Beethoven String Quartet Op.59 No.1 "Razumovsky"

[@johnrau5495]

So happy to see this again. I am the very proud parent of Michael, the second violinist. This was performed at the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts, where he was a student. He started playing violin around age 5. Just a kid from a town in Iowa who fell in love with violin and classical music. He would willingly practice about 8 hours per day, and I loved hearing his music throughout our home. He is now with the Florestan String Quartet, and has traveled to many countries playing violin with various string quartets. Additionally, he hopes to be offered an orchestra position now that he has just received his Masters Degree in Violin Performance.

[@andrewmargrave7518]

Michael is the other first violinist. There is no "second violinist". Both violinists are first violinists. They just play different parts. Michael plays beautifully here, and makes his part count for everything it should. He is in the great line of other firsts that includes Alexander Schneider, Elisa Pegreffi, Siegmund Nissel, and John Dalley.

[@andreasheise894]

Dear John Rau, thankyou so much for those words about your son Michael. Both of you, not to forget your wife, are blessed in many directions. Actually I´m writing something about Beauty in the life of us human beeings. Last year all of a sudden I understood that mankind´s life could be described with three questions- what is beauty, what is love, and -is there a god. Since we exist we are looking for an answer, never found!

[@gioiellidellamusica]

@@andrewmargrave7518 1st and 2nd violinist here is not a ranking, but musically conditioned. They are first-rate violinists but play different lines: the first and the second.

[@seamushealy1535]

. . . best of luck...

[@sarahkraus8247]

Wow I don't even practice 30 minutes a day because I am lazy and make excuses like I need an extra hour of piano practice

[@tinavera2476]

So proud of my son! Matthew Vera I love you!

[@danipar7388]

THINGS LIKE THOSE GIVE ME FAITH OF HUMANITY

[@SimonCU]

congratulations! were you in the audience during this performance? What is your son doing now? I know during the pandemic many musicians have canceled many of their performances and stuff.

[@tinavera2476]

@@SimonCU I wasn't at this one. He is still back East, has played so much over the past few years, but you are correct, the pandemic has put a hold on much. At present he is focused on education and playing when/where possible

[@tinavera2476]

@@danipar7388 What a sweet thing to say. I love and appreciate your kind words. We need such kindness, ALL OF US. You made my week. Oh btw, I agree with you. Best wishes

[@ferox965]

Well done.

[@MarzaWilks]

I want to credit someone extremely important in the creation of this fun and passionate performance: Roger Tapping. In all his magnificence, he spent countless hours with us each week working on the fine nuances of these phrases, sharing incredibly detailed knowledge of Beethoven and chamber music, and bringing out our beautiful sound through these phrases of music. Even with mistakes here and there in this performance, Roger came to us afterwards beaming with kindness, joy, and the type of support that you only see from a person who truly loves sharing music and sharing deep well thought out knowledge and passion. To this day and moving forward, he will always be a musical inspiration for me. He touched the hearts of every person who got to experience him in all facets of his life. Seeing Roger in the hallways at Juilliard after I had graduated NEC was truly a “welcome home” feeling. His kind smile, a quick hello when he was rushing somewhere, or even the thoughtful longer conversations that we had provided solace for me at a new school where I felt lost. The life he brought to music will be sustained through every person who was lucky enough to work with him, through audiences who have been lucky enough to hear him, and countless others. Thank you, Roger. 💛

[@LeonardoAlvesCastro]

Expressive viola

[@apostolismoschopoulos1876]

viola d'amore

[@evanmcguire5787]

wow he's barely even looking at his music

[@daniel3231995]

Black violists propping up now they are unusually very good

[@tommeng6522]

Viola gang

[@LionKing-mv2uk]

@@daniel3231995 Bruh. My sister is a black violist and she's trash lol

[@jacques-emmanuelbelizaire8592]

The viola player is impeccably in synch with the pizz of the violins. They literally sound like one!!!! The whole ensemble is incredible. Hats off!!!!!

[@wupeide]

These guys are amazing! Great viola playing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nonyobizness9420]

Yes, I agree the boy on the viola did a great job. The viola is a very underappreciated instrument.

[@maratom34]

great trumpet playing.

[@SaxandRelax]

great flute as well

[@jakobgrene5905]

@@SaxandRelax hey I've seen you comment on a twoset video lol small world..

[@eggie2097]

lol

[@britdude74]

The sense of musicianship here is staggeringly beautiful :D You can just sense their sincere appreciation for this composition.

[@sjoerdmeijer6031]

spruitje

[@sandygrungerson1177]

it would be better if they reduced the vibrato and concentrated on the intonation

[@margaretbiggs4059]

Oh Yes!

[@MrSteedfast]

@@sandygrungerson1177 lol fair assessment. Typical of developing students. But all in all it wasn’t so distracting that it took away from performance!

[@staffanolofsson8201]

This year 2020 it is 250 years since Beethoven was born. Another reason to celebrate this wonderful music.

[@pg8982]

this is beautiful. medical school is terrible and soul crushing. Beethoven's string quartets and trios (and of course, his violin concerto) make studying bearable.

[@DaviSilva-oc7iv]

Tell me how the cycle of Krebs works.

[@LouiseFranksArt]

@@DaviSilva-oc7iv has Google stopped working?

[@OingoLove]

I am so into B's violin concerto right now

[@olivierdrouin2701]

God bless you for your consciousness !❤

[@lectocom]

I hope these young musicians stick together, because on the form they show here they could have a great future as a professional quartet. I am blown away by the splendid way they have met the enormous challenges of this my favourite Beethoven string quartet (especially their brilliant handling of the dynamics and light-and-shade of the whimsically spooky second movement. This is a great performance!

[@bettykwok9216]

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[@miguelvaliente1475]

I studied basic harmomy and counterpoint when at the university, and it looks that Beethoven threw a little bomb at the beggining of the second movement Was y

[@miguelvaliente1475]

that a modulation?

[@mcrettable]

i love that violist

[@guyjennifer]

I know. Watch him interact with all the other players as if he plays his part from memory.

[@DornGeorg]

01:10 Allegro 11:25 Allegretto vivace e sempre scherzando 20:27 Adagio molto e mesto 33:12 Allegro. Thème Russe

[@TheTahoe1982]

3rd movement is one of the most beautiful music i have ever listened. Love you Beethoven

[@Imafungi123]

Oh....my.... This is one of the highest compositions of musical genius I can recall hearing (of course the playing is absolutely phenomenal).

[@sanjosemike3137]

Imafungi123 This string quartet is at a pinochle of art in Western music. Had Beethoven written only this he would be revered as one of greatest composers in history. It so beautiful it is almost painful. Sanjosemike

[@davidb6587]

Agreed. Btw, the 3rd movement grabs my heart every time

[@markgolden154]

Truly unbelievable and intricate

[@erik....]

One of my favorite performances on KZbin. 👍

[@WhitneyHGordon]

I have known this quartet for 65 years. I have heard or listened to numerous presentations. This offering is superb but even more, they are so very young. As someone else noted, I hope they stay together.

[@econ3000]

I agree they are doing a great job... when i saw how young they were I was afraid they were going to butcher it, but I am quite impressed so far (middle of 3rd movement). Strong performances for sure! This work is one of my favorite from Beethoven 's middle period. To me, the string quartets (and piano sonatas as well) of Beethoven are like a distillation of his genius - stripped down to the bone - without the ornamentation & redundancy of a full orchestra - they are more like a stream of consciousness - pure brilliance flowing straight from his soul through his brain to his hand and into a pen - pouring out in ink onto paper. You can literally hear his inner moods shifting in the late string quartets, as well as battles between the spirit and the intellect, between warm passion and cold logic (Specifically in the Great Fugue Op. 133 - which essentially took music out of the Romantic and into the Modern period over 100 years early!).

[@heyo5493]

she means the piece of music

[@domerbacher5430]

*facepalm* when one refers to 'a quartet' most commonly they are speaking of the piece of music.

[@CoecaCola]

Frederick Noe she means the musicians playing the music

[@jacobsimon]

wonderful young quartet. Lyricism stands out.

[@robinbecker9856]

These young people died an amazing job with this difficult quartet. Bravo to their teachers and to the ensemble work together.

[@graeme011]

Brilliant performance, yes, but I hope it didn't kill them!!

[@pg8982]

haha. an unfortunate typo that you hilariously capitalized on

[@pg8982]

...and a fellow marylander no less

[@monsterhigh1975]

I almost died tho

[@smudge6001]

They died?!?!?!?😱😱😱😱

[@helenlauer9465]

over and over i listen. i worship these four. thank god for them, bless them through long and wonderful careers filled with acclaim.

[@n0cturn3z]

The 3rd movement of this piece is absolutely breathtaking. One of the most beautiful things Beethoven ever wrote.

[@mruberduck]

1st movement: 0:00 2nd Movement: 11:20 3rd Movement: 20:13 4th Movement: 32:56 (I think, could be wrong) :))

[@angeldejesussanchezjuarez2323]

Cool, thanks!

[@moonjunsu]

mruberduck 1st movement 1:10

[@dsolomon66]

Beethoven, op.7

[@emmacandland9755]

4th is actually 33:10!

[@smarteecat]

Thank you for mapping it out!

[@CostasCourtComposer]

What a beautiful performance! Congratulations to all of you !

[@108wee]

Taking a Music History class and just read that back in 1806, Beethoven composed this piece for the Russian ambassador to Vienna at the time Count Rasumovsky who was a violinist himself and a member of a quartet thought to be one of the finest in Europe. When the ambassador's quartet sat to read the music they thought Beethoven was joking with them, which is why I had to look this up. This is really pretty and these musicians are amazing. Thanks for posting. : )

[@robertzemekis6241]

this is some good mature playing from such young people. I like the lightness of touch int he first movement, I'm sure this is just what beethoven intended. The dynamics are beautifully used to bring out the bestof the music.

[@BruceBoschek]

A truly brilliant performance of one of the high points of chamber music. Nine years later this performance still stuns. Thank you.

[@SoulGateKun]

I remember my violin teacher telling me these terms and she would always shout ALLEGRO ALLEGRO! at the start! she enjoyed watching our orchestra play but for some reason I found it daunting and loathed playing. How I hear this quartet play each of their parts brings me fully back to the countless hours that I actually remember practicing. The best point was when you could play the whole exerpt or song fully with 100% accuracy, and then adding more expression to the strokes of your bow, adding twiddles and showing your dexterity and mental capacity to arrive on beat at a moments notice!! Truly splendid!

[@zacharyferyatecomposer]

1:09 Allegro 11:25 Allegretto 20:27 Adagio 33:12 Théme Russe

[@humamghassib2685]

Beethoven's three Op. 59 quartets are a jewel in the crown of his middle years. Just savour the third movement of No. 1 and the second of No. 2. They are so inventive and, at times, intriguing. The young players here are first-rate. Altogether, what a graceful video! Many thanks.

[@paularodriguez8261]

Humam Ghassib Hey, all movements of the three rasumovsky are an incredible masterpiece of an other universe art, something divine like all B music

[@mitchellschmidt9282]

Yes, and the video is unobtrusive.

[@winfriedpaarmann3281]

Dieses Quartett zu hören, ist der eine Kunstgenuss - diese Streicher spielen zu sehen, ein noch weiterer. Hinter jedem Takt steckt "Power, auch bei den eher zarten und "stillen" Passagen. Besonders eindrucksvoll erscheint mir der Bratscher mit seinem Engagement. Musik, gute Musik, ist jedenfalls eine Weltsprache.

[@michaellastiwka900]

Elegant, charming. Pleasurable to listen too.

[@gordonshure16]

so refreshing to see and hear these young people performing great music .

[@bennettmarkel7724]

Classy, youthful performance, made me cry, the acid test.

[@gtrman04971]

Bennett : How could you not cry? Beethoven was such a genius. Then to have it played by such a great group of musicians. Life is good!

[@MrSteedfast]

There are some really special moments in this performance - great communication between the lower strings. Very nice.

[@emeryveilleux5039]

This is my FAVORITE orchestral performance I've been listening to it for years - to all the musicians, well well well done, beautiful music.

[@c3piano]

It's amazing to hear the depth of musicianship coming from such a young group. Each of them will have a brilliant career and so well deserved.

[@Violamaster1996]

Brilliant... Their performance makes my heart happy 😄

[@smarteecat]

I can feel the passion in this music being played by youthful artists! It is absolutely lovely and a blessing to my ears! Thank you!

[@ProgRockDan1]

Beautiful quartet

[@venicawood3894]

I do so adore it when young people do something like this. Bravo! BTW This performance is beautiful...

[@RayWood500]

So fresh and lyrical - this is just gorgeous!

[@jenniferaanes871]

This flipped on as a "next" video while I was fixing breakfast, such a surprise to see it appears to be high schoolers, made my Sunday morning

[@MegaFount]

Bravo! Beethoven is smiling in heaven. To hear his music played with such wonderful passion and grace.

[@jonathanlerdau8483]

Aaron S. He’s deaf…

[@lekamarade]

@@jonathanlerdau8483 he began to be deaf in the end of his life

[@frankcisyarmi]

great perfomance, Matthew Vera and Michael Rau David Mason Marza Wilks congratulations

[@bb2fiddler]

My god, these kids are talented! Such an inspiration

[@gmrick1412]

So great and wonderful. Beethoven's music was complex and difficult to play. Musicians in his day often hated having to play his compositions because they were often not sufficiently skilled to do the job. He was radical for his time. These young musicians were masterful. What a great pleasure watching them.

[@frereanaktom99]

i agree. it's a pity people dont listen to keith emerrson [the nice]. i suppose he's not classed as "classical music" jesus maria! he was a genius; still unrecognised.

[@janerampona3432]

What a wonderful performance from the four of you! Thank you for all the hours and years of practice you've put in. I love it!

[@johnpace4397]

Beautiful beyond words. And ... uh ... I can’t believe the 1st violinist’s chair doesn’t slide out from under him. ;).

[@ultradance5chicago]

This performance is exceptional. Really enjoyed listing while I work from home during the COVID Pandemic. Be safe everyone and stay healthy.

[@cecilhenry9908]

Great performance!! I wanted to show the kids how the different string instruments play together, and damn --- I found this!!!

[@nickyork8901]

This is a really phenomenal performance - great interpretation and wonderful playing by all 4 of these incredible young musicians.

[@eshebang]

Sublime ensemble, tout est juste...fougue, vivacité, jeunesse, amour...de plus je ne connaissais pas ce quatuor Razumvosky, qui laisse entrevoir les quatuors plus tardifs, on reconnait certains motifs...difficile de parler de la musique....bref une maestria d'interpretation....

[@김선영-z3z]

멋지네요 이렇게 좋은 베토벤 곡을 거실에 앉아 편히 감상할수 있어서요~ 완벽시스템을 갖추어준 남편 박박사께 감사드려요~

[@JorgeRamos-ip6jw]

This cuartet Razumovsky (Seraphin record) was my birthday gift for my father when he gets 52 years. I dont forget. Jorge.

[@bernardsutton9404]

Such wonderful playing. They really get to the heart of the music especially in the heart wrenching slow movement. They would play late Beethoven really well

[@radupir2065]

A hauntingly beautiful quartet and an amazing performance!

[@petrslivinski7481]

A pleasing sound for the senses! Simply beautiful! Thank you for sharing.

[@michaelcollins9698]

Great job all four of you -Thank You. And Marza, anyone who has ever tried to play Cello knows that you're talented and you work diligently at your craft.

[@stanisawpietrzak7249]

Wspaniałym młodym artystom życze wiele równie wspaniałych sukcesow i podobnej radości z muzykowania. Dziękuje Wam z dalekiej Polski

[@ipacyz8369]

Uwielbiam kwartety smyczkowe, szczególnie beethovenowskie.

[@juliodavila7704]

These young musicians are truly extraordinary. A delightful interpretation of one Beethoven's most wonderful creations. Thank you!

[@lmpaxa]

Brilliant performance - Bravo!! It amazes me that such a young string quartet can play this music with such congeniality. As someone else noted: lets hope they stay together! I would certainly love to see them perform sometime in the future!

[@eternityinview]

A joy to the eyes and an exquisite delight to the ear. Thank you Beethoven and thank you 4 young interpreters of his music. Above all thank you Jehovah God for creating us with the abilities to compose, play and appreciate beautiful music.

[@walterboensch3175]

Soeben habe ich dieses wunderbare Streichquartett entdeckt. Alles erstklassige Musiker! Besonders die Art des Spiels von David, seine Körpersprache und Mimik, hat mich sehr beeindruckt. Er öffnet mir die Musik noch mehr, macht sie quasi körperlich spürbar. Grossen Dank an alle vier. Weltklasse!

[@kuijpers5870]

No orchestra to hide. Well played. Fascinating conversation between instruments.

[@kathiebrobeck3426]

what a world of subtle emotion in these incredible 16!

[@DanielFitzgeraldPiano]

Magnificent performance, probably the best ever played and I'm very happy they captured the performance on tape, for posterity! Kudos all around and very well deserved.

[@hithere6701]

So amazingly beautiful! It's inspiring me to learn the violin again! It's been decades since i stopped playing!

[@voggvogg]

Very enjoyable composition and performance!

[@robbinmccarthy990]

Fantastic, love that a next generation has the depth of feelings to communicate Beethoven.

[@guillermomiranda9703]

Surprisingly good execution coming from so young performers. Beethovenian moods arise from a mature soul, and these interpreters, through their faces and bodies transmit us a deep understanding of the composer. Thanks .

[@twintwinklestars]

Beautiful people playing beautiful music by a divine prophet of emotion. I'm listening over and over.

[@BradfordGuy]

What a wonderful group of musicians. So much more than notes on a page (an extreme understatement) Flawless playing and interpretation!

[@pixielover4404]

I love this so much. I play it in the background every time I am doing school writing assignments. Thank you! :)

[@Rx-mn5fv]

This young quartet has a future before it. Wonderful interplay and musician ship.. Pacing and phrasing artfully performed. Bravo!

[@kevinteichroeb6997]

That is some of the best viola playing I've ever heard! Thanks, David!

[@nstarcallcenter5625]

Who is the violist? Website? Instagram?

[@nannojonkers3817]

The most beautiful, pre-romantic slow movement in a string quartet by Beethoven.

[@sandroveronese2042]

It's great to see four young musicians playing together

[@johnmalouf9288]

The angels wept with joy, and the heavens cried out, "Bravissimo!"❤

[@kbergend]

Wow, these kids really hit it out of the park! I've listened to perhaps a dozen professional quartets play this sublime piece and I'd rank this performance above most of them. Such virtuosity, spirit and coordination, and with tempos and dynamics so well aligned with what I think Beethoven intended. You parents certainly should be proud, and I hope all four of them are having continued success.

[@alankousen2294]

amazing! I hope they meet with great success in the future

[@raoultak]

4 wonderful players; bravissimo.

[@thesavoy-munnellyproject2393]

Remarkable performance. Definitely grasped my attention, I was sucked into it!

[@kimfrank7435]

Bravo!!!

[@joachimb.9090]

Estupendo! Una interpretación perfecta!

[@wupeide]

A monumental accomplishment - I am sure these guys agonize over the imperfections... but they really created some amazing musical moments in this performance. I watched the entire quartet and found so many great passages... thanks for sharing this!

[@bennettmarkel7724]

Such beautiful music (I had not heard "Razumovsky" No.1 in a long time.). The string playing was as good as I could remember, impassioned, original, youthful. Beethoven, grumpily, would have loved this performance.

[@shodanart]

lol. Beethoven was generally less grumpy with youthful musicians. ☺️

[@davidsilverman1741]

Fabulous playing by four talented musicians! Very much enjoyed listening to you tackle this beautiful and difficult quartet. Solid performance!

[@Reasonable22]

Impeccable performance, wonderful recording! Thanks for posting.

[@davidrichmond3182]

One of my favorite quartets from THE MASTER!!! Excellent performance by all players.

[@leopoldodepera8117]

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[@shodanart]

Wonderful performance! (Ignore the critics in “comments”) The beautiful young lady sweeping lovely cello is perfectly dressed despite some ignorant critics in comments; plays the cello so smooth of tone and at the right balance; the expressive Viola is admirable. In the Adagio the 1st violinist on the left, is perfectly in sync with cello; 2nd violinist on left, besides being uncommonly handsome, is also subtle and nuanced. The viola on right very expressive and enthusiastic. These youthful performers did an admirable interpretation of Beethoven’s complex Quartet.

[@alvarito45]

The adagio at 22:47 sends one to the stars OMG!

[@JohnGrady-of7bm]

I have listened to this specific KZbin video many, many times over the years. I loved my old recording of the Budapest playing this quartet and knew all of the Beethoven quartets as a HS kid because of the Budapest and Juilliard recordings. Other than the Late Quartets, 59, #1 is my favorite. I was listening today to accompany a home session of physical therapy for a new knee and it just struck me that this music and this performance is life-giving, healing, uplifting, and just d*** good! I put away the PT for 45 minutes and lay on my pad and soared and swooped with the young LvB and these young, but very mature, players. It would be terrific if these musicians formed a quartet and gave performances of the quality in this video! I love the youthfulness and vitality of this music. If the 3rd Symphony is an outward manifestation of "eroica-ness." this quartet is the spiritual flip-side!

[@nicolasgon]

Intrumentos y musicos de primer nivel !!! Sonido increible y genial !!!

[@alvarogarciabarbosa3199]

I like and prefer this performance than that of Obeythoven with proffesional musicians. Here altogether do it great. And the camera is not wandering in a nonsense translation from violins to viola and cello. These Young musicians are really outstanding. Bravo!!

[@monumentofwonders]

Wonderful performance, deserving all the applause at the end.

[@SSNewberry]

Good performance, I hope we see them again.

[@genesbeans]

He ends it with such reluctance, like he's putting down a precious jewel.

[@EricMcDowellegm]

Finding this particular performance of my fave Beethoven string quartet was such a blessing!! This is an amazing example of perfect timing, playing, interpretation, and musicianship. Thank You so much, Matthew, Michael, David, and Marza!

[@paularodriguez8261]

Eric McDowell Really is your fave? How can you decide only one over the other string quartets? :o I couldn t try one over other... Too much beauty in all

[@ellDiavolo666]

beautiful talented young people

[@cuadropor]

Es en momentos como estos que la juventud se transmite por la música, de manera ejemplar. ¡Bravo!

[@katiekatsman8038]

This quartet is magnificent and a favorite of mine as I've played this many times in my quartet. The violins are extraordinary as is the cellist, but the Viola's has been touched by God.