Antonín Dvořák - String Quartet No. 14 in A-Flat major, Op. 105 (w/ Score)

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci. The more I hear of Antonín Dvořák, the more I want to hear.

[@beaker2257]

This is the first time I’ve heard this amazing piece of music. Thanks for sharing it.

[@AndrewStockley]

What an astonishing piece! You never know what key he's going to next. And what a wonderful performance of a challenging masterpiece.

[@mintchoco5640]

I think this is my favorite Dvorak quartet. That seventh jump downward at 1:21 is so heartwrenchingly beautiful

[@Rilberich]

First movement's key signature is giving me anxiety. D:

[@klop4228]

Luckily it's only for like 20-30 bars

[@davidyoung6331]

Same key signature as for the 3rd movement in the opus 97 string quintet.

[@maxgregorycompositions6216]

@@davidyoung6331 ab minor, yeah

[@igneousrock569]

this is kinda fire tbh, dvorak really popped off on this one NGL (tbh fr)

[@philipthonemann2524]

Very many thanks for going to all you trouble to do this - it is a really wonderful aid to study of this beautiful piece, which I am going to play shortly with an amateur group. Greatly appreciated! Best wishes, Philip Thonemann

[@steveegallo3384]

Well then....BRAVO to you....from Mexico City!

[@georgenorris2657]

so exuberant and fresh! wonderful piece!

[@JavierVillamorLugo]

Las líneas contrapuntísticas se entrecruzan con la quasi genilidad de un Bach. Javier Villamor Lugo.

[@herbchilds1512]

That scherzo (furiant?) 2nd movement is an incredible tour-de-force.

[@giveall9695]

The coda of last movement seemed to be too fast at the first glance, but after couple of listenings I love it more and more :D It is SOOOO enjoyable. I even whistle it to myself.

[@zaydkhan3496]

nobody: me when seeing the key signature: BYEE

[@maxgregorycompositions6216]

Learn ya stuff.

[@philipthonemann2524]

The opening is pretty off-putting, but after that things settle down; it is well worth the trouble, I assure you.

[@paulsomers6048]

@@philipthonemann2524 C'mon! It's only the relative major of A-flat minor. In other words it's the same key-signature as C-flat major.

[@sumeetsharma7256]

In string quartet genre Dvorak is the true successor of Beethoven

[@evankajikawa1277]

i argue that schubert is

[@rogernortman9219]

The finale sounds like the finale of Brahms Violin Concerto.

[@mediolanumhibernicus3353]

Is this the only string quartet in history that begins in Ab minor? I can’t even think of another one that begins in Ab major ( there is a mass by Schubert).

[@Probably-Bobby]

There's definitely not many! I found a handful in Ab major (notably Shostakovich Op.118) but the only other one in Ab minor I know of is a fairly obscure quartet by Mieczysław Weinberg (which I only just discovered through a google search...) Would be curious to learn of any others that exist!

[@PM_ME_MESSIAEN_PICS]

there are few symphonies in a flat major for that matter, the most notable are william grant still's first symphony (a great work!) and elgar's first

[@mediolanumhibernicus3353]

@@PM_ME_MESSIAEN_PICS Yes, of course, the Elgar. I forgot about that. I'll check out the William Still Grant. Thanks!

[@choijiwonballetclassmusic]

8:04

[@淨硯楊]

Beautiful

[@mikecore22]

11:37

[@bulbasaurlol]

You can hear the Mendelssohn in the second movement

[@Piflaser]

A little bit like late Beethoven quartets.

[@vid4622]

同じく古典性を感じました。