i understand nothing that everyone is talking about in the comments, i just think this is very beautiful and i am gonna listen to it a lot.

@bio6588

3 жыл бұрын

There's nothing wrong with that! Enjoy the music!

@requlus

3 жыл бұрын

@@bio6588 thank you i just felt very uneducated in this reply section hehe

@bio6588

3 жыл бұрын

@@requlus Yeah I was in the same boat until I went to music uni. But, music is music, regardless of how complicated it is! If it's good, It's good! Listen on!

@jamesjordan4796

3 жыл бұрын

That just means you have excellent taste in music! If your not a musician and still enjoy this kind of music it purely means you have good innate taste in music

@aurelio3532

Жыл бұрын

​@@jamesjordan4796 so true man, so true, wise words there

My piano teacher belonged to a trio which recorded this. When my grandmother died I played the recording over and over and got some solace, some sense of rightness in the world.

@Elle-ok9ti

4 жыл бұрын

omg this hit deep, I've thought about this comment a lot now

@benjammin6692

4 жыл бұрын

Wow.

@MM-ii9ef

3 жыл бұрын

drama queen

@kerencanelo8580

3 жыл бұрын

@@MM-ii9ef Queens like Proust

These are the types of melodies that get stuck in your head!

@kerencanelo8580

3 жыл бұрын

Heart

@cp0bo593

3 жыл бұрын

Man, I am a great fan of yours.

@Nooticus

3 жыл бұрын

Mendelssohn was incredibly good at that!

@axolotlpie

Жыл бұрын

It didn’t get stuck in my head tho

I absolutely LOVE Felix Mendelssohn! When I was younger I painted with Fabric acrylics Aubrey Beardsley's portrait of Mendelssohn on the back of my blue jean jacket. I've ALWAYS been very artsy/crafty besides being a musician.

@lunar.6091

4 жыл бұрын

That’s actually really cool

@webstergilessmith6947

4 жыл бұрын

@@lunar.6091 thanks, Lunar!

If there is anything more heavenly and beautiful than the main theme of the first movement, I have not heard it yet. When it came to themes, Mendelssohn was right up there with Beethoven and Brahms. I love his chamber music!

@Ogurets123

2 жыл бұрын

100 points!

@mukilnarayanan

Жыл бұрын

I agree!

@rationalistssj6540

Жыл бұрын

I think he's up there with them in everything! I rate him as one of the top 7 or 10 composers of all time.

@H.Sofia-Ugalde2608

9 ай бұрын

TOTALLY AGREE!!!

@ayushrudra8600

8 ай бұрын

maybe the second movement

5:55 my heart

@Le_Trouvere

4 жыл бұрын

It's gorgeous, isn't it.

@leajanzen4104

2 жыл бұрын

@@Le_Trouvere true!

@andrewzhang8280

Жыл бұрын

why does this only occur once😅

What a sublime world we would have in which this music were the most serious cause for contemplation.

@kerencanelo8580

3 жыл бұрын

Magnific coment

@gaetanoparente718

3 жыл бұрын

@@kerencanelo8580 0

The second movement is sublime! They really took their own time with it - relishing every phrase, respecting all its nuances, and bringing out its bittersweet character!

@njshwarbs4987

4 жыл бұрын

I completely agree - most recordings play it slightly faster but I do love this interpretation

The last chords of 1st movement are wonderful (both how written and how played). Like a last gasp of air...

@arlettehellemans2117

4 жыл бұрын

And what to say about the first chords of the first movement? That rising up theme is one of the best written in history of music.

@H.Sofia-Ugalde2608

9 ай бұрын

Yes, I completely agree with that. As a pianist, when I especially play the first movement, it always gives me chills, especially almost at the end of the movement. In my opinion, out of all four movements, the first movement is especially my favorite. The others are also amazing, but....there's just something about the first that appeals to me.

This piece is featured in the book “Never Too Late,” by a man who started serious study of the cello at age 50.

@raphaelneves7666

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome

@darkstudios001

2 жыл бұрын

Hilarious

@MiguelTicona

2 жыл бұрын

who?

@azureNotsure

Жыл бұрын

cool

@gmcollazo1118

Жыл бұрын

❤❤❤ keep going! It’s worth it (by a woman who’s also a cellist 😊)

1:54 minor mode exposition (D-) modulating to the major dominant (A+) relatively rare.

@thijmenkrijgsman2417

3 жыл бұрын

I noticed it too, I was surprised, but nonetheless I was very delighted!

@MusicalInquisit

3 жыл бұрын

Piano trios tend to make composers very bold. This is simply another example.

@Cherodar

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, though it's worth noting that it's staged as a "false" A major that soon enough collapses to minor (starting at around 2:40). The same thing happens, for similar reasons, in Beethoven's Kreutzer sonata and Schubert's Death and the Maiden quartet.

@NovicebutPassionate

3 жыл бұрын

​@@Cherodar At 1:54 the music modulates from D minor to A major for the appearance of the second theme; I'm afraid there's nothing "false" about that. If later in the course of the exposition Mendelssohn had presented the same theme in A minor, then perhaps we could apply the term "false" to its first appearance. Obviously that is not the case. The music does go back to A minor, true, but that's beside the point because when it does we have already heard the second theme in A major. The "Kreutzer Sonata" is a curious case; I'm glad that you brought it up. In that piece, the second theme is in E major, but only momentarily. The theme is repeated ('corrected') immediately in E minor (minor dominant). As tempting as it may be, even in that case using the term "false key" would be out of place. The effect is more of a modal inflection: we hear the second theme back to back in E major and E minor with no other music in between. In the recapitulation, the same theme is presented in A major/A minor, as expected. Stories attached to Kreutzer Sonata 'could' attribute instantaneous mode changes to something beyond the music itself, but let us refrain from anecdotal speculations. Schubert, as we know, took modal oscillations to a whole new level. Since we're talking about the "false" phenomenon, coincidentally, in Kreutzer Sonata there is a false recapitulation at letter L; the real recap being nine bars before N. Interestingly (and thankfully!) the score of Kreutzer Sonata too is uploaded by olla-vogala, here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/Z41_z8Rwj9yZdZs.html Take a listen if you like. As for "Death and the Maiden," I'm afraid your comment is quite irrelevant. In that piece, the second subject is in F+, relative major, a conventional choice, and then later in the recapitulation, it's in D+, the tonic major key; again, very usual, and therefore, completely different from Mendelssohn's Trio. Finally, in the Mendelssohn, at the recapitulation, the second subject appears in D+, which reaffirms that the key of A major in the exposition was, after all, the true, and not the false key. Enough of that! For me, the most successful movement of this Trio is its Scherzo, whose appeal should not come as a surprise to us, knowing that Mendelssohn's 'forte' was his Scherzi. Additional Information: in the exposition of minor-key sonata forms, the second theme is traditionally in the relative major key (the key of mediant). Abundant examples from the repertoire demonstrate this. Minor dominant (v) is another option, although less frequent in the 19th-century. Examples are Brahms's G minor Rhapsody for piano, Mendelssohn's String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13, and his Scottish Symphony. Major dominant as the secondary key is rare. Examples are the first movements of Brahms's Piano Quartet in G minor, Op. 25, also the fourth movement of his Third Symphony, Schubert's Piano Sonata in A minor, D. 784, and of course, the Trio under discussion.

@Cherodar

3 жыл бұрын

@@NovicebutPassionate I think we're using the word "false" in importantly different ways. Of course when it goes to A major for that second theme, it's "really" in A major--no dispute there. I'm talking "false" in terms of rhetoric, narrative, and generic norms. Early-nineteenth-century composers like Mendelssohn knew their heritage, and knew full well that in the baroque and classical worlds they were inheriting, the dominant major was not a viable destination for a minor-key exposition--the only options were the relative major and the dominant minor. When someone like Mendelssohn (or Beethoven in the Kreutzer) sets a second theme in the dominant major, it's a vision of a mirage--a thing that cannot be--and it's always torn to shreds sooner or later by the inevitable turn to minor. You make a nice observation that the Beethoven and Mendelssohn differ in that Beethoven repeats the same theme again in minor whereas Mendelssohn doesn't, but I think the larger-strokes main point is the same: that the theme in the dominant major, offered up as a hope of rescue into the major, is shown to be untenable because it's the "wrong" major. Of the other dominant major examples you listed, two are by Brahms, who's later and seemed to treat the dominant in minor keys importantly differently (his fourth symphony and first cello sonata, both in E minor, go from minor v to major V in a way that would have been totally alien to Beethoven or Mendelssohn, who do only the reverse), and the Schubert sonata you mention does also have it decay to minor, even though it's quite late in the exposition. For Death and the Maiden, I'm not talking about the F major theme. I'm talking about what happens after that--the music ploughs onward towards a big V of A, and presents a vision of that same second theme in A major. But then it, like the Beethoven and Mendelssohn examples, is quickly shattered again by the dominant minor, and the exposition ends in A minor. I think one of our bigger points of misalignment here is that you're paying more attention to the *first* key in which the second theme appears, whereas I think it's more important where the exposition ends. Both are, of course, important--but I'd argue that what happens to the theme is of at least as heavy a consequence as where it starts.

An excellent piano concerto in Trio form. There must be a reason to write a piano accompaniment in this way. He obtained a leading voice a unifying element that needles all the work in a great masterpiece. Thank you excellent.

@timothythorne9464

4 жыл бұрын

Franco Bonanni Mendelssohn composed two wonderful standard piano concerti, and two more concerti for two pianos, and a concerto for violin and piano, and another, later piano trio. All of these are superb works that are sheer joy to listen to, and rank along with Schubert and Beethoven as the finest in the early Romantic period.

@francobonanni218

4 жыл бұрын

@@timothythorne9464 yes you are right . I know all of them. This trio is an example of excellent piano and chamber writing. You can not expect less. Mandelson is a fine romantic composer. I love everything he wrote...thank you.

@garygreen3845

7 ай бұрын

I agree! I hear this as a piano concerto with violin and cello!

What a miracle this piece is

@DarkyMonkey69

3 жыл бұрын

Yes 😊

A wonderful opus,, alternately gentle, then rich and robust. For me this is possibly Mendelssohn's greatest chamber work. His "dream" fairies flit about here and there in this too. A terrific performance here. Thanks to all concerned,

Das schönste Klaviertrio der ganzen Musikgeschichte: ein Wunder!

@chmb131

2 жыл бұрын

Und Tschaikowsky trio !

My trio suggested this I'm the pianist I'm gonna die

@sallyjohansson6045

4 жыл бұрын

It's hard for the piano! I'm an amateur pianist and I did 1 and 2 mvts for a local house concert. It took a few years off my life!! But it's beautiful.

@veronikajaklova1507

4 жыл бұрын

yes, you are, but you're gonna love it :D

@tezguan

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah my teacher suggested this piece to us too. In 2-3 months, I memorized the piece's first movement, with only sight-reading over and over. We played in 140 bpm or something like that. The original speed of the piece is faster than that. But it was my first trio. It is very funny piece if you want to show off some.

@tobirocha

4 жыл бұрын

@@tezguan Oh! I often do that too: sightread the piece and memorize it that way! It's indeed a great piece to play. I also play the cello XD

@tezguan

4 жыл бұрын

@@tobirocha Yeah, it's good way to memorise pieces, but there are better options I guess! :p

The piano is certainly the star. Wonderful performance.

@euomu

3 жыл бұрын

The piano is background noise, the strings are voices.

@eliaseiffert2207

3 жыл бұрын

@@euomu shut up, idiot

@klop4228

3 жыл бұрын

As beautiful as the piece is, this is honestly the reason I find Piano Trios so hard to listen to. Somehow the ensemble always feels unbalanced. Certainly better in this piece as in other Trios, but still the case. Oddly, pieces for one instrument and piano tend to feel much more balanced.

@erika6651

3 жыл бұрын

I played the second movement as a teen, and that harmony between the cello and violin, especially with their initial entrance, was pure magic.

@Aaron-dj2vi

3 жыл бұрын

@@klop4228 what about piano quartets and quintets?

I played the second movement with a youth ensemble about 30 years. Gorgeous music, definitely not a tearjerker for me when I was 14, but these days . . . 😢❤

My grandmother passed away today, and even though I have never heard this piece before, it immediately struck me and reminded me of her. I have no idea why, since like I said, I have never heard it before...

I love the 2nd mov. So touching.

sublime , le génie de mendelsohn dans toute sa splendeur ,, une interprétation somptueuse du beaux arts trio ,,

I played this when I was 17, possibly the most perfect music for an emotional teenager!

Played with the élan and passion that the music demands, Surely one of Mendelssohn's finest compositions. The second melody in the slow movement is to die for.

The second movement is celestial.

I love this. Great recording, great performance, great piece!

Only started to listening to chamber music late in life. I always thought of Mendelssohn as not quite top tier, but this work and others of his have proven how wrong I was. He now ranks among my favorite composers.

This is a very strong contender for best piece ever written. You may argue that there are catchier melodies, or deeper sonorities in other pieces or compositions more diligent to form. But there are just so many great things in this piece it's miraculous to behold. Thank you for presenting this masterpiece in such an enjoyable way!

@fragavillanuevajorgearthur9057

5 жыл бұрын

Liri Ronen my teacher used to say that the word for mendelssohns music is, audience effective.

@f.p.2010

4 жыл бұрын

Mahler xd

@aramkhachaturian8043

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe up there as one of the best trios but I wouldn't go as far to say that it is the best piece ever written.

@user-jb5sk7pc2m

3 жыл бұрын

The Shostakovich trios can definitely give it a run for its money

Thank you so much, olla-vogala. One of my favorites. D minor is a haunting key.

Thank you very much for posting with the weitten commentary. It's so nice to get a bit if an introduction to put the piece into context. Thank you!

I love this interpretation!!

Wow! Huuuuge exciting performance of this colossal work.....It'll take me a while to calm down.....Thanks!

@tobirocha

4 жыл бұрын

Yesss! It happens so often to me! Especially with Mendelssohn, Schubert, Beethoven. Such great men, that I can't stop hearing to their pieces!

Thanks for the upload. I always look forward to new videos on your channel, as you never fail to bring back memories with music I love, or introduce me to beautiful pieces I've never heard before. You've fueled my passion for music, and I must thank you for this.

Questo stupendo trio di Mendelssohn merita tutti gli elogi di Schumann! Mendelssohn dimostra qui di essere, direi, il Mozart dell'angoscia, colui che, come scrive Schumann, supera le contraddizioni dell'epoca

9:45 what a magician

I just found this and think it's beautiful!!!😍

thank you olla. wonderful interpretation !

beautiful simply beautiful to my ears...

@timothythorne9464

4 жыл бұрын

ivonne munera Mendelssohn is the best composer for any work which includes the violin. He really evokes heartbreak and sadness in his works, and well as sheer joy and elation (as in the scherzo movement here, and the finale of the Violin Concerto).

Thank you. A favourite piece and so good to have the score. 🎉✨👏🏼👏🏼

Deep impression was reaching my soul in the grassland of vast content undulating in the wind of Mendelssohn . 🍎

@timothythorne9464

4 жыл бұрын

Shin-i-chi Kozima amazing beauty in this trio! Mendelssohn, Mozart and Schubert particularly were gifted melodists. Every phrase in this trio literally sings.

This is so beautiful! Mendelssohn is the best

@jojomj

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Love the PFP lol

Excellent performance and the last notes in the second movement are there.

Rest in peace, Maestro Pressler! Thank you for the music!

26:50-28:03 is great. From the modulation at 26:50, to the violin at 27:10, to the piano at 27:50, the intensity is awesome

Absolutely gorgeous. What a pianist!

Great interpretation. Wonderful pianist

One of my favorites!

The second movement is my favorite!

@hyunjunchang233

4 жыл бұрын

just beautiful i agree,,

@michaelwong7902

2 жыл бұрын

so touching

wonderful piece

Superbly played 2nd movement.

Thank you. Gorgeous.

Thank you for posting. Listening to this song reminds me of a video of a million dollar trio I've seen before. It was very helpful to see the sheet music. If there is a continuation of the performance, I would love to see it.

...une des plus belles musiques que l'on peut écouter

Magnificent introduction. Thank you. Beautiful and Didactic post.

Beautiful

Thanks for uploading!

Comme emporté dans un rêve étrange ce trio sublime , chacune de ses notes transforme l "ennui du jour en féeriques lumières nocturnes ,, en architectures des lumières des couleurs , errance près des rivages , esquifs entre les récifs de verre multicolores , le beaux arts trio nous emporte vers le monde inconnu ou la vie et la mort s enchevêtrent ,, l éternité ,,

下手っピで、下手っピで「アンサンブルなんて出来ません！無理です‼️」と逃げ続けていた私をヴァイオリンの先生が、ピアノの生徒さんの練習の為選び「本番はプロを頼むから、代弾きして。」と引っ張り込み、何べんも練習だけチェロの席に座らせ弾かせてくれた思い出の曲。全く弾けていなかったけど楽譜とにらめっくらし、準体験して、今では身も心も踊り出します。

Breathtaking piece by genius

Bar 91: despite all the effort to make the piece Romantic, Mendelssohn cannot resist the urge to quote Mozart.

Bravíssimo! ❤️

How delightful! :D

Great ! Thank you a lot

This is the best performance✨

Wonderful!

In the first movement, I can't help but hear "when the dog bites, when the bee stings.."

@cbentler4528

8 жыл бұрын

Me too!

@antjethierbach284

7 жыл бұрын

from bar 412 to 425 or in the beginning from bar 99! You are totally right. Same notes. Now I hear it, too

@maryannruprecht2200

7 жыл бұрын

HarmonicParadox I so enjoy "the musical kinship" that I find when others appreciate and then share their thoughts here...I heard it too...thanks for your comment.

@Alden890

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, I think it's safe to say that Felix saw The Sound of Music before writing this. Or...er...something like that.

@mateusaniceto4537

6 жыл бұрын

this is truth :)

9:04 - 9:11 This moment is as if they're playing as the titanic is sinking. Or as if Zekkyl is drinking his last vial to write the letter. It's the final, final, final moment of hysterical and frenzy-like outburst, ironic to the atmosphere surrounding this moment, which adds to the manic and tragic quality. Really beautiful, almost like capturing life as a whole.

Loved playing the 1st 2 movements at college! Have to compete it one day.

meraviglioso!

wow! love this!

Che musica meravigliosa!

My favorite movements are the first and second in that order! Gonna see if I can find a violinist and cellist to play this with

@olla-vogala4090

7 жыл бұрын

good luck!!

@jbrobele

7 жыл бұрын

olla-vogala thanks mate!

@andrewmorrison9849

7 жыл бұрын

What kind of grade level would this be, from the perspective of the violin or cello? (I am also interested, and play the piano) :)

@jbrobele

7 жыл бұрын

Andrew Morrison I'm not sure what you mean by grade level, it's all relative to how well you play. This is definitely not a beginner piece but it's also not that hard either, especially the first two movements. Cello part doesn't seem too bad either, just a ton of shifting into the upper register.

@andrewmorrison9849

7 жыл бұрын

Ok, thanks. I just dont really have much of a clue with instruments other than the piano. I think I'm going to try to do the first movement

As with his two piano concerti, he write sublime second movements!

1:26-1:30, "when the dog bites, when the bee stings..."

@FranciscoCunha2004

3 жыл бұрын

I think you meant 1:35

@yt8co

3 жыл бұрын

oh shit

@gellie0947

3 жыл бұрын

lol

@Thisaccountisnolongeractive37

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

Beautiful rendition! Very nice.

Possibly the best chamber music finale ever written. Sounds like Brahms already !!! Genius Mendelssohn

Sublime.

Sublime!

let’s admit it is more like a piano piece with some melodic cello and violin rather than a piano trio :)

@euomu

4 жыл бұрын

That's because the piano is background music and provides the framework. String instruments are voices :) It's the same in pop music. You have the background music and usually lyrics

@marichristian

Ай бұрын

More instrumental balance in the third movement.

This is very helpful. I subscribed it already. Uk 🇬🇧

The piano writing is idiomatic and easier than it sounds just to play "the notes", but I agree with the commentators that is is challenging to keep it light and not turn things into a piano sonata with violin and cello accompaniment. I don't know the history and particulars, but so often a composer's choices are strongly influenced by the musicians he/she imagines will play the piece. Mozart is a famous example---hair-raising passages in the clarinet quintet for violin that Mozart knew he would be playing. Woe onto them who attempt the piece without a first-rate violinist (I have heard excruciating performances when the string quartet and especially the first violin just weren't making it).

@Ogurets123

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's what I observed too! I just ordered the Henle and will be starting soon, but just sight reading it you notice the piano writing lies under the hand really well!

The playing and recording are as near perfect as is possible.

Its much slower than the recordings I am used to. But its beautiful at that tempo. Especially the second movement.

bellísimo

Thanks!

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👌👍ШЕДЕВРАЛЬНО🎼🎹

D minor: "the key of repressed passion" says Daniel Silva in his otherwise suspect novel "The Order". I suppose so if one thinks of things in that light. Beautiful none-the-less.

5:54

1:26 My Favourite Things

Mendelssohn's 2 Trios are 2of my favorite works of his; religion doesn't seem to infiltrate chamber music as it does orchestral and choral music.

brilliant rendition by the beaux arts trio. many thx for sharing music and score. like many romantic piano trios it has a massive and difficult piano part. that's quite a problem. we played it several times with marianna shirinyan: these concerts were pure fun. all the other concerts with other pianists were a severe fight. the piano part is too massive for modern concert pianos. all the pianists who take the dynamic notes by mendelssohn literally should listen to a performance with a period instrument with its smoother & quieter sound. this trio is far more mozart that tchaikovsky. --- one remark about mr. pressler, can't stop myself from saying that :D he's a wonderful pianist. the entire musical world knows. but he's such a prick at the same time. and such a lousy teacher: when we did a masterclass in lübeck with that piece by mendelssohn, we had good luck. but the trio right before us hadn't - i think they did ravel - and they did it very well in my ears - OMG he was sooooo insulting and mean to them- i can't understand why they spent so much money to be tortured by that man. i would have left the room immediately. (his 2 collegues were quite friendly btw). i studied with yfrah neaman many years, as a teacher he was legendary - & he never was unpolite, always showing respect to anyone he gave a lesson. that's how it should be. my opinion.

@olla-vogala4090

8 жыл бұрын

+chris ingres I agree that this piece calls for a piano with very light action, otherwise the sound can be very overpowering indeed! I didn't know that about Pressler, sorry to hear that his character is like you described...

@chrisingres6221

8 жыл бұрын

brilliance & meanness are siblings sometimes.

@theriskengineer4307

8 жыл бұрын

+chris ingres ... many thanks for your thoughts and technical insights on this piece... ... I regret the lack of decency and respect in your work experience ...

@huathebard

7 жыл бұрын

Eh, I've seen different people respond to it differently. Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get things going in the right direction. He's not doing any favors telling people something was good if it was bad.

@chrisingres6221

7 жыл бұрын

Josh Infiesto ...it wasn't bad at all. don't tell people they failed their profession when they want to do sth professional. there's a border between being constructive and destructive. my opinion :)

anyone else find themselves crying over the second mvmt...

12:40 is lovely

Genial obra de Mendelssohn

@H.Sofia-Ugalde2608

9 ай бұрын

Si, eso es cierto.

Have you heard the performance of the Stuttgarter Trio? it's really lively and crisp.

@Mal-xz4zu

6 жыл бұрын

I've heard their Beethoven, that's also live and crisp. They are an under-rated trio.

@nihilistlemon1995

6 жыл бұрын

their Beethoven is one of my favorite tbh :) .

Reminds me of Brahms. The rhythm here is the most interesting Mendelssohn has ever come up with.

émouvant

mendelssohn piano concerto

@jb1980ist

5 жыл бұрын

As a pianist, I was asked to learn the first movement of this in a month. I nearly died.

@tobirocha

4 жыл бұрын

@@jb1980ist Oh man!

@andrewzhang8280

Жыл бұрын

was intentional by mendelssohn

never, never i said.... never has such sounds makes my innards vibrate to the cosmic language that is music, especially the second movement. the correct amount of tensions in the notes makes it all too perfect for the imperfections of intervals. listen with a cup of hot tea at 4pm in the afternoon.

Finally I got a Melody

I am only listening to this because it is mentioned in Daniel Silva's 2020 thriller, The Order