of piano, violin, viola, cello and double bass.

Not very flattering lighting. Maybe that's what caused the occasional pitch problems. And way too serious.

invisible violist...

The first violin is still too strong in the second movement.

I find the choice of furniture off-putting