BRAHMS - Clarinet Quintet Op. 115 - Ébène String Quartet & Damien Bachmann

Johannes Brahms - Quintet for Clarinet and Strings Opus 115
Allegro 00:00
Adagio 13:02
Andantino 25:12
Con moto 30:01
Damien Bachmann, clarinet
www.damienbachmann.ch
Quatuor Ébène
www.quatuorebene.com
Pierre Colombet Violin by Francesco Rugeri, Cremona (ca.1680)
Bow by Charles Tourte (Paris, 19th century)
Gabriel Le Magadure Violin with a Guarneri label (mid 18th century)
Bow by Dominique Pecatte (ca.1845)
Marie Chilemme Viola by Marcellus Hollmayr, Füssen (1625)
prior possession of Mathieu Herzog
Raphaël Merlin Violoncello by Andrea Guarneri, Cremona (1666/1680)
Live in Wissembourg International Music Festival, 28.08.2018
Recorded and Filmed by Eliyah Reichen - Beyond Groove Productions
This audio recording is made with some of the finest german audio equipment from the 1970s and 1980s that recorded orchestras like the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig, taken care of regularly, sounding better than most of modern equipment, then straight to the highest quality digital recording medium.

[@jaysparc]

The violist did a masterful job. I don't remember ever hearing the lines as much in any other recording.

[@davidlillis8619]

Yes - a lovely performance of a beautiful work. Bravo Ébène String Quartet and Damien Bachmann. Bravissimo Herr Brahms! David Alexander Lillis. Wellington, New Zealand. 4 June 2024

[@Lucas-xk2ih]

I was privileged to hear this masterpiece in a theater. This video is just wonderful, but it's a whole different feeling when you hear it in real life.

[@edipisreks5535]

God this is a wonderful performance of the most beautiful love letter anybody ever wrote.

[@duncanrichardson2167]

I like to imagine that in part of this movement Brahms recalls the occasion when at a young but impressionable age, and unable to sleep in a stifling hot Hamburg summer night, he heard a haunting gipsy melody floating up from a nearby tavern in the docks.

[@imankhodaei7062]

Incredibly moving music. Superb performance.

[@BM-lj5gt]

Can you actually imagine someone watching this and then saying "Thumbs Down! What garbage!"... And yet there are fifty such people. Perhaps inebriated and couldn't understand the meaning of symbols they clicked on? I just can't imagine anyone taking the time to click on the link to listen to this and then deciding it's bad enough to take the time and effort to give it a thumbs down. That said, there are many things happening in this world today that I can't imagine and clearly don't understand. A truly spectacular performance of a truly spectacular piece. If you disagree with that assessment, please explain. Thanks.

[@jean-jacqueshappel3967]

You're so right...

[@watutman]

I don't have to imagine. When I was young I thought this kind of music was garbage. And when I was playing this very video on my speakers recently, a housemate said they didn't like it. People like different kinds of music. But why someone would take the time to navigate to this video and then give it a thumbs down? Probably because someone else had raved about it and said you gotta listen to this it's amazingly good, or something. So they came and disagreed.

[@potatopotato5027]

People can’t have different opinions? What if they just don’t like this spectacular interpretation?

[@renzo6490]

Don’t focus on such things. Just enjoy what you enjoy. People are on different paths with different tastes. Honor that and get on with your life.

[@MrBlubb80]

Not everybody needs to like the same. People that know other recordings of this piece may prefer those (not necessarily dislike this one though). For my personal taste, the quartet plays very smoothly, but the clarinet is unfortunately almost inaudible way too often. Not sure why, it may be the recording/mixing, but I just don't like it that way.

[@SimonUbsdell]

Wonderful performance of one of the greatest ever pieces of chamber music. And such an amazing recording - so much depth and intensity and focus and clarity. A superb technical achievement as well.

[@M_SC]

Good sound

[@djeronimo7981]

le troisième mouvement est un pur joyau musical , la quintessence a laquelle brahms seul nous a habituée depuis le départ de beethoven , merci au quatuor ébène pour nous rendre tous les secrets intimes de cette musique sensuelle , virevoltante , donc chaque harmonie nous prend par le coeur avant de nous plonger dans une féerie que l on ne voudrait jamais quitter ,,

[@qualaup]

This is Classical Soul! Awesome performance! This Adagio is the most beautifull classical adagio ever written in my humble opinion....Brahms...my favorite classical composer.

[@maureenchallis2093]

This is a beautiful piece of music. I can,t understand anybody not liking it.

[@renzo6490]

Don’t focus on such things. Enjoy what you enjoy. Let others go on their way

[@ericzhou8151]

I love the quintet's interpretation of the beginning of the second movement. So delicate and careful

[@jonathanbraun7920]

To live for and hold on to the experience of this performance.

[@santiagodeloscaballeros3743]

Quelle beauté que cette vidéo ! Une œuvre magnifique et une interprétation extraordinaire de cohérence et de sincérité ! Bravo à ces cinq excellents solistes et merci infiniment pour ce très beau partage qui nous va droit au cœur !

[@elfpix]

Great color and attention to detail, balance. A real tear jerker.

[@charleswise3067]

A truly lovely piece of chamber music. Such beauty and such longing, how is a mere mortal to bear it?

[@Blomhert]

His late clarinetcompositions are his very "TOP compositions" in chambermusic because of his love for clarinetplayer Richard Mühlfeld. The piano- and celloparties in his clarinettrio and certainly his clarinetquintet are "a one and only" love declaration to the clarinet in music history, read Richard Mühlfeld: His "Fraulein klarinet"!

[@VarelinhaUFLGameplay]

One of the most brilliant performances i have ever seen of this masterpiece !!!!! bravo and thank you !!!!

[@ronnyromano2979]

A Truly Spectacular Viola Player in Action Which Brings the Group to a Much Higher Level and a Good Cello Player with a Good Vibrato so Thumbs Up

[@youngjhuh]

낙엽이 수북해 쌓인 산정상에서 한 노인이 지난날을 회상하며 아쉬워하는 아름다운 노래……

[@djeronimo7981]

il m a fallu du temps pour découvrir toute la magie de brahms , sa profondeur musicale , ses romances nostalgiques , j en restais aux classiques bach haydn mozart , beethoven , il ne s agit pas de concourir mais brahms vint en digne successeur de ces piliers géniaux que furent les pères créateurs de la musique , merci au quatuor ébène et merci pour le partage ,,

[@jarvingviolin6027]

best performance ever

[@MCMeru]

I just wanted to wright the same, absolutely incredible performance!!!

[@lesonyrra]

Finishing up reading a Brahms bio & decided to give this a listen based on the description of the piece therein. Lovely!

[@wanyuhuang8802]

I do think it deserves more views

[@noelaruldas1152]

Hurrah! What a wonderful performance! Dear performers! I congratulate and wish you perform well in more and more pieces like this.

[@brynjarhoff-lr6hw]

I ask KZbin to get the recording of Brahms with Reginald Kell and the Busch quartet from 1940+- it is old-but the best…

[@M_SC]

That’s not how that works at all

[@jorgeezq1318]

Que obra tan maravillosa compuso Brahms con clarinete en la parte final de su vida. Desde Mozart este instrumento no había sonado tan sublime.

[@joanmartinuzzi9858]

This is a most wonderful, expressive performance . Thank you so much

[@sandraboarato8091]

Degni esecutori di Brahms grandiosi

[@urmorph]

Shakespeare, Sonnet 73. Also Wordsworth, "...thoughts that lie too deep for tears." Thanks for posting this devastatingly beautiful performance.

[@ArtVandelay99]

I am curious what makes you think of these poems in particular, in connection to this Clarinet Quintet...

[@urmorph]

The music of Brahms is often described as "autumnal." It isn't, always, but sometimes the word is apt. Especially if one's years have passed the number of Bill's sonnet. Also read two by Tennyson, "Ulysses," and "Tithonus."

[@emjiane]

Merci pour cette belle interprétation et la qualité de cette vidéo et sa présentation par chapitres.

[@risiacristinacoelholacerda5222]

Wonderful performance! It's breathtaking. God bless you all.

[@julianglantz]

I loved this performance - the adagio is so chock full of longing, it chokes me up each time I hear it. My go-to performance of this is an old one of the Busch quartet with Reginald Kell; it’s from 1937, and the adagio is a good deal slower and more ‘stately’. FWIW, I dislike YT comments that insist on ranking different interpretations of masterworks. Despite their differences, I shall continue to enjoy both.

[@suedwestfunk]

Danke für diese Aufführung einer meiner Lieblings-Musiken: Strömung unter den Tragflächen des Lebens.

[@bag3lmonst3r72]

This whole video is a beautiful exercise in monochrome aesthetics.

[@MeinAennchen]

Zum Weinen schön! Vollkommen. Bewegend.

[@Barpoint212]

A deeply felt and highly expressive performance of this masterpiece. Beautifully recorded as well. Thank you!

[@Johanna650]

Si Brahms aixequés el cap es sentiria orgullos de que la seva música estigui tan ben tocada

[@oliverkheem]

곡을 아는 사람이 촬영 했구만 .. it took a film by someone who knows this music well . Awesome

[@andreavolz9169]

amazing just without words

[@nuageau]

Superb!! Excellent!!

[@danielboonelight5344]

is it just me or was that some feeble applause for an absolutely sublime and world class performance of this quintet?

[@scruffysean3640]

I think they were shell-shocked by just how marvelous this performance was. I certainly was.

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[@dukeomar416]

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[@dfccmd]

Wonderful. Thank you.

[@christophergould995]

truly excellent

[@corentineguyonvarch8993]

love it. it sounds just perfect. Thanks for that moment

[@aronnepiperno9802]

GRANDI!!!!

[@jefft9729]

Fabulous performance. Just gorgeous.

[@LazerTurken]

Wow, the violist is super! Thank you 🎶

[@WinrichNaujoks]

This performance is to die for!

[@josem.deteresa2282]

Absolutamente extraordinario, gracias!

[@jean-marieboisbouvier6678]

Que du beau. Tout en justesse, avec beaucoup de romantisme. Merci. :)

[@mojahangard]

Fantastic!

[@gilagababa]

Bravo! Excellent playing!

[@kattsyrlin1377]

Stunning performance!❤

[@santiagorodriguezdezufre7699]

Awesome! Thank you.

[@zlatkoljubic3751]

Bravissimo!

[@mikerusli9660]

Great stuff. Admire the cellist's ability to pizz with alternating fingers in the 4th mvt. He made it look effortless.

[@watutman]

Well his name is Merlin.

[@wric01]

Beyond Groove Productions does top notch recordings. Notice the W facing 4 mics.

[@robertpiazza8399]

So good!!!

[@lottelilo1]

Wunderschön! Herrlich!

[@user-hi1mk3pg5m]

Bravo!

[@willyhwang1059]

love the sound of A clarinet

[@MmmGallicus]

C'est difficile de trouver le bon son pour ce quintette : sombre, rêveur, nostalgique... Les artistes y arrivent bien, ce qui donne de la puissance émotionnelle à cette interprétation.

[@cedericocosantorini8013]

Sublime!

[@Lillars]

Quelle merveille !

[@julian.castro18]

Awesome! Great recording and performance. I can't believe you're playing 400 year old instruments, that's crazy!

[@vioolstudiodiana4782]

Beautiful

[@josemiguelgomezdiaz2849]

Thank you

[@fannyjemwong]

HERMOSO

[@emilianocorradi4079]

Awesome

[@carlospoblete5493]

Gracias. Sorprendente.

[@andersrhedin1877]

En så fantastisk klarinettist i detta fabulösa stycke musik! Så underbart mjuk och ändå fyllig ton! Även stråkarna helt makalöst bra! Magnifikt tusen tack 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@maringarcia6874]

Te amo

[@GianniFranceschi]

Vorrei saper suonare uno strumento ad arco o il clarinetto per poter eseguire anche solo le prime battute. Benché le classifiche lascino il tempo che trovano, credo che questo Quintetto sia tra le composizioni di musica da camera più incredibilmente belle che siano state scritte, un miracolo, una meraviglia "patrimonio dell'umanità". Brano di una ispirazione celestiale, racchiude una tristezza profonda e irrimediabile, struggente fino alle lacrime e, allo stesso tempo, costituisce uno dei vertici della tecnica dell'elaborazione motivica brahmsiana, un capolavoro assoluto di levigatezza formale. Irraggiungibile Brahms, splendida esecuzione! 🥲

[@Lucanot67]

È un capolavoro, sia dal punto di vista compositivo che espressivo. Lo suoni con il clarinetto in La , un semitono più basso di quello classico. Questa interpretazione del quartetto ebene è meravigliosa. È una delle ultime composizioni di Brahms. Io sono un clarinettista ma non ho mai avuto la fortuna di poterlo eseguire.

[@TheFra091]

wow che suono da paura!!!

[@watutman]

Brahms knew most all music before him, and quoted it in his music. For example, I can hear Telemann at the part starting at 7:06 There are also parts that remind of Haydn, Mozart, and von Weber they say.

[@bongcloudsignals]

The second movement is a quote of mozarts quintet ❤

[@galahadthreepwood]

​@@bongcloudsignals Just like in Amadeus, when Mozart played the opening notes of his clarinet quintet to Brahms, Brahms went “hold my beer.” True story.

[@Rickriquinho]

This is 1891 greatest hit!

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

I'd say the title for greatest hit of 1891 goes to Debussy's "Suite bergamasque" or rather that one piece out of it that everybody knows: "Clair de lune". Dvorak's 4th Piano Trio "Dumky" is also from 1891. So it's hard to decide. ;)

[@Rickriquinho]

@@Quotenwagnerianer I was not taking about famous compositions but great ones.

[@Quotenwagnerianer]

@@Rickriquinho That's fair.

[@watutman]

​@@QuotenwagnerianerI think the toilet paper roll was invented in 1891.

[@watutman]

And that is a hit.

[@tom_something]

I'm so dumb. I was looking for a particular piece of classical music, and all I had to go on was that I _think_ it's in B minor. "Clarinet Quintet Op. 115" showed up on the list. My first thought was, "Well, I know that the song I'm thinking of doesn't have five clarinets jamming together, but I've got to hear this! Only to learn that a "clarinet quintet" is, of course, typically a string quartet plus ONE clarinet. NOT FIVE CLARINETS. This is a lovely performance though. I doubt replacing all the strings with clarinets would serve it. This probably has precisely the right number of clarinets. Leave it to Brahms, amirite? K I'm gonna go now.

[@Nostalgicavenue2000]

Lol I love this comment…except for the fact you called it a “song”😢

[@tom_something]

@@Nostalgicavenue2000 I get it. I do.

[@christophbreitenbach4112]

- You cannot play doublestops, vibrato, pizzicato and tremolo on one tone on a clarinet. - The clarinet in A cannot play below "small" c sharp, so you need a cello for the bass range. - The sound of the clarinet is perfectly embedded into the strings; the sound of five clarinets would be completely different.

[@M_SC]

😂😂😂

[@M_SC]

@@Nostalgicavenue2000ugh you ruined it with your pedantic comment. Did you use to tell people not to end a sentence with a preposition too before that was debunked?

[@user-cd4ku2te8i]

Дякую!

[@neu4791]

👏

[@WilfriedBerk]

Bravi ! 19:50 !!

[@vivette8944]

Good audience.🐞

[@ArkadiKlein]

#2 part - 13:06 #2 part Piu lento - 16:48

[@tikitak9132]

브람스 클라리넷 오중주 00:14

[@hudsoncampos2201]

[@Sara-ll6rb]

6:13

[@vibhajanakiraman]

7:05

[@naumgrujovski7214]

Unique! Can somebody tell me , what model clarinet and mouthpiece use Mr. Bachmann ?

[@damienbachmann]

Hi Naum, thanks for your nice comment :) This was recorded with a Buffet Crampon - model Tosca. Mouthpiece is Licostini.

[@naumgrujovski7214]

@@damienbachmann I am pleasantly surprised to hear the answer from you personally, Herr Bachmann! I saw that you play with Tosca because i saw the emblem, I wonder if the modification was made in Switzerland? Regarding the mouthpiece, I also use the Licostini LN model, and the reeds are Danzi, Leutner and Segelke. I will be happy if you share the model of the mouthpiece and reeds. Thanks for the reply. I hope to be able to hear live your magic sound soon as possible. I've been looking for this sound for almost 30 years. Greetings , be healthy!

[@damienbachmann]

Dear Naum, Modifications have been done in CH in Geneva yes. Reeds are Vandoren. All the best

[@Sara-ll6rb]

11:20

[@Sara-ll6rb]

8:42

[@Aezandris]

Where are the other videos from the festival from that year ?

[@beyondgrooveproductions]

We are not affiliated with this festival, you'll probably find them on their channel. Thanks for your interest!

[@knjssk5830]

ブラームスを唄える魂のある人がそろった名演だ

[@mpatcas]

excellent performance though I can't help to compare with the imemrable Gervase de Payer's one

[@cinziacallegari8675]

Commovente

[@user-re3it3wx7v]

Whats the name of violist?

[@Metallexx1]

Marie Chilemme

[@user-re3it3wx7v]

Thx

[@frankstein9982]

the blouse she was wearing that night is not great for taking bows in...

[@M_SC]

@@frankstein9982gonaway

[@roiiluz6620]

amazing, but when listning with earphones, the cello is too loud and covers the other instruments too much.. howeveer, great preformanceand interpertaion.

[@gilagababa]

I don't feel so with my headphones actually! :) might be just taste or the bass definitions of the headphones?

[@M_SC]

I find headphones always play up the bass sounds, which suits me well as I have some minor hearing loss for low tones

[@williammanoogian8572]

Such a seraphic work, and yes, agreeing with Yin Yang, one of the loveliest adagios ever, comparable to Mozart's adagio in K.488, piano concerto in A, or the Second Movement of Tchaikovsky's Fourth. Mozart was unhappily married, but Handel and Brahms, bachelors among the great composers, weren't. They, especially Brahms, when they want to be, are so...erotic. No wonder the cellist and violist eye each other so intently!

[@galahadthreepwood]

It's a pity the director finds the music so boring that he feels the need to change the camera angle every 5 seconds.

[@M_SC]

Yes. Except that’s the editor. Might be same person.

[@williamsibree4286]

Schoenes Frauelein Klarinette, wie Brahms haete gesagt

[@bruno.giordano]

Brilliant interpretation, congratulations ! However playing rubato doesn't mean that you can do anything with the rhythm, too bad for that.