musicians: Jansen, McElravy, Rachlin, Maisky -piece: Shostakovich: Quartet No. 8 (2nd mov.) -original video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=wokx5... Thank you so much for watching! ❤

@prometheusrex1

Жыл бұрын

Love Maisky-- he did great work on the Bach cello suites

@creamcheeseandpirates

Жыл бұрын

Of course it’s Jansen. I expect none less of her

@niklaskvarforth2611

Жыл бұрын

I don't find it on Spotify 🥲

@carmirobertcruceru1395

Жыл бұрын

Shazam. Another useless app that pretends to have the answer to any music...

@timothygremlin9737

Жыл бұрын

Dude why did you put Argerich and Langlang in the tags? I didn't see them in the video...

Putting aside the amount of energy in the first violin, can we all take a moment to appreciate the cellist's look? Left to right, we have the outfits of: drama student, prom dress, the guy who takes dress rehearsal more seriously than the rest of the orchestra, and then the 20th century cello sage

@kaikirr

Жыл бұрын

The first violin is janine jansen btw

@EntelSidious_gamzeylmz

Жыл бұрын

@kaiki r r these are all amazing soloists but the performance is sloppy lmao

@user-ez4or8ly4c

Жыл бұрын

His name is Misha Maisky

@itsweetened

Жыл бұрын

@@EntelSidious_gamzeylmz I thought I was the only one who thought so too. It’s like you can hear all their egos clashing

@ultimawerewolfbluephoenix9670

Жыл бұрын

@@EntelSidious_gamzeylmz I mean it fit🤷🏾‍♂️

You can really tell Shostakovich was going through a lot lol

@sonant888

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@troxmo

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣👌

@anthonym4282

Жыл бұрын

He wrote this for the things he saw in WW2 so he did see quite a bit

@gabriellazane673

Жыл бұрын

He wrote this as a suicide note/last attempt of protest because he fully believed he was going to be offed by the KGB. So yes, a lot

@affrything

Жыл бұрын

he was literally about to kill himself. wrote it in 3 days

the fact that this is written in quarter notes, the tempo mark must be “jesus take the wheel”

@mouf725

Жыл бұрын

if you pause at 0:02 you can see it says semibreve equals 120, so yeah...

@teqnify63

Жыл бұрын

Technically 480 BPM, shosty pioneered speedcord fr

@prepcoin_nl4362

Жыл бұрын

Shostakovich was pretty fond of these manic tempo (quasi) perpetuum mobiles, where many composers would do the more practical option of a shorter base value and a slower tempo. My guess is that he knew that musicians subconsciously play longer values 'harder' even when the tempo and dynamic markings are otherwise mutandis mutatis. You can find another (less extreme) example in the 3rd movement of the 8th Symphony.

@felixthomson3665

Жыл бұрын

I wonder if because shostakovich wrote his scores by hand it was easier to write everything as crotchets (quarter notes) that quavers (8th notes) or otherwise. Just a theory. I believe he wrote this piece in a very short space of time, like under a week, so perhaps that had something to do with it.

@bullshitman155

Жыл бұрын

@@felixthomson3665 3 days

To the people who say this sound "sloppy" or unhinged... yeah... that's kind of the exact way to play this piece. I think the slightly unhinged aspect elevates it. :)

@Samuel-kc1pg

Жыл бұрын

This interpretation has a lot of raw emotions but it does not justify the clear sloppiness in some sections

@jkid1134

Жыл бұрын

They don't have to justify anything :) You have no context, and more pressingly, they did not do this for you

@Samuel-kc1pg

Жыл бұрын

@@jkid1134 what I meant by "justify" is that those sloppy sections weren't intended to be there to "elevate it" they messed up a bit and it affects cohesion in my opinion. Obvious example, the early entrance at the beginning is not a decision justified by artistic expression

@jkid1134

Жыл бұрын

@@Samuel-kc1pg Rats, how dare your criticism be sound! This to me looked relatively unpracticed, and I meant originally that there's some degree of justification in preparation limits of any kind, but sure, not that kind of justification. I too am a big believer in intentionality and purpose in art, so I get what you mean. I think the measured response is that this performance has both flaws and virtues, even objectively, and even if there is some kind of synergy between them.

@iampie6954

Жыл бұрын

Exactly!

Whenever someone says “Classical music is boring” next time, I’ll show them this

@erictsenmusic

Жыл бұрын

wont change their opinion. trust me

@Isa-tn7ex

Жыл бұрын

better to show them something with a more followable but passionate melody maybe

@alexanderbayramov2626

Жыл бұрын

@@erictsenmusic yeah, someone might think this is not very musical at first

@milka5074

Жыл бұрын

@@erictsenmusic true, they probably won’t. But worth a try

@bencze465

Жыл бұрын

I'm not in the loop with the subgenres since 20+ years but sounds like the thrash metal and the likes i used to listen to when i was an angry kid.

You can tell how aggressively Jansen is playing it because she lost some bow hairs by the end

@irisce2799

Жыл бұрын

Janine always plays with that energy lol

@grkoloratur

Жыл бұрын

I just overread the „bow“ and still totally believed it 😂

@lightspaladin231

Жыл бұрын

Before the concert she has a bow. After the concert she has just a stick.

@debroodie4999

Жыл бұрын

actually not, bow hair can also brake whie playing legato or not tooo aggresive, still her energy is unmatched

@homeofcreation

Жыл бұрын

She always loses a few.

i LOVE this version it's so unhinged lol. i wish the full performance existed somewhere

@navredtgot

Жыл бұрын

There is a full version of this piece with Janine. The other parts are played by different musicians though

@iampie6954

Жыл бұрын

I think we all do.

this piece makes me visualize a group of students assigned to work together on a project but they all procrastinated and are trying to finish it in time for the deadline and it’s absolute mayhem

@b.d6642

4 ай бұрын

I mean... He did write it in three days

Since I saw a blurred Maisky in the thumbnail, I knew that the piece would be Shostakovich's String quartet 8. I have seen this video many times and I'm still amazed at how they interpreted this piece with so much emotion and chaos!

This is the best interprtation I've ever heard of this quartet. That subtle dynamic change at 1:09 gave me chills.

@nicolaspachecoarango

Жыл бұрын

I know that the first violinist and the cellist are world class soloists.

@gcvibe

Жыл бұрын

+1

@AndreyRubtsovRU

Жыл бұрын

I feel sorry for you then

@nicolasmercure7553

Жыл бұрын

@@AndreyRubtsovRU What don't you like about this ?

@jacktreeman6791

Жыл бұрын

@@nicolasmercure7553 honestly it doesn't sound as demonic as it could. I think it would be better if it were Russian men playing instead of these flimsy women

As a person who has been playing quartet 1st violin, let's say that I did feel a lot better after playing that XD

@stefanograzioli2224

Жыл бұрын

Aaaaaabsolutely. All the anger goes away. (Cello here)

@Bauhaus1000

Жыл бұрын

Same Here...😂🎉

my aggression says i might have a therapist problem

@liamnevilleviolist1809

Жыл бұрын

My problem therapist says I might have an aggression.....

@alfredasleung

Жыл бұрын

My says agresses therapist might have a problem I

there is no better cellist alive that plays Shostakovich better than Maisky. Period.

@MichaelFrancis-ns5wu

Жыл бұрын

Johaness imo

@namenlos2578

Жыл бұрын

colon and semicolon

@rayanyessin277

Жыл бұрын

Rostropovich anyone ??

@christopherherrmann921

Жыл бұрын

If he prepares as in his early days ...than maybe yes

@Realzurit

Жыл бұрын

@@rayanyessin277 keyword: alive

I love this String Quartet by Shostakovitch. So full of emotions

@liamnevilleviolist1809

Жыл бұрын

I still don't know why he wrote crotchets on the page when they sound like semiquavers.... it just made page turns more difficult!!

@LuisSilva-ly4ni

Жыл бұрын

@@liamnevilleviolist1809 maybe because if it was semiquavers, the feeling of the beat would be completly different. Being crochet at this speed it feels like a head going (no,no,no,no) or a person running... O don't know really. But your question made me think and that's my take on it. Composers think usually on everything that will make musical sense for the piece.

@snoop9064

Жыл бұрын

@@liamnevilleviolist1809 i mean, didn't he write the quartet in three days? correct me if i'm wrong, i'm not a musician

@altoclef6688

Жыл бұрын

@@snoop9064 Yes. And he reused a lot of material, much more than he usually did. The quartet is partly a collage. And a good collage.

@liamnevilleviolist1809

Жыл бұрын

@@snoop9064 You're not a musician yet you know/think he wrote it in three days? I mean, you might be onto something. He may have written it this way and then *IF* he had time (which he didn't) he could've gone on to re-do the score. It is still strange to me that extremely fast notes are written as crotchets. I'm not just a performer, but also a teacher, analyst, researcher, publishing assistant, arranger, recording artist, sound engineer. So I do think that when I bring up a point about "Shosta's crotchets" ... it doesn't just come from nowhere.....

You know a piece is iconic when you can recognize it just by watching the bow strokes without sound

What a panic attack sounds like:

aggression problem

This is definitely my favorite recording of this piece, I wish the full performance was released

@homeofcreation

Жыл бұрын

Che the Internationaal Kamermuziek Festival Utrecht.

pretty accurate rendition of how it feels to be alive these days....

This is why this is my favourite Shostakovich piece

this shows how classical musicians really are: feral.

1:00 that headbanging...

This is my favorite composition by Harry Potter /j

coming back when I need a good laugh again because the descent into madness as the piece progresses and with it the growing need for a hairbrush and jaw relaxers is hilarious

It's just Mischa Maisky being Mischa Maisky 😆

Close to "PSYCHO" movie background...

This IS one of the most, if not the most ICONIC performance of this string quartet!!!!! anything with Jansen and Maisky is gold!!!

To think that I see the first violinist on a regular basis because she teaches in my school… she’s so damn charismatic and such a wonderful musician

That’s something my neighbor would say when I play too much Beethoven

@bsharp.classical

Жыл бұрын

i think my neighbor and yours could be soulmates

Shostakovich: hands-down, one of the greatest composers of his Age: of any Age. Thank you again, Mother Russia.

For a moment I imagined this piece as played by a metal band with distorted guitars and bass, like some Scandinavian symphonic metal guys with long hair headbanging on every barline.

@nicholaslatina4464

Жыл бұрын

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@RobManser77

Жыл бұрын

There's a metal version on guitar out there if you search 🙂

@RobManser77

Жыл бұрын

Here you go. It's the same movement: kzread.info/dash/bejne/qmyCrKmeqrDPk6w.html

@Sean-Ax

Жыл бұрын

This piece belongs in tech-death. It is a tragedy that no tech-death band has covered this piece yet.

@JeanDeLaCroix_

Жыл бұрын

Do you know apocalyptica ? You should hear it

1:20 That was the smoothest page turn in the history of page turns Well done Misha!!

@pablouuuu

Жыл бұрын

1:18 *

@marcoklaue

Жыл бұрын

Used the force

This man gets hate for his style of music. When keep in mind he isn't like 'most people.' He is different and that is exactly the point. What you hear is exactly what he wants you to hear. His music isn't bad, it's just different.

@Blobbyo25

Жыл бұрын

The man was living in an oppressive regime that made his life hell. His music was his rebellion, his escape. That's why there is so much dissonance, so much angst, so much hurt in his music. Music should evoke emotion and no-one does that better than Shostakovich

@yashbspianoandcompositions1042

8 ай бұрын

Why is Shostakovich's music hated tho

Don't worry, this dimension in which old Sylvester Stallone is a cellist doesn't exist and he can't hurt you

Can we appreciate shostakovich giving the viola an actual decent part

it must be refreshing to play that

I sense despair rather than aggression.

The new version of anger management group therapy.

Ah yes, the voices in my head, I forgot where I put them

When the truck stop bean burrito kicks in and the last sign said "Next rest stop 20 miles"

When I first heard this work I was shocked by the beauty, fury and tragedy of the music, particularly the 1st and 2nd movements.

I had the chance to play this quartet with some friends in my conservatory (I'm from France), and it is as exciting to play than to listen to, even if it is soooo difficult 😂 Chostakovitch is a mad genius haha

Stallone is so versatile 😌

This woulld have me throwin up the horns in the audience

I’m proud of myself for watching this performance long before seeing this on your channel 😄

@laraarndt9848

Жыл бұрын

same haha

@nobodyplaylists

Жыл бұрын

same!

Ahh so soothing, great to relax the children 👍

Sylvester Stallone really be doing all the side quests huh

Gotta love Janine, she is always so expressive while she's playing

mischa maisky is a fucking cello icon

After listening to this for a couple of hours I'm afraid that the therapist would also start having aggression problems...

When Death Metal bands turn their distortion pedals off.

String Quartet has that metal vibe to it, its a beautiful piece to hear and its hilarious to watch, Shostakóvich was the real metal head of the classical music lol one of my favs for sure

I'll tell my grand childs it is normal to headbang to classical music

Fucking metal AF 🤘🏽👹🤘🏽

It’s nice to watch this piece with that level of frenetic energy. I find it really elevates the communication of Shostakovich’s frustration and desperation.

I’d pay to watch that one violinist give someone a haircut.

People losing their shit at their instrument immediately makes me wanna learn it lmao

this is the most metal thing ive ever seen

My Internal turmoil at any inconvenience:

Love...so cathartic...feel ready for some calm now.

I felt like fire will come out of first player's violin😂

I love this piece and the raw energy is exactly what's needed! I think spot on

Me during music class when the teacher irritates me for no reason:

this is so wild and insanely beautiful. i've got goosebumps!

Stallone on the cello right here

the song when the fires of industry felled the trees of orthanc.

fantastic interpretation by those 4 well done!👏👏👏👏👏👏

One of my favorite songs

Peaceful and deligthed Quartet!!! Some calm winter evening and a cup of tea!!!

this is an awesome rendition

gotta lov this

When the song hits hard; so you study it with your whole soul, give every note an emotion, make the piece reshape your mind and make the piece a "piece" of your life.

Love. THIS.

When music becomes a sport

Shostakovich would be proud

@Pogouldangeliwitz

Жыл бұрын

He definitely wouldn't be, this performance is a mess.

@ronjaindigolauren

Жыл бұрын

@@Pogouldangeliwitz I think the messy or unhinged aspect really just fits the piece and I think it's very much intentional. It's one of my favourite versions of this piece, but ofc that's just my opinion and you're free to have yours (:

@oscargill423

Жыл бұрын

@@Pogouldangeliwitz So was Russia.

@Pogouldangeliwitz

Жыл бұрын

Just listen to the first recording of the Borodin quartet: it's both way more savage and way more precise.

I was hoping for this after seeing the title. Nice!

Absolutely mesmerising performance of a great work!!

Now i know how Silvester Stalone Looks like in 50 years when he plays the Violin😂

best version Ive heard so far

I love this piece

Amazing piece

I love that quartet so much

Am I the only one who thinks it looks like the players from left to right resemble 4 stages of from energetic to burnt out? I mean look at each ones expressions and movements 😭

Man I love this piece

I love this piece so much

this is amazing!!

This sounds like my anxiety when its the middle of the night and I have to wait until the next morning to see the results of something

WOW! I'm definitely going to look into Shostakovich's 8th quartet! Some days, I just feel like that music sounds! 😁

This is what it feels like moments before clocking in for work.

So much for getting to sleep now. I'm stoked!

Oh I played this in February! Such a cool peace

"Classical music is boring", they say

truly the piece of all time

AWESOME ! MY HEROES ! THANK U ! ❤

0:40 Maestro Sylvester Stallone is killing it.

Literally my favourite version, wish I could find the whole thing online

omg that piece... O.o ❤❤❤

One day I'll buy a violin just to make my neighbours mad😂

This is bourgeois formalism, comrades.