Pyotr Tchaikovsky - String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 22
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"On the whole, Tchaikovsky's String Quartet No. 2 (1874) is a darker work than its popular predecessor. The first movement begins with a melancholy, faintly dissonant Adagio introduction, through which weaves an elaborate violin filigree. The music shifts into Moderato assai, and though the pace picks up, the mood never lifts. The themes could almost double as arias of love and fury (the composer had recently completed his opera The Oprichnik); they are generally declaimed by a single instrument, with the other three providing nervous accompaniment. The second movement, Allegro giusto, is a gentle scherzo hobbling along in an irregular 7/4 rhythm (two bars in 6/8 followed by one in 9/8), characteristic of much Russian folk music. The central trio provides a charming waltz episode, with a strong accent on the second beat. The opening material returns, now marked con fuoco, concluding the movement at a slightly higher dramatic pitch.
The Andante ma non tanto is a rondo that begins with a lament (which will return to unify the movement), summons the courage for a more vigorous second section, and ultimately fades into a wistful ending. The Allegro con moto finale is happier stuff, six minutes crammed with a cornucopia of themes and variants, most of them bouncing over a galloping rhythm. The movement includes a little fugue derived from the opening theme, builds excitement with every new episode, and concludes with an exultant coda."
-James Reel
Date: 1874
Catalogue: Op. 22, Tchaikovsky Handbook 122
Dedicatee: Konstantin Nikolayevich Romanov, Grand Duke of Russia
Order:
No. 1 - Adagio in F Major: 0:08
No. 2 - Scherzo (Allegro giusto) in D-flat Major: 11:47
No. 3 - Andante ma non tanto in F Minor: 17:00
No. 4 - Finale (Allegro con moto) in F Major: 29:44
Performers: Borodin Quartet
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He is not only a beautiful melody maker, the music is really good to analyze. I think this is the most marvelous string quartet ever!
Brilliant! Another step to Verklärte Nacht. If you like this work you will probably enjoy the string quartet of Hans Rott and Debussy and Hugo Wolf's Intermezzo and Italian Serenade as well.
Has a beautiful 'sour' quality to it.
@FreakieFan
3 жыл бұрын
What a good way of putting it!
@fatitankeris6327
6 ай бұрын
There's a sweetness there as well. Sweet and sour makes quite the candy flavor.
What an incredible string playing! Wow!
I think this string quartet was ahead of the taste of its time. Because the taste of the audience is usually behind the current potentialities of music. I′m imagining Tschaikowski saying to himself: „I would like to write something progressive, just for myself, maybe for friends and colleagues. I don′t care much about what the audience says. What shall I compose? Maybe not a symphony, an opera or a ballett. Nothing which people want to listen to between Christmas and New Year. Something smaller? Okay, string quartet.
Wow. Extraordinary!
Although it's in a major mode, Tchaikovsky conveys the warmth found in minor modes.
Oh the Andante 😍😢
11:47 2nd movement 17:00 3rd Movement 21:33 Pochissimo 29:44 4th Movement 35:04 Piu mosso
@ryangiannitelli8114
Жыл бұрын
Thank uuuuu
what a weird and grind string quartet! rather ahead its time
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