16 strings, 4 players, a universe of possibilities. The string quartet is the purest of all ensembles.

@luizamsalgado

4 жыл бұрын

I love string quartets! The most incredible and noble of all forms of music to me! And Beethoven, Bela Bartok and Shostakovich, rule in this genre. Lots of others great quartets too, pure, absolute music!

@liamyates5716

3 жыл бұрын

As much as I absolutely love string quartets, I still prefer piano trios over them. Just having that different sound makes it sound even better to me

@voraten7206

3 жыл бұрын

rip double bass haha

@kevinv.m.94

3 жыл бұрын

@@luizamsalgado I'll add Shubert in my list.

@Cantbuyathrill

3 жыл бұрын

I have to agree!!!!!

This piece makes me feel the dramatic side of life, the pain, the fear, the brutality and the peace at the same time

@johnimusic12

3 жыл бұрын

It's just about as perfect of an capsulation of human suffering as any form of art can approximate.

@hankitty444

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnimusic12 It is a good feeling to know that this piece is listened to similar feelings and thoughts.

@joseantoni034

2 жыл бұрын

I heard first time this because a friend, he told me that he really wants this masterpiece in his funeral. When I hear this song came to my mind these image and makes me feel sad and fear but I really enjoy it how these artists play it.

@hankitty444

2 жыл бұрын

@@joseantoni034me too... I would like this piece to be played at any ceremony of my own.

I really appreciate the cameraman for keeping the camera on the cellist for pretty much the entire 2nd movement, it made stealing fingerings a lot easier lol

Their tempo seemed little bit slow than most performances but sound was clearer than all of them and catch emotions better. Surely this old dudes know their stuff.

@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros4419

3 жыл бұрын

If you can emote quickly, you can emote slowly

@Lnarmm

3 жыл бұрын

Fellow lingling wanna be I see

@iwantsleep8079

3 жыл бұрын

Idk, I don’t see a reason to slow it down. After all, if you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly Pleasedon’tkillmeIjustwantedtomakeajokeIreallyloveandappreciatethesemusiciansandthinkthey’reveryskilledandtalented

@miguelmarquez4192

2 жыл бұрын

Its not slow. Problem is people want to play it faster than its written. Want something faster, write something.

@lunaayi2252

2 жыл бұрын

Lol the original tempo is really very slow. We play this quartet in my college. P.S. 2 and 3 parts were pretty quickly.......idk ur point

ahhh...from shostakovich's AAAAAAAAAA period

@ligemerrill6368

3 жыл бұрын

Did he have a non AAAAAAAA period?

@diegoferreyra8166

3 жыл бұрын

HAHAHA

@sneddypie

3 жыл бұрын

when was his not AAAAAAAAAAAAAA period

@sneddypie

3 жыл бұрын

@I Died AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

@dottore590

3 жыл бұрын

@I Died so he lived in communist Russia so time were shit and yeah he had a hell life

I'm not even joking, I want this at my wedding.

@vanivashisht7305

3 жыл бұрын

Nice username you got there 🔥👀

@johnimusic12

3 жыл бұрын

especially if your marriage marks the beginning of a lifelong prison sentence...haha

@twosetviolinfan4047

3 жыл бұрын

Yah I also....not that canon in d.....🥴😑.... canon in devorce.....

@twosetviolinfan4047

3 жыл бұрын

@@vanivashisht7305 agreed twosetter....

@ligemerrill6368

3 жыл бұрын

I N T E R E S T I N G username there :)

You just don't clap after this. How does one clap after this. How do you even function after this bruh

@brunoanselmo

3 жыл бұрын

I have no reaction after listening to this magnum opus. Get me speechless all the time.

@dwaterson21

2 жыл бұрын

This, and Mahler 2. And Mozart's Clarinet Concerto.

@dwaterson21

2 жыл бұрын

And the Jupiter Symphony, which was Mozart's last.

@pokerface4848

2 жыл бұрын

I thought in most classical recitals clapping is not allowed?

@smcaqua1079

Жыл бұрын

@@pokerface4848 I know this info is 2 months late haha, but clapping after a piece has ended is perfectly acceptable and even expected. The problem is when people clap when the piece hasn't finished yet. Like clapping between movements. This piece has 5 movements by the way, so people clapped after it ended ^^ Hope it helped!!

Even if this had been Shostakovich only composition, he'd still a place among giants. This is intense!!!

@DavidvanderWant

11 ай бұрын

Yes

I love the 1st movement. It has a deep sadness and gloom to it but you can hear a sort of peace peeking out in it. I picture a terminally ill person looking out a window reminiscing on their good but o so very short life knowing that death is just around the corner.

To think why it sounds this way is that Shostasvosky intended this piece to be his epitaph or a suicide note, dedicated to all the victims of fascism and war. Gladly, he lived to see a performance of his work, wept and cried in realization of his feelings the time he composed this piece. - from Shostakovich, Dmitry, ed. Glikman, Isaak (2001). Story of a Friendship: The Letters of Dmitry Shostakovich to Isaak Glikman. pp. 90-91

These (and others of his quartets) is a proof that Shostakovich was a genius, immensely talented...

@jmascisss

4 жыл бұрын

...and his symphonies.

@luizamsalgado

4 жыл бұрын

@@jmascisss Certainly, thanks for commenting !He was a genius composer of incredible symphonies, concerts too ! and many more...

@arionthedeer7372

2 жыл бұрын

I think there is a distinction between geniality and expression. Shostakovich had a hard, hard life and it’s clearly evident in his music. Same with the great poets, comedians, actors, and musicians of modern day.

I played this in high school and I can no longer really afford to play the violin but this piece always brings back so many memories. One of the first pieces that really moved me as a musician, and still can

@danielvu5211

2 жыл бұрын

how the heck were u able to play this in hs its so hard

@lisasimpson3890

2 жыл бұрын

My friend is playing it and she is in 7th grade

@Artist-128

2 жыл бұрын

@@lisasimpson3890 your friend is God.

@graythecolor2649

Жыл бұрын

@@danielvu5211 i’m currently playing it in high school too 😭 my teacher wanted to challenge us by giving this to us 3 weeks before a major competition skfjsjdjsj

@shivssd4338

Жыл бұрын

@@danielvu5211 not rly a hard piece

As a former cellist, let me tell ya, rapid string crossings are never fun. And then there is the second movenent.

@christopherans

3 жыл бұрын

former cellist? why’d you quit :(

@neeltheother2342

3 жыл бұрын

@@christopherans Lost interest. And also hated my hs orchestra director and didn't really wanted to pursue it in college either.

@christopherans

3 жыл бұрын

@@neeltheother2342 aww. well i hope you found a better suiting career for yourself!

@skinnylegend3487

3 жыл бұрын

But for violin theyre fun

@Felix-Memoria.

3 жыл бұрын

@@neeltheother2342 hi quick question is it possible to learn play cello without a teacher

i told my niece that there's a music for every human feeling she said asked me if a person can get depressed abt something that scares them i told her idk, but there's a music for it, and sent this to her

@Quake120

2 ай бұрын

Show your niece this quote from Shostakoitch: “Music is a means capable of expressing dark dramatism and pure rapture, suffering and ecstasy, fiery and cold fury, melancholy and wild merriment - and the subtlest nuances and interplay of these feelings which words are powerless to express and which are unattainable in painting and sculpture.” - Dmitri Shostakovich.

I think this is about how we all went wrong. We had it in our hands, the solution that would bring peace to us, but then it slipped away, and instead we now have to regret our mistakes. And our lamentation can sound like this. Our mistakes are already history, but the music about it still exists. And what music! At least we have this wonderful music.

@HarryWhittle2019

3 жыл бұрын

Very nice interpretation.

@mikaschmidt2110

2 жыл бұрын

Well said

@TheShadowPerson.

Жыл бұрын

If you learned anything from history, you'd learn that history repeats. We live in a very paradoxical and cyclical timeline.

I never thought I would say this but... Damn, that's a good violist!

@mythil3989

3 жыл бұрын

Like Literally

@ligemerrill6368

3 жыл бұрын

The Viola Gang would be offended, if TwoSet hadn't built up their immunity to the point that they barely even notice insults anymore. :)

@dilekguzel4026

3 жыл бұрын

Cellist and violist is really good

@dilekguzel4026

3 жыл бұрын

Viola gang viola gang viola gang viola gang viola gang viola gang viola gang

@dilekguzel4026

3 жыл бұрын

@tt c my favourite part 16:15 in here cellist was really perfect

6:14 sooo good

This is the metal of classical music

@laurenhahn101

2 ай бұрын

This and some of the Bartok string quartets. :)

For me the most beatiful and impressive string quartet of the 20 th century. Great performance !

@interrexclamacion

4 жыл бұрын

Haydn?

@mogmason6920

4 жыл бұрын

@[Insert [Insert Username here] here] The father of the string quartet approves!!!

@Spoutinwyze

2 жыл бұрын

the LA String Quartet is also absolutely amazing. I like almost any professional stringed quartet though. Such range.

@aaaaa111aaaaa

11 ай бұрын

​@@interrexclamacionah yes, Haydn,my Favorite 20th century composer

The cellist was so enthusiastic

@Duckclock-ys3zj

4 жыл бұрын

Ngl he looks so happy there

@MTMargraf

4 жыл бұрын

I know Paul personally and he is enthusiastic all the time

@GingerBun

4 жыл бұрын

he just be vibin

@Roititouan

2 жыл бұрын

I don't understand how someone can be happy to play war music

@kimv7954

Жыл бұрын

@@Roititouan some people feel happy just playing music itself

That cellist is absolutely shredding. Amazing work by every there.

I came on here simply for an orchestra assignment, but I'm absolutely amazed. They play with such precision and emotion. They seem to communicate with each other throughout the song, giving each person the spotlight. I noticed that when a page needs to be turned, there's generally one person playing the melody while the other flips, and they switch between that role. This is such an amazing video! 😍😍😍

Somebody wrote “SOCIETY” all over my orchestra teacher’s copy of this lmao

@katrinawithak8387

3 жыл бұрын

Cringe

@wimbly2115

2 жыл бұрын

LMFAOOO

@abramovaalina5711

2 жыл бұрын

@@katrinawithak8387Э

@czar-das

2 ай бұрын

lmfao

Amazing performance! Shostakovich is a great composer too! 12:38 for TwosetViolin fans (just by the way)

@maiyaaa.

5 жыл бұрын

thank youuuu

@maskless4783

4 жыл бұрын

*BUM BUM BUM*

@rae_halvi6392

4 жыл бұрын

yayyyyy thankssssss muchhhj

@trongdung1306

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot

@aramkhachaturian8043

3 жыл бұрын

cursed wii channel theme

5:11 When you realize you forgot your homework.

@dylanlane5256

4 жыл бұрын

Silvahhh when youre 5 seconds away from falling asleep and realize you forgot something

@noralapusya5485

4 жыл бұрын

You know, that this piece was dedicated as a memorial to the victims of the 1945 Dresden fire bombing, right? I guess your homework is comparably important for you.

@chita196

4 жыл бұрын

@@noralapusya5485 dayum. You know, 7 months ago, I was only looking to make a witty joke, but I guess I've been enlightened xD.

@dodobyrde4645

4 жыл бұрын

When you need to pinch a loaf but the door won't open

@paigeanimates446

4 жыл бұрын

YESSS

The Emerson String Quartet is ageless... they were one of my favorite ensembles to listen to growing up decades ago and they're still going strong. Emotionally exhaustive work to listen to, let alone play. Even more incredible is the fact that Shostakovich composed it in just a few days! (It helped that he borrowed source material from other works like the 2nd Piano Trio)

6:15 though. Magnificent.

when the viola got more interesting parts then the second violin. how about that, twosetfans? and in the ending I just held my breath until the quartet took their bows away. such a great performance.

@xNatexBail

Жыл бұрын

Shut up Viola fan😂

@mollieephobia

9 ай бұрын

FR!!!! im a violist and i honestly want to play this so badly even though i’d likely fail horribly

#twosetters....❤️

Wow...... as a bassist I am sad I can't join the string quartet club. I can't imagine the power of seeing this live

@interrexclamacion

4 жыл бұрын

You do get jazz though.

@cockhammer09

4 жыл бұрын

Oh, imagine if Shostakovich had written quintets that added a bass?......I just imagine..wow!

@wardbrooks4381

3 жыл бұрын

Cello fits a bass players hands....one of the easiest transitions. GO FOR IT !

@indioduran4535

3 жыл бұрын

Jonathan Griffin me too :(

@clydegrey5061

3 жыл бұрын

@@interrexclamacion couldn't have said it better hahha. Cellos thankfully pop up in jazz quite a bit too

0:48 You can hear the same cadence in his first symphony.

I keep listening to it and I can't get enough. Such a good performance.

I hadn't heard this one before and just realize it includes the melody of his cello concerto, how amazing! Also loved the roles he gave each instrument and not only the violins

@nickyork8901

3 жыл бұрын

His signature motif (DSCH), used in a number of his works. He also quotes himself eg. Symphony no. 5

@dominicdelprincipe2583

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah he does a lot of self-referencing ... interesting to hear the themes in other contexts

I still love their interpretation of this piece better than any other I've heard

6:18 DAMNNNN

@arktos3095

3 жыл бұрын

POWERFULL

My favourite recording.

And so it begins, writing my essay the night before it’s due. But seriously my favorite! One day I’ll learn this on violin!

Love that cellist!!

there is nothing better in existence

this piece is so relatable tbh. the passages bring out a lot of familiar emotions and sometimes when im hating everything, ill go play intense dissonant chords and notes because its a helpful way to cope with built up emotions. love this piece fr

what an amazing performance of my favourite string quartet. Lost for words really.

I am a pianist who fucking love string quartets.

A music that tears out.

Спасибо . Это было волшебно

Shostakovich is great and this performance served the composition well. Tremendous quartet. 🔥

I had chills watching this. Powerful performance!

@Roititouan

2 жыл бұрын

Me i want to go war

Dmitri Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.2 in E minor, Op.67 Similar tune 6:14

@HaydenofEverything

4 жыл бұрын

That's the point of it. He was quoting himself there

@GEMINDIGO

4 жыл бұрын

I'll check it out thanks. Wanna check out my experimental/alternativ music video from New Zealand...? kzread.info/dash/bejne/iYyEpK9rfKWwo8Y.html

@Nicole-ww4lg

4 жыл бұрын

It's actually a quote of a Jewish folk tune. I'm not sure about the piano trio but he wrote this piece while in Berlin writing music for s film about world war two

@halfnhalf5038

4 жыл бұрын

Nicole Shostakovich wrote this piece when he was depressed. At the start of this piece, he is quoting himself (DSCH or D,D#,C,B) and then quoting his piano trio (the one with the Jewish dance, fun fact; he wrote it for his Jewish friend!), basically this quartet contains all of the great works he had done. This was not written for a film from what I know. Edit: this was written for a film but he dedicated it to himself. But from what I do know, this piece was about Shostakovich. I need to read more

@sweetfangs1979

4 жыл бұрын

he quoted a lot of his works and other composers' works too.

This is the best of mid and late 20th Century music, drama and harmony majestically expressed at the same time. It expresses all that the classics did not even imagine would need to be musically told. Love live Russia!

The theme D S C H stands for dimitri shostakovich. He also used this thema i his 10 synphonie.

The conversation between the two violins starting at 14:32 is so heartfelt

12:52 ....wait....WII THEME :D

@astreaw

4 жыл бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/oZN62I98mpunqJc.html

@therajgreek420

4 жыл бұрын

thanks you killed my girlfriend

Uno de los mejores cuartetos de cuerda de Shostakovich con el famoso cuarteto Emerson. Un gran deleite para los amantes de música de cámara.

What a spirited performance. Full of humanity. I love this work. Thank you!

I swear Danny Elfman gathered much inspiration from this piece when working on some of the scores for several of Tim Burton's movies. I specifically hear the first few notes of one of the more familiar songs from Nightmare before Christmas in this.

12:50 Mii Theme but cooler

This is one of my favorite pieces. I really hope to play it one day.

@haobaichen3307

4 жыл бұрын

cellogirl11RW I’ve done this piece, the cello part is spectacular! Especially the opening line, and the cello solo partway through the first movement. I’m sure you will be able to play this piece one day, it is quite a famous quartet, and as far as I know it is popular amongst youth quartet groups due to the lower technical skill requirement, but the deep understanding of the music required to truly make this piece sound beautiful. In the meantime, keep practicing, and I hope you and your family are doing ok in these turbulent times!

@faithclarke7721

3 жыл бұрын

I played it in my college orchestra, leme tell you the second movement is sweaty XDDD so fun to play tho so intense in some parts and so soft in others and emotional

Lovely thank you!

really great playing of Shostakovitch 8 qt.---brilliant work--brilliant playing!

This piece was written as a suicide letter during communist Russia. Shostakovich wanted a piece to be remembered by. This is essentially written to demonstrate his fear of the government and how he could have been taken in the middle of the night. Beautifully chaotic piece.

Beautiful

Bravissimi!!!! La versione che amo di più tra quelle pubblicate!!!!

A stunning performance.

Wonderful performance by a superb quartet; I'm a great fan of Shostakovich. Thank for posting.

What a superb performance !!! Thank you for sharing~~🌼💖🎻

Absolutely fantastic

*That's what I call art,thank you for this song*

Out of this world! Especially the last movement

Love the transition from largo to allegro molto.

what a stunning piece of music :O

I aspire to be one of these men

Superior version, I like how they patiently take their time with it. I'd also recommend the St Petersburg String Quartet

Wonderful.

Love this video every time

Many, many thanks.

What a piece!! *standing ovation*. 😮

Pure magic!

j'ecoute cette piece cas tous les jours. votre performance est magnifique! merci de la partager avec moi:)

Благодарю.

10:08 shostakovich cello concerto 1!!

Gänsehaut

Hermoso cuarteto muy explosivo

Bravo!!!

From T. Vollmann’s “Europe Central” :"Best listened to in a windowless room, better than best an airless room, correctly speaking, a bunker sealed forever and enwrapped in tree-roots, the Eighth String Quartet of Shostakovich (Opus 110) is the living corpse of music, perfect in its horror. Call it the simultaneous asphyxiation and bleeding of melody [...] We might note that this quartet opens with the four-note signature D, E-flat, C, B, which is to say in appropriately German notation DSCH, and which therefore is also to say Dmitri Shostakovich. Assertion of self-characterized Soviet artists who were persecuted for following their private Muses."

this is very awesome !

Interesting interpretation, in my opinion I like when the second largo is a bit slower and the allegretto has more staccato on the shostakovich motif.

@iaf4454

3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha Sure Aram 😀😀

thanks

best performance I have heard

thank you tantacrul.

favorite

Beauty!

Bravo !

I read the book the siege of Leningrad, so I had to check out Mr. Shostakovich. I’m used to bands like the Stones, Hole, Alice In Chains, but after nuff beers, classical music has its points. Please read “The Siege of Leningrad “, it’s, uh, what you need to read!

@michaelparloff1155

Жыл бұрын

FYI, here is a video of Shostakovich's "Leningrad" Symphony, which was premiered during the siege itself on August 9, 1942: kzread.info/dash/bejne/naulvLShgLurnLQ.html The Russian military officer in command of defense forces released any soldier who could play an orchestral instrument reasonably well long enough for the performance, which was transmitted by loudspeakers around the perimeter of the city, both to hearten the Russian people and to make the point to the Germans that surrender was not at hand. During the concert, empty chairs were placed in the orchestra to represent musicians who had perished before the performance could be given.

16:13 here comes the cello!

@Jasmine-lm5sm

6 ай бұрын

It's so comfortable

14:30

"My man, are you okay?"

Fantastically

Omg! That was good.

To me, this song is when Macbeth goes to the Weird Sisters

Tell me, how do you write this in three days?

Two Set anyone?

@p0cketnoodles

5 жыл бұрын

Here

@vengoheim7810

5 жыл бұрын

Here

@ellenscully9776

5 жыл бұрын

Yup

@calistarichman5829

5 жыл бұрын

Hi~

@user-mk9lv8qx3n

5 жыл бұрын

Sacrilegious boi