Israeli Chamber Project | Brahms: String Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18

with guest cellist, Peter Wiley (Guarnetri String Quartet, Beaux Arts Trio)
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Itamar Zorman & Kobi Malkin, violin | Daniel Bard & Yonah Zur, viola | Peter Wiley & Michal Korman, cello

[@blazingmaple]

I am now a profound fan of the Israeli Chamber Project! Your profound sensitivity, awareness, strength, and communication in your musicality transcends time and place. It reaches across the miles on this winter day; thank-you.

[@icp]

Kirsten, thank you so much! We hope to see you at one of our concerts soon!

[@dblbass]

I confess, I put this on as background music as I was running in and out of my office tearing up boxes, doing chores, etc. but finally succombed to the absolute beauty of this piece and your brilliant performance. So, here I am--sitting at my desk--bewitched!

[@icp]

So kind of you!

[@DonaldSosinJoannaSeaton]

Oh, for the day when we can go to concerts again and hear sublime music live, played by fine musicians like these.

[@icp]

Believe us, Donald, we can't wait. Until then, stay safe and we'll hope it's not too long before concerts come back.

[@Odan1014]

Wonderful example of Rabin's full range of evocative, expressive playing and technical mastery. Excellent audio quality. My teacher, Elaine Lee Richey (1958 Naumburg Prize Recipient), shared a practice cabin with Rabin at Meadowmount, and was Galamian's teaching assistant at Curtis and Julliard. Near the end of his life, he considered Rabin the best of his numerous great students. Thank you for posting !

[@leastrasunas9936]

Magnifique interprétation pour une partition grandiose. Il fallait le talent de ces musiciens pour faire ressortir la profondeur des sentiments du compositeur. Bravo et merci.

[@sasquatchgeoff]

Brahms early chamber works are marvels in harmony and counterpoint. I can't get enough. This performance of the B-flat sextet is technically the most cohesive, and in my mind, the most true to Brahms' more youthful and tempestuous passion. Bravo.

[@icp]

+Geoff Robinson Thanks so much! We're glad you enjoyed it!

[@user-ym4vp7nn7z]

נפלאים עם ברהמס

[@wcsxwcsx]

An unhurried pace. They take the time to warmly embrace the music. You've got to enjoy that.

[@ralphberney7768]

Yes, they 'swing' in a delightful way, which Brahms does spontaneously, with a lovely confluence of melody too, shift of mood and move, perfect pitch of leading notes, until they tumble into the restless swim and sway, the depths, of his ocean of idea and creation, revealed here by an inspired performance of great feeling and beauty, in the incomparable key of B-Flat Major

[@tedviolafire]

Beautiful playing. I remember where I was when I first heard this sextet. I was 14 at a Chamber Music Camp in Cummington, Massachusetts, and some friends of mine were rehearsing the 2nd movement. I've been in love with it ever since.

[@taliakee2745]

fellow greenwooder here too!

[@jacoblewis5190]

Greenwood is the best!

[@tedviolafire]

Talia Kee When did you go there? I was 1961-63. I would’ve gone longer, but my Mother was afraid I’d become a professional musician. (No use, I became one anyway.)

[@tedviolafire]

Jacob Lewis When did you go there? 1961-63 for me.

[@notjustforme]

After listening to like 10 versions and dozens of variations, these are the guys that I go to when I feel the need for some Brahms ^^ And yes, I'd never have even started listening to classical pieces without Star Trek :) After a few days of searching, this is by far the best orchestral performance one can hope to find. Emotional and passionate. You can hear that they love what they do, and they do it well!

[@icp]

Thanks Christian! You might enjoy some of our other Brahms performances as well. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jZ-ugHZpZ8mphdk kzbin.info/www/bejne/hmjUfHZmnseGpbs Check them out!

[@juandavid1851]

Most beautiful performance I´ve seen lately. Regards from Colombia.

[@Sularus92]

Part 2 is truly soul wrenching, a bittersweet delight to all the senses.

[@musicalcolin]

Peter Wiley sounds great and I love the way the second cellist plays/moves.

[@icp]

Thanks so much for listening! We love them, too. :)

[@yiannisgalidakis8250]

Thanks so much for bringing this in! Fantastic playing! I must have listened to this 400 times now...

[@notjustforme]

Same here, seems like i listen to this like three days a week. perfect to get into a concentrated mindset

[@alainpoire4007]

La plus belle interprétation de l'œuvre de Brahms, avec celle de 1952, par Stern, Casals, Foley, Schneider, Katims, Thomas.

[@brahmsaholic]

The whole piece is miraculous especially the first movement.

[@enricomarsili9233]

I know well this sextet and this is certainly a great interpretation of the rich material provided by the composer. Thank you to the artist for making it available!

[@icp]

Thank you, Enrico!

[@nutellaisdivine]

The best playing of the sextet I heard so far, a shame I can't get a recording of it on iTunes! The second movement makes me teary. Bravo

[@icp]

Thanks for the kind words! Keep listening.

[@ulaca1]

I came across this many years ago in Kubrick’s ‘Barry Lyndon’ and have listened to it countless times since. This is certainly the best live recording I have found. Bravi!

[@icp]

Thank you for listening!

[@WYSOAlums]

extraordinary performance! Many thanks!

[@joshuajenkinsmusic]

beautiful, such a gorgeous work performed perfectly. :)

[@talichquartet3575]

Wonderful playing!!! BRAVO ! ! !

[@musicfanBRA]

As a long time fan of this piece (from the movie Les Amants, with Jeanne Moreau) I enjoy this performance enormously and have listened to it many times..

[@icp]

We're so glad you keep coming back to this performance. It's one of our favorites pieces to play, as well.

[@Toettcher]

I agree, fantastic playing. Bravo!

[@saraharkness]

Beautiful! Beautiful!! Beautiful!!!

[@francette19380]

formidable interprétation. Ce Brahms, tout de même...

[@bilhaosher6418]

Francette Vigneron ה

[@brahmsaholic]

Comment pouvez-vous dire que Brahms est tous les mêmes. Il est à propos du dernier compositeur auquel vous pourriez appliquer cela?

[@keiththomas795]

Beautiful music and a beautiful performance tonally exquisite.

[@alexsteb]

16:36 - 2nd movement

[@Moohasha1]

Thank you! That's what I came here for

[@francette19380]

I'm falling in a heaven of pleasure. Gorgeous performance.

[@malei5640]

This is best german classic music

[@KampGallery]

Wow, sensitive and emotive! Some recordings I've heard beat the heck out of the notes . This is like a stroll trough a meadow with thoughtful distractions and soulful vistas. You've got the "hertzschmertz" just right. Wish you would come to Ravinia or Chicago

[@icp]

Thanks, Kamp Gallery! We are working hard on getting to Chicago. Sign up for our mailing list at israelichamberproject.org and we'll keep you posted.

[@beth_levin_piano]

Beautiful!

[@icp]

Thanks, Beth!

[@FroggieTheR0gue]

Sublime.

[@cuauhmolinasoul]

1.Israeli Chamber Project | Brahms: String Sextet in B-flat Major, Op. 18.Itamar Zorman & Kobi Malkin, violin | Daniel Bard & Yonah Zur, viola | Peter Wiley & Michal Korman, cello. with guest cellist, Peter Wiley (Guarnetri String Quartet, Beaux Arts Trio). 1). Allegro ma non troppo (si bémol majeur), 2) Tema con variazoni (6) Andante, ma moderato (ré mineur), 3). Scherzo. Allegro molto (fa majeur) avec Trio: Animato (ré mineur). 4). Rondo. Poco Allegretto e grazioso (si bémol majeur).

[@MrDonjenaro]

Guarnetri?

[@daianagofman1506]

Very good! I like it

[@bobbank77]

Inspired.

[@lucafilippi2931]

beautiful

[@nannensteinnani1254]

Wonderful

[@franciscoespinozagamboa6490]

Magnífica interpretación por un homogéneo grupo. El único que desentona es el camarógrafo.

[@PaulGrantDesigns]

Star Trek: TNG Fan? Here you go :) 16:50

[@wbee2601]

+pg Yes, I was reminded of this piece from that episode just recently on BBC America and had to seek it out; I like Sarek was moved.

[@kennethgarland4712]

+pg I also loved that episode. It's a long time since I've seen it, but wasn't it mis-identified in the dialogue as 'Mozart'? It would bring the coldest of Vulcans to tears. And this is a particularly fine performance - as someone else has said, unhurried.

[@UnnikrishnanR]

+pg ha! Thanks!

[@ericki.8444]

cheers!

[@fabianfrommknecht4830]

and how interesting: the play the piece as a quartet ;-)

[@buenoshun]

This performance seems to have more passion and feelings than anything I heard on amazon. I was searching for the performers' names on amazon/ebay with no luck. So, does this IsraeliChambrProject have any CD or digital recordings available (especially this Brahms sextet#1) to purchase/download? Where?

[@icp]

buenoshun Thanks so much for your kind words! You can find our debut cd, OPUS 1 on Amazon (www.amazon.com/Opus-1-Israeli-Chamber-Project/dp/B0085AXSY2/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1433614976&sr=8-1&keywords=israeli+chamber+project) and other retailers. We hope you'll enjoy it!

[@gretamolinari4526]

16:48

[@GHIrschberg]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@icp]

🙏🙏

[@tedviolafire]

Beautiful performance. It's too bad that the videographer didn't know the score. For almost every solo, the camera focused on someone else.

[@KaganGursoy]

Trying to find Perlman interpretation??....

[@KeithLawrence-wf1zm]

The playing is superb! The camera work is utterly dreadful. The director (if there is one) has no idea of where to focus the camera during the music. During the viola solo, they show the violins, at the very end when they should show the entire group, they focus on the violas. Often the camera seems to meander about from side to side irrespective of which instrument or group of instruments are prominent in the music.. How can such superb playing be paired with such aboninable directing & camera work?