Mahler: Pianokwartet in a kl.t. / Piano quartet in a minor

[@marywendelken9227]

Mahler wrote this for a competition when he was only 17. The second movement is a sketch which, apparently, someone finished for him. It was lost for over a century. My quartet and I discovered it at Patelson's, NY in 1989. It had just been printed and we were the first group to play it in the state of NY. I agree that the second mov't does not seem to evolve from the first movement as well as one might like, but one must remember the composer was 17. The first movement is in the background of the movie "Shutter Island", whenever the main character flashes back to his memories of the holocaust. I find it hauntingly beautiful.

[@thelandofthegiantkings7563]

In deed. Alfred Schnittke, avant garde russian composer. He was isolated from the world by the cold war and that made of him a very unique composer. He was weird even for a russian artis of his time. They use to call him "The Alien". kzbin.info/www/bejne/moOaaYaHmreceZY

[@ipuzzled]

Thank you...I was wondering what that second bit was.

[@niklausgaschen9858]

Schnittke übernimmt die dunkle Schwere des frühen Mahlersatzes und führt sie ins Expressive. Gut gemacht. Mahler hätte heute wohl kaum etwas dagegen.

[@NemanjaGuitar]

What!? Wow.

[@BalbirSingh-gr2qk]

It is great. Thanks.

[@Vergil9]

i love how everyone takes the moment between movements to cough the hell out. what a stunning performance.

[@pfau1960]

A marvelous performance -- with everything (balance, tempo, dynamics) perfectly judged. It makes one regret that Mahler didn't make more forays into the genres of chamber music.

[@nathanking6242]

4:06 is pure magic.

[@offyougonow1007]

And to think, Mahler was but 15 years old (almost 16) when this was composed, while a student at the Vienna Conservatoire, I don't believe the world had ever before (or since) known such genius -- and from such a little guy! Mahler stood only about 5 ft. tall, as you may know, but he was a musical GIANT! ~ Thank you for your deeply appreciated response, G.

[@jksteven1]

A stunning piece of music. A beautiful performance.

[@Igneous01]

The second movement is not written by Mahler - it is written by Schnittke, who was a composer that lived around the same time as Cage. However he did use the sketches that Mahler had left behind for a second movement.

[@vivienmerchant]

Sorry, I have left far too many messages here. I just wanted to add how wonderful the Schnittke is, and again to say how much admire these first class performers. The sound and video aren't half bad either...

[@atheistcable]

I love both these pieces. Thank goodness for recording technology. How many times can these musicians play this piece with the same intense, dedicated involvement as we witness in this recording? Top praise also goes to those who recorded and edited this performance, showing expressions from different angels, including the pianist's display of energy. 20 April 2018

[@ВМаркитпнтова]

Гениально. В 17 лет ! Благодарю за искренность и мастерство.

[@vivienmerchant]

I completely agree. Really first-rate musicians, who make the work shine as it been waiting to do for so many years.

[@forcedemodo]

Mahler created music that encompassed every aspect of life and the human experience, by creating stories that followed the history of Earth but through the eyes of musical characters who spoke in motifs and themes. Sometimes Mahler would be in control, sometimes his character would be. Here he allows for his music to exist in some sort of void, the piano vs the strings, the Violins vs the Violas vs the cello. They all seem to come to life, to awaken like how in his 1st it begins with the slumber of nature being awoken to trumpet and bird calls. Even in Songs of a Wayfarer it seems to suggest that these characters are going through hell and constantly going to sleep only to wake up as someone or something else, and so Gustav's entire oeuvre is a continuous story of what seems to be two specific characters, one masculine and one feminine struggling against their creator as they experience life as a human would.

[@gabrielmeruelo1816]

This is a remarkably original work; full of ideas and motifs. More amazing yet is the fact that as a previous comment points out, he was only 15 or 16 when he wrote this work. Simply brilliant. And the interpretation is of virtuoso quality. Beautiful music, brilliant performance.

[@pablomorenocamacho1616]

Usually I dont like this piece, but this is one of the best performs I found in youtube...it is different, it has...soul

[@barbarab.361]

the best performance, I know, you are right it has soul ..............

[@jan-pietervanwaasbergen9870]

Zo veel kleuren, emoties in dit stuk, wauw, ik luister regelmatig naar de symfonieën van Mahler maar dit is ook zo mooi, zo intiem, begint rustig in 1e deel, melodie neemt je mee, in 2e deel spettert het, vuurwerk en de laatste 2 minuten weer die samenkomst naar de verstilling, echt een geweldig werk. Mahler de beste man kon meer dan alleen zijn symfonieën. Ook schitterende uitvoering, dank Avro Tros klassiek

[@hshshs2007]

i first heard it in the movie "Shutter Island" in the scene with an old doctor who was listening to an LP and told Leonardo de Caprio that the work by Mahler, i had to wait till the end credits to know about the piece and never stopped hearing it since.

[@PaulRx4]

Thanks for this version on 2nd movement. Was never a big fan of this work, but it has grown on me. Also hearing it used so nicely in the movie Shutter Island added to its appeal, and am now a fan.

[@GabrielPadecopeo]

Estoy de acuerdo, esta es la mejor versión de una maravillosa pieza. Los músicos son excelentes y demuestran gran madurez, virtuosismo y sincronía. Gracias por ofrecernos la oportunidad de gozar a Mahler.

[@137uc14]

Qué lástima que no compuso música de cámara o música para piano u óperas.Evidenció un genio excepcional...sin duda uno de los mas grandes compositores de la historia de la música!!!

[@offyougonow1007]

Likely the very BEST performance and recording of this Mahler masterpiece that I've seen on You Tube! THANK YOU for this fabulous blessing! The musicians are ALL magnificent PLUS their instruments are perfectly tuned. Their timing is with such precision that Maestro Mahler would, himself, be delighted! BRAVO!!!

[@santiagogarciacabello8094]

Catherine-Grace Patrick

[@bathtubbarracuda2581]

Clearly, the second movement has a lot more Schnittke than it does Mahler.

[@FPS.Lancer]

-nice music, who’s that, brahams? -No, it’s mahler..

[@gloriabarbera9891]

Shutter island ❤️

[@활명수-u2n]

@@gloriabarbera9891 i also watched the movie with tears

[@ezequielstepanenko3229]

I thought it was Brahms also the first time I listened it

[@dameinoferrall2400]

No. It's Meatloaf. Not Brahms then? No, seriously. This piece of music was composed by a plate of meatloaf. Seriously.

[@Dylonely_9274]

Mahler !

[@sunyuloveu]

Absolutely the best version of this piece! Four great artists!

[@nathanking6242]

The phrasing and dynamics are stunningly well executed. This performance truly breathes life into the score Bravo!

[@JulieHeathers]

FANTASTISCHE!! Thank you!

[@stirpeviola1]

BRAVISSIMI!!!!!! Stupenda performance, da brividi! Bravi, Bravi, Bravi!

[@cadenza56]

Absolutely amazing performance! I listened so many different recordings... hm... let me tell you that this one is the best. Thank you so much for posting it!

[@DSDOPTICS]

Emotional brutality. Beautifuly brutal. Invoicing my embodiment of metal. (as I am an extreme metal vocalist, my disturbingly unresolved & distant past reverberates through this music. An infinite dissolution that always equates to an infinitum.

[@douglas2510]

The instruments are just on the verge of breaking into heavy metal but just keep its boundaries. But still express the sweet abruptness of the Fire in the composition.

[@clasica5148]

Es lo mas triste y melancólico que he escuchado... Fuerte y doloroso. Esto no es Beethoven. Mozart o los adagios de Dvorak; esto es Malher... Que triste. Que preciosidad...

[@NemanjaGuitar]

100%

[@diogenes2763]

Concuerdo

[@adolfodorantes4791]

It was a surprise to find it. Really beautiful.

[@simeyD]

A fine recording of this masterpiece.

[@notaire2]

Wunderschöne Aufführung dieses spätromantischen Meisterwerks mit perfekter Synchronisierung aller Instrumente im angemessenen Tempo. Echt hörenswert!

[@hiobaname]

Mahler at 17....omg❤

[@monicapym8948]

Mesmerizing performance! Congratulations!

[@vivienmerchant]

Absolutely. Fantastic musicians and a wonderful work.

[@joseehloko]

Essa bate forte no peito, perfeita para contemplar o vazio que há em nós.

[@MANJOLATREBICKA]

La plus belle version que j'ai entendu!!!BRAVISSIMI!

[@Lampey22]

5:47 this part is very special to me, it’s so beautiful

[@ValLamDel]

I love this rendering! Bravíssimo!

[@danielalvarado7082]

El último acorde del segundo movimiento, suena demasiado bello. Afinación full. Bravo maestros!!

[@GiantPetRat]

PaulRx4, I too was first introduced to this piece via Shutter Island, and immediately had to look it up watching. I am, however, a big fan of Mahler's symphonies (though I'm not really a fan of opera).

[@GiantPetRat]

Sure, but he Mahler considered himself first and foremost an opera man. So if I don't listen to his opera, I'm not necessarily getting the full "Mahler experience", lol. Either way- wow is no. 10 beautiful.

[@offyougonow1007]

Araxie Rose - Mahler wrote zero opera; and he only conducted it because he had to, in order to make a living. He made little if any money during his lifetime on his symphonies. Must say, however, that Mahler did everything with superb energy and excellence. He had tremendous respect and even admiration for composers of opera and he knew so much about it, that he personally trained some of Hamburg's and Vienna's very best sopranos, teaching them "acting techniques", as well as how to sing -- largely Wagner's mammoth dramas, of which he was fond. Opera was quite popular in Mahler's day, of course; but, take pleasure in the knowledge that you have something in common with your Symphonic hero: Neither you nor he admired opera as much as you both do/did Symphonic styled music. I'm delighted to learn how fond you are of Mahler's body of work! His genius shines on -- even 105 years (come 18 May 2016) since he blew out the candle and moved on... All the best, Cate

[@GiantPetRat]

Thanks for your thoughtful comment. :)

[@steveegallo3384]

Don't you see that by coddling and encouraging Cate, you are VALIDATING Alma Mahler's libertine excesses? Get a grip, Vicar!

[@offyougonow1007]

Ah, Stevee, you amaze!

[@atheistcable]

I liked every bit of this piece.

[@Igneous01]

The last movement was written by Alfred Schnittke, there were only a few measures written from Mahler for the second movement. He never finished it.

[@fred4379]

Igneous01 I’ve studied music all my life and never knew this! I love how there’s always something to be learned in music

[@danielconte1547]

I started reading comments to find out what the hell was going on there. "Did Mahler really invent atonality in 1877 and submit it to a student competition?" thanks for clearing it up. A very interesting piece--has nothing to do with Mahler.

[@adriancantor]

The guy who changes the sheets has the best seat

[@fatimaabd8810]

very nice 😍😍 I'm really over the moon

[@williemartinez6273]

the best version in youtube

[@smndn089]

Wonderful! Perfect! Bravo!

[@Рыжаялисичка-ъ8ф]

Отличная игра! Душевно, красиво!

[@xoga_yt2847]

О привет

[@jinkyungpark1612]

truly a legend rendering...

[@Edmond19886]

Really a better version! I love it !

[@claudiaparrines264]

Excelente!! maravilloso!!

[@emilianotca]

Beautiful!

[@avinashmannick8082]

Very impressive defence mechanism

[@helsakim2914]

Beautiful.

[@selimmamlouk3260]

Grandiose .

[@schlichtkarin9249]

Wundervoll!!!!!!!!!

[@A.ntares]

Chuck: Is it Brahms? Teddy: No (a little pause, remembering the past), it's Mahler. Dr. Jeremiah: Quite right, Marshall!

[@carlosgarcialeos3434]

Algunas de las sinfonías de Mahler son obras maestras.

[@raffaellopilato3132]

Todas

[@paolozignani]

It's Mahler!

[@kamivio]

Awsome performance !

[@65r5fd4f4]

My Favorite ❤

[@paultah]

Thank you so much for your clarification.

[@imshahidwani]

we have people in diapers at 15, and yet Mahler stood the test of time. bone chilling performance.

[@thetoynbeeconvector]

Odd how people say this just "Brahms", a student work, nothing like Mahler. It sounds like Mahler to me.

[@dfdhgtrss212]

Mark Rufallo's character in Shutter Island hears this piece and asks "Nice music, what is it, Brahms?" Then Leonardo Dicaprio responds "No, that's Mahler"

[@diogenes2763]

Síiii, suena como mahler. Mucho! Yo la escuché y pensé, esto es muy mahler!

[@howardgolden968]

I believe the violist in this performance is Amihai Grosz of the Berlin Philharmonic.

[@sjlove2bird]

I second that, freaking amazing!

[@antonycooke6402]

The first movement-actually, the only part of the pair that is by Mahler-works remarkably well, and offers a glimpse into the psyche of the already perceptively precocious composer. The performance is extremely good and faithful to the intent-the players avoiding the temptation to look for things that Mahler was not trying to say. Often the efforts by others seem to impose things external to this piece that has long lived in the shadows. Overshadowed by his great symphonies and song cycles, and the shortsightedness of many who run across it, it often faces the indignity only of being dropped and forgotten, because it does not conform to some preconceived notion of Mahler's genius, or the "correct' way he "should have" conceived and written chamber music, or the expected manner of handling individual parts. The second movement, however, has no place whatsoever in a pairing with the first. The original sketch is so near to bing non-existent and incompletely implied-unlike the 19=0th Symphony sketches-so one cannot pretend to be Deryck Cooke here. Cooke knew all too well that there was nothing to be gained by trying to come up with something-anything-that cannot be justified or offered as a work by Mahler. And certainly, he would have made even Schoenberg or Charles Ives look like fuddy-duddies with this dissonant hodgepodge of ultra-modernistic clutter lacking any connection whatsoever to the composer. Mary Wendelken's remark (below) "which, apparently, someone finished for him" is, on its face ludicrous and unscholarly, to say the least, especially since it is so uncritically made and unsupported by a shred of documentation. There is so little original material to work with that only the bravest or naivest of souls would venture such an extravagant claim! I do not fault the quartet for seeking to expand the little that is available of the composer's chamber music, but it might have been better for them to adapt materials from one of the early song cycles that would have something infinitely more stylistically correct (not to mention really composed)-and might actually have . . . worked!

[@МаксКоковин-и2ю]

Спасибо, охарактеризовала бы я. - ,, жизнь в вечной борьбе, мятежная душа,,

[@mcremolini]

Perfetto!!!

[@sagalat]

Well, if "Igneous01," above, is correct, it explains why the end sounds more like Vainberg than Mahler! If it weren't for the movie "Shuttered Island," I'd probably never have heard this exquisite piece. STEVE (Florida USA)

[@BalbirSingh-gr2qk]

Charming.

[@jakubstruzynski8124]

I. Nicht zu schnell 0:06 II. Scherzo 12:12

[@AlexeyKurbatov]

Bravo!

[@yehiaswedan]

Very impressing

[@MrFpam]

@Catherine-Grace Patrick. It is a fine work (only the first movement is by Mahler), but he is not the only genius. Mendelssohn and Korngold had written many very fine works before the age of 15 and the greatest geniuses were Bach, Mozart (who also wrote remarkable works, operas etc. before the age of 15) and Beethoven.

[@offyougonow1007]

+Frank Pam Thanks for your thoughts, Frank... and I'm aware that Mahler composed only the first movement, which I prefer -- even though I find the work of the composer of the 2nd movement interesting and quite dramatic. But allow me to say, "to each his own"; you're entitled to your opinion ... but as for me, Mahler's music outshines all those composers you mention, some of whom began composing at age 4 or so. Yes, I listen to some Beethoven and enjoy it, even as Mahler did. Are you familiar with the former's "Egmont Overture"? Splendid! ~ Cheers, Cate

[@bathtubbarracuda2581]

>Are you familiar with the former's "Egmont Overture"? LMAO

[@Le_Trouvere]

Name of the group performing this? I must know!

[@iaf4454]

amihai 💗💗💗

[@xoga_yt2847]

Очень понравилось!

[@nap152003]

18:11 gave me chills

[@williammontgomery8276]

It's hard to believe that this was the second movement. It sounds as if it should have been written by a modern composer like Cage. Very wonderful performance.

[@dylankirchner1777]

It was written by a modern composer. We only have 15 bars of the scherzo from Mahler. Schnittke wrote a scherzo using those bars.

[@MrsSedley]

Not sure it has been spelled out that the second movement is a very vivid paraphrase by Schnittke on the 24 bars which are all that survive in Mahler's sketch. Who could think it at the start of the movement as by Mahler??

[@vivienmerchant]

Beautifully nuanced, finely crafted playing, with great skill at filtering the rather clumpy writing (forgive me, it's a wonderful work, but he doesn't write idiomatically), particularly in the sensitivity of the pianist who is doubling just about everything and allows the fantastic string players to float.

[@ifutureman]

it's a student piece, written when Mahler was only 15 or 16 ... I agree with you, it bears little resemblance to his symphonies. Of course, he didn't write even his first symphony until ten years after this piece.

[@Rencsa0710]

Congratulation !!!!

[@JmmrtnzYT]

maravilloso

[@10can34]

perfect

[@FeeLikesChriZ]

Can someone explain something to me. Where does the second movement come from? I am confused because this video is literally the only video I have found that is 20 min long compared to all the other videos of the piano quartet that are uploaded on youtube where they only play the first movement. Little bit strange for me.

[@kavigollamudi]

Mahler wrote a 24 bar sketch of what he imagined for the 2nd momvement, but never completed it. Alfred Schnittke wrote a 2nd movement based off it, and that is what is being played here.

[@FeeLikesChriZ]

@@kavigollamudi thank you

[@cellofacir]

I agree.

[@Madamnesia]

meraviglioso

[@dameinoferrall2400]

Superlative!

[@babara560]

Great 💫

[@pic_3154]

very impressive defense mechanisms

[@therapsids]

I believed that Mahler left the second movement incomplete and that this is the version that was finished by Alfred Schnittke, which sounds consistent with the music.

[@RachelSmithvvmusic98]

The first movement sounds a little like Chausson op. 21 to me...has the same feel somehow.

[@alanashu]

whos the cellist ?? lovely performance...

[@danyelleeunice5979]

Do you believe in God marshal?

[@santadomingo8098]

I would like to play this song on guitar, and unfortunately, I do not know music only tabulyatury understand. So if you can do it, please find the link to the website where this is tabulyatury. And maybe you have this song on its own, without video, only the second part of the quartet, the first I found it and throw me a link to it. Much obliged.excuse me for my English

[@knuthaakenaasen1880]

Very influenced by Schumann, this piece.

[@willtaylor9774]

Mahler and Schumann are two of my favorite composers!

[@RachelSmithvvmusic98]

?

[@elorengle]

Certainly.. if you think of the third movement of Schumann's E-flat piano quartet transposed into a minor key, then the opening of this Mahler quartet certainly rings a bell

[@deadlypineapplesatsumas6130]

5:34 that piano though

[@MikeDrewYT]

With the repeat. Interesting