Beethoven String Quartet Op. 135 in F Major - Ariel Quartet (full)

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Beethoven: Quartet in F major, Op. 135
Allegretto
Vivace
Lento assai, cantante e tranquillo
Grave, ma non troppo tratto - Allegro - Grave, ma non troppo tratto - Allegro
Ariel Quartet
Live from The Cycle at CCM's Corbett Auditorium
February 20, 2014

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Beethovens last string quartet, luckily in Major. It was completed 1826, one year before he died. What a great way to end his chamber music composing, remembering that he at this time was completey deaf! And so to say just composing out of his memories of music. Ariel Quartet is playing this with full respect and control.

[@ArielQuartet]

Thanks, Staffan!

[@joedeegan3870]

All music is composed before it is heard, so the fact that Beethoven couldn't hear when he composed this was probably not a handicap.

[@constipatedlecher]

Every movement is amazing. The last one is a SCORCHER. Thank you Beethoven!

[@ArielQuartet]

Absolutely agree!

[@steve29roses]

What is it about the Ariel Quartet and this particular quartet by Beethoven? I keep listening to it over and over again. First of all, the SOUND these four produce is massive yet tender. As for this music, is Beethoven saying goodbye to the world in the 3rd and 4th movements or accepting his fate that it must be that he too shall pass on? The music coming out of the syncopated, unison measure in the 2nd movement is spell-binding. He wrote for us who are the future he so often referenced. What a gift to this world!!!🎶🙏

[@ArielQuartet]

Thank you for your kind words, it means so much to us to bring this music to life and share it with you!

[@Jaguar106-sl3ls]

I've never been into chamber music. This performance changes everything!

[@ArielQuartet]

So glad to hear it!!

[@aaoc127]

The opus 135 quartet was a set work when I did A level music in 1987. I used to know it inside out, upside down & backwards lol. It's years since I listened to it, but it all came rushing back very quickly. It's magnificent.

[@Jaguar106-sl3ls]

Fantastic performance! Simply brilliant, so much emotion and passion!

[@ArielQuartet]

Thank you very much!

[@ericdew2021]

My fave Beethoven quartet piece.

[@ArielQuartet]

Good choice :)

[@Geops108]

Thank you Ariel Quartet for such an inspired performance of such an exceptional work of art!

[@ArielQuartet]

Thank you so much for your kind words!

[@massimoprivitera1865]

Wonderful interpretation! Everything, every note, every phrase is made vivid, intense, full of joy of the sound. Thank you! Bravi!!!

[@ArielQuartet]

Thank you so much!

[@i9s3m8]

J'aime beaucoup ce quatuor, les musiciens sont excellents, bonne prestation, félicitations

[@ArielQuartet]

Merci beaucoup!

[@josediazargote7942]

Many many Thanks Ariel for this magical and nice interpretation. The Last Beethoven, the start of his majesty, music about music, music on the edge, touching the limits. Imposible to force the music more. Finally, here the music seems a picture. Colors all around the world. Freedom and Joy bless you Ariel.

[@ArielQuartet]

Thank you so much for your kind and thoughtful words- so glad it speaks to you!!

[@Grizzlied555]

Wonderful.

[@ArielQuartet]

❤️

[@janebrenner590]

Just superb, every time I watch it.

[@ArielQuartet]

Thank you for your kind words!

[@tractotus]

Xcellent Performance of yet another Beethoven sublime masterpiece

[@ArielQuartet]

Thank you!

[@BraydenAponte]

Been waiting 196 years for his new album

[@michaels7889]

Listening to these wonderful (recorded) performances makes me realise why I fell in love with these quartets (and the late piano sonatas) in my late teens. In those times we had only the radio, not even FM; I lived in a remote village on the UK coast. These recordings are superb and the reverberation times of the hall are perfect for your sound (That might be different for you of course). I live with the hope that you might come to the Netherlands and I can hear you rather than the electronics, however good these are. I realise of course that those performances, if they occur, would be quite different nearly ten years later than this recording. It is also good to watch your communication, always expressive of absorption with the music.

[@ArielQuartet]

Thank you! We are working on some European dates for the upcoming season, so please keep checking our calendar page!

[@y4suke339]

Allegretto- 0:12 Vivace- 7:12 Lento Assai- 11:08 Grave, ma non troppo- 19:53

[@PieInTheSky9]

Thank you!

[@ottobittencourt771]

Thank you very much indeed.

[@isidoroghezzi1548]

bravissimi; è un vero piacere ascoltarvi.

[@DavidSmith-nq3ps]

Beautiful! Fun fact: Mahler lovingly gave a nod to Beethoven by borrowing the theme from the slow movement here (III Lento assai..., at about 11:00 into the video) for the sixth movement of his 3rd Symphony. Emphasis on the word 'lovingly'.

[@ArielQuartet]

Thanks for sharing!

[@ryohagitani892]

Beethoven's daring, bold works are rendered very in a very interesting and expressive way. I enjoy it, i.e. I enjoy a freedom Beethoven's finding.

[@ArielQuartet]

Beautiful, Ryo!

[@John-fn7dj]

There are four knights, the string is their swords, sharp like God’s words !

[@danielswood]

Very nice rendition. Thank you! 😊 ❤❤❤

[@ArielQuartet]

❤❤❤❤

[@rockytoptom]

Between this piece and the string quartet in C sharp Minor I really can't decide which is my favorite Beethoven. I would love to see them perform this live. I wish people knew just how much work goes into playing these incredibly difficult pieces perfectly like this.

[@ArielQuartet]

The c minor reportedly was Beethoven’s favorite- we love them all!

[@rockytoptom]

@@ArielQuartet Y’ALL ARE AMAZING!!!

[@user-wc7op7fw7x]

Absolutely magnificent.You bring me so much joy.

[@ArielQuartet]

Wow, thank you!

[@prabhudhasivanson7110]

Superb performance

[@ArielQuartet]

Thanks a million

[@11oilrig]

Just marvellous.

[@ArielQuartet]

thanks very much!

[@pauldeck4500]

One of the members of my string quartet described the Vivace movement as "unsafe at any speed" because of the crazy syncopation and other "simple" (crazy hard) rhythmic issues.

[@seniorskateboarder5958]

Very nicely done.

[@ArielQuartet]

Thank you!

[@davidmartin9565]

Fantastic!!

[@ArielQuartet]

Thank you, David!

[@hbmike47]

I had the pleasure of experiencing you perform this live January 18, 2019 in San Diego, CA. Listening to this outstanding performance from 2014, it is amazing to hear how you continue to grow further with this music. In particular, the Lento movement was absolutely extraordinary. Bravo Tutti!

[@ArielQuartet]

Thank you! Always love our visits to UCSD!

[@frankstein9982]

This is a terrific performance; intense, musical and deeply engaging.

[@ArielQuartet]

Thank you!!

[@lemenyves34]

Bravo!

[@ArielQuartet]

Thanks so much

[@user-wu1my4nk6g]

色香があり、痺れるような美しさ。感動した。

[@pbasswil]

What a nice, lively sound they're making! I don't know if it's that cello, or the way it's mic-ed, but I love the depth & tone of the bass notes - which are in no way over-prominent, nor boomy; they're just very present and sonorous.

[@ArielQuartet]

❤

[@John-fn7dj]

What’s a wonderful moment 09:00, heaven open & evil to the abyss!

[@ArielQuartet]

Absolutely!

[@michellefernandez3155]

Muss es sein? Es muss sein

[@ArielQuartet]

Ja ❤

[@alexandreluizalves]

exquisite.

[@ArielQuartet]

Thank you!

[@user-vx9bv9es3x]

Super!! Life!!! ❤❗👍😁

[@ArielQuartet]

❤❤

[@francomassarut4888]

Penso anzi non dubito che, il terzo movimento sia di una potenza a noi sconosciuta, paragonabile hai misteri dell’universo. Beethoven ti abbraccio dà cuore a cuore dovunque tu sia.

[@Grizzlied555]

This is his final one.

[@olivierdrouin2701]

Excellente décision dans le trio du vivace:il faut que les figures accompagnantes menacent la ligne principale.

[@jorgevinicioborgeslima4475]

incrível

[@ArielQuartet]

Thank you!

[@kihwaneom3441]

19:50

[@moki6887]

Beethoven drops this masterpiece in 1826 1826's guys after being called out for being maidenless: 11:09

[@olivierdrouin2701]

Dans un livre fascinant,jesrf Kerman dit que le lento est un thème et variations caché,ou du moins pas mis en avant. Moi,je suis convaincu,et vous invite à vous. procurer cette étude sur les 16 quatuors. Magnifique interprétation !

[@ArielQuartet]

Merci beaucoup!!

[@malcolmabram2957]

I believe this is Beethoven's last composition.

[@steve29roses]

"Must it be?"....."It must be!!!!!"

[@ArielQuartet]

No question!!

[@andrewmargrave7518]

In this and the Op. 95, Gershon Gerchikov plays first violin while Alexandra Kazovsky plays other first violin. But in the Op. 132, she plays first and he plays other first. Is there some kind of system at work? It seems to work either way.

[@ArielQuartet]

We’ve been switching since we started as 12yo kids, seemed natural at the time and we kept it!

[@optio8514]

Beethoven been real quiet since this came out

[@ArielQuartet]

indeed and unfortunately :)

[@nigelseymour4850]

What gauge strings are they using...

[@ArielQuartet]

varying - all kinds. Are you wondering about a specific instrument?

[@nigelseymour4850]

@@ArielQuartet looks like a viola?

[@olivierdrouin2701]

Josrf

[@bianchiviolin]

Very successful at 9.00. Unually a bit muddy.

[@John-fn7dj]

How about Using headsets ?

[@ArielQuartet]

Thanks!

[@vincentpaulduffy5895]

In the midst ofcurrent ukrain scandal god bless opus 135

[@ArielQuartet]

❤

[@Lanternamagika]

Great. Bravissimi. But ... I understand people may get sick, but they know they are, don't they? Why don't they simply stay home with a good cup of grog and watch youtube instead of spoiling a wonderful performance with their awful cough?

[@nihilistlemon1995]

Because they paid for the service while you're enjoying this video for free .

[@Lanternamagika]

@@nihilistlemon1995 That's no answer. Having "paid for the service" doesn't give you the right to come and spoil the others' listening spitting and tossing your bateria around at 110 dB. It just gives you the right to attend quiet and respectful in the utmost silence to the artists' performance. Why not then fart to your ass' content, why not then also burp as loud as your stomach needs, why not then fall asleep and snort like a raging bull? Why not crunch popcorn in between the soloist's notes? Barbarians ...A music hall is not a toilet!

[@alexestrella7103]

I hope you get that the majority of people watching these concerts live are very old. Most old people can’t control when they cough. Unless you want to ban people who cough at the door it’s inevitable. Sorry.

[@Lanternamagika]

@@alexestrella7103 Ok, so what? I myself am very, very old and have learned to feel when I can't control when I cough. So when I feel I risk to be in that condition I simply stay at home, as I don't think I have the right to spoil a performance with my corporal noises. My freedom and my rights end where others' freedom and rights begin, isn't it so?

[@CalebNorman]

Allegretto- 0:12 Vivace- 7:12 Lento Assai- 11:08 Grave, ma non troppo- 19:53

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