Johannes Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60

[@windstorm1000]

The andante is music for the ages ...intensely moving in a shatteringly quiet way..the harmonic progression that squeezes out more pathos is so Brahmsian.

[@catallaxy2000]

I grew up playing the cello, and I have loved great music my whole life... But, for some reason, this wondrous creation by one of my favorite composers escaped my attention until now... The Andante is remarkably beautiful - simply haunting... What a wonderful day it is when you discover something like this - it's like Brahms is still with us, and at least for me, creating something entirely new to fill my life with beauty and joy...

[@AnHonestDoubter]

I had the exact same experience. Assuming you've heard the Jacquelyn du Pre recording of his Cello Sonata #1 on YT? This piece rivals it for beauty and majesty. Both are glorious, invaluable gems.

[@marcoesquandolez]

This is Brahms' suicide piece

[@AnHonestDoubter]

@@marcoesquandolez Intriguing, can you explain what you mean?

[@michaelrogers5495]

@@AnHonestDoubter He said to his publisher that the frontispiece of the score should have the image of a man with a gun to his head. He wrote this piece about his unrequited love, and obsession, with Clara Schumann.

[@ernesthemingway9469]

@@michaelrogers5495 I don't know that true or not because I heard same thing about piano concerto no 1

[@wertherquartett]

Surely the greatest piano quartet ever written, symphonic in its conception like so much of Brahms’s chamber music. I named my KZbin moniker for it.

[@nickyork8901]

The cello solo in the Andante is so beautifully done it is a thing of wonder - a real artist putting her heart and soul into this great music.

[@jimjennings7623]

That is such a beautiful piece. Yes, I agree, she does it very very well. ...never enough. I have to hear it again!

[@danasheys9300]

Yes I'm listening to it again now

[@remixuereb]

Don't forget the Viola also .

[@joeblo1130]

The cellist seems to match the pianist in controlled outer expression while the violinist and violist compliment each other's enjoyment of the freedom afforded to their spirits in playing this. It is good

[@hansiten998]

@@joeblo1130 it’s a string quartet I don’t hear a pianist!!!!

[@MW-Horn]

Flat out one the best performances of this masterwork out there. This is a "take no prisoners"-style performance that suits Brahms perfectly. I'd love to hear more from this quartet.

[@rockoone3090]

totally agree, highly intelligent playing, yet charged with gut feel and tradition

[@pamelabublitz9312]

Agreed

[@staffanolofsson8201]

I am not fully aquainted with the expression "take no prisoners" the swede I am. In my mind it it stand for "shoot them instead of having some troubles with putting them in prison". So I hesitate before this expression in a musical connection.

[@lakek9573]

@@staffanolofsson8201 that is a violent description of this expression. (It’s not wrong) I think in this context it means “with much bravura”

[@laurieteunis5744]

I love it

[@johnashley2832]

Just imagine what it was like 200 years ago, long before the advent of popular music, to attend such a performance. I shiver.............

[@RR380]

Bittersweet Brahms. This WAS popular music 200 years ago, and still loved today. Makes me wonder how seriously history will take rock'n'roll 200 years from now.

[@benmeisner-dr5bb]

@@RR380 I think people will take artists like Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder and the Beatles very seriously. And too many other artist to name will be included in that list. Remember when jazz came first came out it got little respect. Now artist like The Duke, Miles, Trane, Brubeck and the Count are considered great artist and legends much like a great classical composer would be. Again, there are too many great jazz artist to name them all. I think the same thing will happen with rock. Great music is great music. Remember what Duke Ellington said, there are only two types of music. Good music and the other kind.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

This is profound music, so profound that I had to get really old to understand how profound it is. Now I love it. It has taken almost a lifetime. Maybe the best experiences come late in life?

[@tomboyer5608]

Most musicians I know fell hard for Brahms early in life, as teens or at college/conservatory. Brahms chamber music inspired many of us to learn our instruments so that we might someday play it. But at the same time some of this music resonates more late in life; viscerally I understand it better at 62 than I did as a teenager.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

@@tomboyer5608 Thank you Tom. We who are not classical musicians perhaps are "slow starters", sometimes very slow starters. What I know by now is that it is never too late.

[@pedrodeoliveirafreitasloub8883]

When you and Tom say that brahms gets better with age what you both mean?

[@deborahmorales9122]

Amazed at the viola performance. Absolutely loved her sound. Such passion by all. Bravo!

[@richardschnaitl1924]

Ein Brahms mit gleich drei (!!!) Superlativen A Allerbeste Livekonzert Filmaufnahme überhaupt Gestochen schafe Bilder Natürlichste Farben Kameraführung perfekt B Allerbeste Interpretation von Brahms drittem Klavier quartett op. 60 die ich über - haupt kenne und je im Leben gehört habe (ich hab das Werk oft gehört : Musikverein Konzerthaus Musikuni Wien Die Musik fließt extrem ruhig u. völlig unaufgeregt ohne je den großen Spannungsbogen der Brahmsschen Emotionalität zu verlassen Die Ausgewogenheit von allergrößter innerer Ruhe u. größtmöglicher Dramatik (scheinbar ein Widerspruch in sich selbst) - hier gelingt er auf phantastische Art und Weise C Ein phantastischer Ton mit aller - bester räumlicher Akustik detail - reich differenziert und lupenrein trotz der mp3 Reduktion auf You- tube - mehr als ungewöhnlch Eine Interpretation die tatsächlich keine Wünsche offenläßt und alles darstellt bis ins allerletzte Detail .... Richard Schnaitl aus Wien

[@PeterLunowPL]

chambermusic doesnt get any better than this: superb performance !!!!!!! every performance I saw so far from this Hochrhein Musikfestival is of the highest possible level: musicians ,the acoustics of the room ,the recording engineers, the camerawork, it just blows my mind away. Bravo!

[@fireb0xes938]

This is my first time listening to this piece, and it leaves me speechless, because how well you played this, and also how not many people know about this amazing piece

[@JesseDavis7373]

Nelson Goerner has to be one of the finest chamber music pianists in the entire world! I'm not familiar with him until the Schumann Quartet and this work. Veronika Eberle plays with such control, perfect intonation, heart-felt expression! It's a miracle of collaboration resounding in this hall and through the recording that touches our hearts and minds!

[@lagunagreg4019]

I could not agree more. A stupendous performance in every way.

[@joeblo1130]

Friends, this is telling the story of everything that has come and is coming to us all. I truly love this performance, it is a permanent facet of my psyche through my days and dreams

[@AndresLucasGarciaFiorini]

Interpretation of 3rd movement, the andante, is the most beatifull I've ever heard. Great interpretation of this beatifull chamber masterpiece. Bravo.

[@goscott444]

_GOD bless all performers.........I say _*_MASTERPIECE!_* 😍

[@wideplay9083]

Extremely wonderful music, superb performance, well recorded and filmed. Brahms at his best. Pure enjoyment!

[@johnashley2832]

I cried throughout this performance. How exquisite . I am at a loss for words. Sublime. Magnificent.

[@andywalmart]

GREAT PERFORMANCE AND BEAUTIFULY RECORDED TOO....

[@bestchocolatechipcookies2063]

The location with music is so beautiful

[@alfredotamez7741]

Music that plumbs the very depths of one's soul, tremulously making our emotions surface and takes our breath away!!!

[@AnHonestDoubter]

Brahms quote: To realize that we are one with the Creator, as Beethoven did, is a wonderful and awe-inspiring experience. Very few human beings ever come into that realization and this is why there are so few great composers or creative geniuses in any line of human endeavor. I always contemplate all this before commencing to compose. This is the first step. . . . I immediately feel vibrations that thrill my whole being. . . . In this exalted state, I see clearly what is obscure in my ordinary moods; then I feel capable of drawing inspiration from above, as Beethoven did. . . . Straightaway the ideas flow in upon me, . . . and not only do I see distinct themes in my mind’s eye, but they are clothed in the right forms, harmonies, and orchestrations. Measure by measure, the finished product is revealed to me when I am in those rare, inspired moods. . . . I have to be in a semi-trance condition to get such results - a condition when the conscious mind is in temporary abeyance and the subconscious is in control, for it is through the subconscious mind, which is part of Omnipotence, that the inspiration comes. I have to be careful, however, not to lose consciousness, otherwise the ideas fade away.

[@vijinanadu1962]

Can you tell me where did you obtain this wonderful Brahms' quote?

[@Revolution-py6xn]

A work of a genius!

[@rockoone3090]

Glorious playing, such respect for tradition, yet as fresh as anything you could wish for.

[@eduardopoblete5674]

Que belleza, sublime, la música de Brahms es impresionante!!!!

[@tomboyer5608]

A little trivia about Op. 60, which is generally regarded as one of the great masterpieces of 19th century romantic music. Was begun in 1855, around the time Brahms' friend and mentor Robert Schumann lost his sanity and died in an asylum, leaving his wife Clara and 8 children. Brahms didn't finish it until 1975, when he was in his maturity as a composer. The first movement almost certainly reflects the shock and darkness Brahms felt at the loss of Robert Schumann. The piece also contains numerous musical references to Clara, whom Brahms fell in love with and proposed marriage to (she turned him down). The third movement, with the cello opening one of the most gorgeous lines Brahms ever wrote, may have been a love song to Clara -- or to Robert. When Brahms presented the quartet to his publisher, he joked that it should have a drawing of Werther on the cover -- a reference to a novel by Goethe about the emotional tribulations of a young man in love.

[@cantilena-22]

I was also told that Brahms wrote the Andante as a love song to Clara, by Menahem Pressler at one of the Beaux Art Trio's final concerts. I looked around and saw other women in the audience tearing up.

[@windstorm1000]

Moving informative thoughts of great masterpiece....

[@renzo6490]

I’m sure you meant to say that Brahms finished it in 1875 rather than 1975!

[@johnryskamp7755]

This piece reveals Brahms for what he really was: a compositional virtuoso. This is his Kreutzer sonata

[@stephenmessick865]

Discovering an unfamiliar Brahms chamber work is always exciting. Exquisite!!!

[@pedrov8868]

I still remember the first time I ran into this work, love at first sight. It's been too long since I've played it

[@aceventura2237]

I need help w this style. What chords scales can I use to write this style.

[@delanemarshall4076]

this is pure art

[@matthewbrown6591]

Superb recording of a superb performance of a superb masterpiece!! THANK YOU for uploading!

[@Chris56Y]

Beautiful! The Andante sang with tender passion.

[@organman52]

What a magnificent performance ! These four consummate musicians are stars !

[@blahpunk1]

Amazing! This piece is a swirling vortex of emotions. The performances are outstanding.

[@guillermopeitton4359]

Agree, it's really a swirling vortex of emotions, well said.

[@karlwinkler66]

Stunning performance!

[@casalsfan]

It certainly was!

[@Amaglabiddiaghloughbuite]

8:15 to 8:30 is the best bit of music of all time for me. its an emotion so rarely expressed in music.

[@frankstein9982]

it just keeps going on, that feeling, even into the coda starting at 9:06; many pianists play the climactic chord just after 9:19 with more emphasis.

[@AnHonestDoubter]

@@frankstein9982 wow, your timestamp was fortuitous! It made me really appreciate the Mastercraft of even seconds of this piece. At 9:06 the violinist makes a deep, descending melody, which is then answered by the viola in the same fashion, though slightly deeper, then both join to make the same melody in unison. So simple and beautiful!

[@auroratripodi8771]

This music is wonderful; congratulations to all musicians, they trasmit music with passion together

[@erikaverga7749]

Beautiful pianist and all other instruments also great violinist.

[@dpavlovsky]

One of my favorites by Brahms. Great performance. Thank you for uploading.

[@aloisiomiranda5742]

Uma beleza concisa e intensa, que somente um Quarteto pode nos proporcionar. Magnifico Brahms!

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Wonderful music and wonderful interpretation.

[@enzocypriani5055]

Astounding. High quality playing

[@nocomment2468]

Incredible artistry here.

[@coffiefredrick3868]

you tube has enlightened the global world a lot and should not stop educating us

[@davidreynolds6718]

Awesome performance!

[@oscarguzman39]

There is much love in this partiture by Master Brahms, lovely, it's like a balm for the spirit. Wonderful performance. Many thanks for uploading.

[@felixdevilliers1]

Also a shock to the spirit. Utra modern music.

[@hansiten998]

A exquisite performance I’d love to visit this Festival just over the Border from Switzerland whould love to visit and attend a concert! Hope it will still be on in 2022

[@niknewerkla]

Unglaublich gut

[@catherinejones9396]

IN A NUMBER OF WAYS THIS WAS A DARKER AND EDGIER PIECE LEADING FROM A QUIET START. THROUGHOUT, WELL PERFORMED. THANK YOU FOR THIS WONDERFUL DOWNLOAD.

[@sbeunis]

Dit is de allermooiste uitvoering ooit die ik van de "Werther" gehoord heb. Gevoelig, zuiver, vloeiend; de instrumenten worden zó bespeeld dat het als vanzelf lijkt te gaan; ik denk dat de componist erg tevreden zou zijn geweest. Dit is al de zesde keer dat ik naar deze uitvoering luister...

[@duncanrichardson2167]

I do not read Dutch(?) but if the mention of Werther is meant to suggest any similarity between the character of Brahms and that of the self-obsessed "hero" of Goethe's novel I beg to differ.

[@sbeunis]

@@duncanrichardson2167 This concert's nickname is "The Werther", thats why. :)

[@duncanrichardson2167]

@@sbeunis Thank you. The performance was excellent but the visuals were, as usual, an unnecessary distraction.

[@parcivalg.5659]

Musica sublime, costruzione perfetta, profondità che pochi compositori raggiungono; il movimento lirico è di una bellezza raggelante. Complimenti agli esecutori molto capaci e passionali.

[@lagunagreg4019]

An absolutely first rate reading of the work!

[@DListening]

Breathtaking performance.

[@LeonardoGarcia-op6ox]

It was amazing performance! Congrat!

[@HenJack-vl5cb]

Very beautiful performance!

[@jonathaneffemey944]

Thanks so much for posting.

[@NareshNaresh-lr9nq]

The music that captured my emotions forever

[@IvanGreindl]

Thank you for sharing this excellent performance of this masterwork.

[@Discovery_and_Change]

(Ad interruption after 1st movement) 1st movement 0:03 begins 2nd movement

[@die_schlechtere_Milch]

the stereo in the Andante is beautiful, especially when they play the pizzicato notes

[@editfarkas4503]

A clear and inspired performance, outstanding!

[@滝川岬一]

ベロニカエ－ベルレを中心に下。アンサンブルがとても柔らかく。体温が感じられるような演奏に。心地の良い。３２分が過ごせます。涼しくなった秋の夜にふさわしい名曲。名演奏です。

[@claudioeterno413]

Una bella composición será siempre algo majestuoso...

[@LuisGonzalez-yi6ns]

Una excelente interpretacion con gran profesionalismo y gran virtuosidad

[@carole1756]

Exquisite.

[@marinacaracciolo3161]

Pur non costituendo un quartetto che suona insieme abitualmente, i quattro solisti dimostrano un ragguardevole affiatamento. Grande intelligenza interpretativa nell'aver saputo rilevare tutta la tragicità di fondo della composizione; un'aura quasi tenebrosa che, per contrasto, il dolce lirismo del terzo movimento non fa che rendere più intensa.

[@claudioparrella183]

nunzia

[@marinacaracciolo3161]

@@claudioparrella183 ???

[@javiervega1399]

Hermosa composición y espléndida interpretación!!! Un placer poder disfrutar de este cuarteto de Brahms en el marco de ese escenario místico!!! Arte en todos los sentidos!!!

[@marvalmer4229]

a truly magnific masterpiece

[@LuvViolinS2]

I love it😢

[@reginaldolamonato7193]

amo assistir quartetos parabéns tocam muito

[@vKarl71]

Beautiful!! For some reason it took me a long time to warm up to the Brahms Pn 4tets - maybe because there's SO much other great Brahms to listen to. In the Andante there are a couple of cello themes that could easily branch into ones from the 2nd Piano Con.

[@fabiusgraco5296]

É muito bom receber esta verdadeira jóia em uma sexta-feira. Muito obrigado pela postagem.

[@NicoloP3419]

bravo

[@phonixausderasche538]

Danke, das hat großen Spass gemacht … 😉

[@felixdevilliers1]

Clara Schuamnn must have loved this work as she put it on her programmes regularly.

[@marcoesquandolez]

Brahms wrote this piece about her!

[@felixdevilliers1]

@@marcoesquandolez - It most certainly is not. I know the biographies inside out. He wrote his works for the public and of course she was one of the first he wanted to hear his works. They had some quite serious fights. Clara worshipped Robert and every work of his was wonderful even when some of the later works were weak. With Brahms she seemed to take some revenge on this sibmissive attitude. She often complained about his works, passages in them. There was a point when Brahms shoiwed his new works first to friends - the Herzognebergs - and not to Clara. A typical remark from her diary ' new work by Brahms. unfortunately the usual weak/bad spots' - flaue Stellen. Brahms said specfically when he was young that the slow movement of his D minor Concerto was a portrait of Clara, a literal portrait, obviously not - inspired by thoughts of her. After one of their most lethal fights, he said, to make up to her again - that all his slow movements were still about her. - I'd say, still about those youthful feelings he had about her.

[@marcoesquandolez]

@@felixdevilliers1 I'm quite glad that you've read the biographies and the letters just as the rest of us have. Brahms wrote his c minor quartet about his unrequited love for her. He intended there to be a silhouette of a man holding a revolver to his head on the frontispiece, to reflect the suicidal mood he was in. You misspelled Herzogenberg.

[@marcoesquandolez]

@@felixdevilliers1 the 2nd theme of the first mvt. is the CLARA theme. btw

[@felixdevilliers1]

@@marcoesquandolez - Absoute nonsense. Brahms did not imdiicate anywhere that the suggestion to his publisher had amything to do with unrequited love fot Clara..Give me your source. He was generally depressed at that stage. His Piano Concerto was rejected by the public He was hard up nd having a difficult time.. Schumann's fate and death had upset him. I think the feigned, humorous suicide idea had more to do with his love for Schumann. Yes, Brahms was in love with Clara but we will never know what actually happemed between them He and Clara agreed together that it was better for them to go their separate ways.. In a freeer society than ours they might have had a love afair. openly. Someone tried to prove that Felix was the son of Brahms but I have been through the dates and it would easily have been possible for Robert to have conceived him well before his final illness. He was an habotual fucker like Bach. Clara was very faithful even to the memory of her hisband. I don't think she would have found it easy to go from Clara Schumann to being Clara Brahms. That Schumann name was sacred to her.. Brahms always shied away from a conclusive relationship with a woman. Something in him was teriffied of such domestication. He was practically engaged to - was her name Agathe .Siebold? - and everyone was shocked when he suddenly broke away from her. I think I am remembering correctly that he wrote to her saying they should just have a love affair and not get married. That is what made her withdraw. I don't think there are many people who have been through all the biographies, letters and diaries in German as thoroughly as I have. Robert and Clara were idols of mine from the age of 14.. I lived with them. I'm not surprised that I spelled Herzogenberg wrongly. I keep making typing slips and don't always manage to correct them all. I have already corrected dozens in this note.

[@pauloludwig7672]

Instrumentos cúmplices e submissos!

[@gerryclassicalmex]

esplendida interpretación y calidad de video. Gracias mil ¡¡¡¡¡¡¡¡

[@Seekthetruth3000]

Excellent music and performance. In the fourth movement, I hear Beethoven!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@duvidl58]

Ach Ludwig, can't you keep quiet during the concert???

[@raymondgood6555]

I hear Brahms

[@lindakosoff398]

I finally found it!!

[@yvanmcgregor5823]

Much gratitude:)

[@alexmotabr]

III. Andante - ❤️

[@arsnova3119]

Qué bien escrita está esta música...

[@misssarahashplant31]

Proof that you don't have to take drugs to reach higher levels of consciousness. Stunning music!

[@wealllive2]

how do you know unless you've taken it? abstract music might just go very well with different types of drugs.

[@ErikWilliamsviolin]

@@wealllive2 Agreed. I took acid and listened to a bunch of violin concertos once, and it completely changed my perspective on those concertos. Made me a much better musician.

[@joeblo1130]

Ah, drugs. How did that worm it's way into the discussion of this fantastic work?

[@ErikWilliamsviolin]

@@joeblo1130 They're part of life just as many things are. This work is a reflection of the process of life itself, so it's fitting.

[@joeblo1130]

@@ErikWilliamsviolin You can count me among the initiated my friend. I thought it was a strange comment and wondered about it's origins. I suppose it could be denial, affirmation seeking, or self justification in judging others with propaganda as proof of their error. Who knows?

[@AlvinSong2025]

my favorite bit 15:46

[@w.ayden.r]

beautiful

[@mawler357]

The first not gave me chills and it just got better from there.

[@pauloludwig7672]

Brahms; estagia na audição e se funde na alma!

[@clairechuang4545]

9:43❤️

[@margareteast5670]

The violist is truly outstanding. Note the appropriately attired viola and cello players. This ensemble is quite marvelous; the cohesion remarkable and so necessary in such a relatively abstract piece from Herr Doktor.

[@robertfrankgill5962]

Margaret East There's some lovely writing here for the viola and Veronika Hagen is clearly in very good form indeed.

[@direfranchement]

What do you mean by "appropriately attired"? Who is inappropriately attired?

[@urmorph]

"...relatively abstract piece..."? It's not called the "Werther" quartet for nothing, and Brahms himself dropped the hints. Of course, if you consider longing, anger, passion, despair, tenderness, even pure terror to be abstract, then abstract it is.

[@robertfrankgill5962]

@@direfranchement I imagine she means that the gentleman who is tinkling the ivories is wearing over-provocative attire. He certainly looks like a naughty boy!!! I hope that helps.

[@robertfrankgill5962]

@voilaviolamh You what?

[@Jazzguitar00]

I enjoyed this performance quite a bit. I have to say, the pianist seemed to loose track of where everyone else was (tempo wise) in the finale but they pulled it back together. The cello playing is superb throughout.

[@ErikWilliamsviolin]

I believe this to be intentional. This piece shouldn't sound like it was done to a click track.

[@josemarkes8133]

Como poucos músicos podem dar.nos boa música ! mas podiam ter um aspecto de mais contentes, parecem contrariados, salvo no brilhante solo do violoncelo. Parabéns, também aos autores do vídeo. O abraço desde Lisboa-Portugal

[@alanbash2921]

Brahms....Was the Patron Saint Of Unrequited Love....To See what I mean .....go right to 13:54 ......His Love For Clara Haunted Him His Entire Life . ❤

[@gregmeissner9960]

That second movement has me entranced

[@CarlosMartinez-gr1rp]

Me too ... so hypnotic

[@gabrielledupras1316]

🎶🎶👏🏼🧡grossartig🧡👏🏼🎶🎶

[@davehshs651]

1:04 Yep, it's Brahms.

[@adpianist5593]

Some parts of last movement and in particular 29:26 reminds me of Beethoven Piano Sonata op. 111

[@seulkeeee]

너무나 아름답습니당 ㅎㅎ 유럽여행 계획할때 이런 연주회도 일정에 넣어 가고싶을만큼 ㅜㅜ

[@yh2682]

아름답습니다

[@leocadieux6781]

13:54 Vincent… 💔

[@ernesthemingway9469]

This is good

[@Eduardo-qy5bk]

A great composition inspired on Beethoven´s Fifth symphony!

[@Jazzguitar00]

If something is in C minor does it automatically make people talk about Beethoven's fifth? Brahms already has pretty famous piece in C minor that people compare to Beethoven...

[@antoniosferlazzo1840]

i'm listening to this wonderful performance in a very sad day for the history of Italian, and most likely European Democracy, when neo fascist are about to rule again over our marvelous country, meditating over the ignorance of part of the people which, as it happened hundred years ago, can generate an evil and devastating historical period which can weep out the Harmony, the Beauty, the Tolerance, the Magic which Music and Art represent for Man Kind... let's stand up, don't allow them with our indifference to destroy what our fathers conquered with their blood and lives

[@staffanolofsson8201]

I agree, democracy is attacked, but Im still hopeful about that our good ambitions and our hope for a good future never will fail.

[@watutman]

lol oh stop

[@alanhodge984]

they set them thar fiddles on fire

[@bruceplenderleith838]

A dream brought me here.

[@benjaminguerrero8191]

Nice music😁