Schostakovich Quartet No. 8 - Jansen, McElravy, Rachlin, Maisky

[@notemusic]

I love their dress code. We have a guy in formal suit, one lady in night gown, another lady just arrived from a coffee shop and the cello dude right out of disco

[@nebulawh]

encapsulates the insanity of piece well enough lol

[@vladimirgorea8714]

:)))))

[@georgetourloukis7194]

The four types of uni professors 😅

[@marcietorrence5361]

Worst dress code ever, don't wear a beige hospital gown when you're supposed to wear formal attire.

[@batecado250400]

Jajaja.... genial Saludos desde España

[@piccolonaganini2415]

Yes, classical music is very relaxing. It helps people sleep and study.

[@pavlelazarevic3270]

Shostakovich is really heavy. Also verdi dias irae

[@saumiasinghal94662]

Pathetique works just fine too

[@akakitsitnuntana229]

@@saumiasinghal94662 your 4th movement of the pathetic Symphony, it's scare me

[@saumiasinghal94662]

@@akakitsitnuntana229 :)

[@ankaviva]

Except when it doesn't!

[@cauecampos5816]

you know the cover is good when Beethoven is on the cello

[@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia]

Are you sure it's not Bach with a bad hair day ? 😅

[@thewooddove2]

I know a lot of people consider Yo-Yo Ma to be the best cellist but Mischa Maisky is just too magnificent for me to agree with that.

[@AndrewYac]

@@thewooddove2 wait, who is yo yo ma? is it a Japanese cellist?

[@thewooddove2]

@AndrewYac Chinese-American world class cellist born in Paris. Fantastic player.

[@malik_mizam]

no, it is Sylvester Stallone

[@user-ft9nt1vo3i]

Okay, here we have: a violinist, violist, cellist and a headbanger.

[@luizamsalgado]

AHAHAHAHAH!

[@sybedijkstra1]

The most musical headbanger in the world :-)

[@davidvillabass]

HAHAHAHAHAHAH Best Coment

[@johnsagsveen8238]

She was definitely feeling it

[@jakuboronowicz8421]

Lol watch maisky’s Shosty concerto hahaha :)

[@AlexYaremenkotheonly]

I swear, Shostakovich whould be proud of this performance.

[@sophiatalksmusic3588]

He actually broke down crying when he heard the Borodin Quartet rehearse it back in 1960. This piece had a lot of significant meaning for him, having been written after he was forced to join the Communist Party. Although he most likely wasn't suicidal at the time (that's a commonly-spread rumour), he was certainly very depressed. But yes, I agree with you! It certainly isn't an easy piece at all, and this quartet played it wonderfully.

[@dimitrishostakovich7113]

Yes I am! I did great writing this, and Janine and the others did great performing!

[@jessedistiller7009]

@@dimitrishostakovich7113 Very funny

[@Hepatic_Cardiomyopathy]

@@dimitrishostakovich7113 Doppler!!!

[@pianissimo5951]

oh... absolutely, espetialy with Janine

[@dariazaldrizoti900]

I FEEL LIKE IM A FLY ON THE FLOOR BEING WHACKED REPEATEDLY WITH A GUITAR AND IM LOVING IT

[@clairethompson4317]

PLEASE THIS IS SO ACCURATE

[@cristinaalexe7454]

I laughed out so loud :)))

[@lunalua6778]

LMAO

[@fakecontentbot2350]

i feel bad for the guitar, the fly can fuck off.

[@maskless1991]

RIP to the multiple bow hairs hanging off of Jansen's bow

[@luizamsalgado]

Really!!! RIP for Janine's bow's hairs!

[@nidonemo]

Oh shit! She sacrificed for this piece! Then it also sounds like you NEED to sacrifice something in order to play this!

[@wateryflavor1192]

If you don't break a few bow hairs then it's an unsuccessful performance lol

[@legallydoodled9783]

She was playing so passionately

[@xseper]

@@nidonemo Sacrificing sanity is not good enough... You have to sacrifice the bow.

[@robinpetersson3081]

The violinist on the left brings out the crazy in that piece beautifully. Amazing performance by all of them.

[@rasmusblomberg7373]

janine jansen! she’s cracked

[@richardsvarghese7157]

Great Janine Janson🥰

[@ezequielstepanenko3229]

That's Janine, and that is how falling in love feels like

[@mikecabral1579]

Janine Jansen perhaps the best soloist of our day. She becomes the music. Not your typical chamber piece . Some really talented people there.

[@MissTwoSetEncyclopedia]

@@mikecabral1579 I feel there are too many amazing violinists today to say she's the best, but she's definitely in the Top 10.

[@bigworldsmallperson]

from wikipedia: 'Shostakovich's musical response to [a number of recent] personal crises was the Eighth String Quartet, composed in only three days. He subtitled the piece "To the victims of fascism and war", ostensibly in memory of the Dresden fire bombing that took place in 1945. Yet like the Tenth Symphony, the quartet incorporates quotations from several of his past works and his musical monogram. Shostakovich confessed to his friend Isaak Glikman, "I started thinking that if some day I die, nobody is likely to write a work in memory of me, so I had better write one myself."'

[@standnamemercuria7079]

That's so cool

[@Arb4447]

The music is more about shostakovich's death than anything. He goes on with alot of detail in his memoirs.

[@mikecabral1579]

Full of turmoil. Living through WWII was so catastrophic across Europe. Fire bombing killed more people in Japan than the Atomic Bombs.

[@shoemannclara]

r/suddenlyu/tchaikennugget

[@phil6419]

@@mikecabral1579 the worst part is that the fire and atomic bombing of Japan were deliberately targeted against civilians. They were acts of terrorism, not war. Probably the biggest acts of terrorism in human history.

[@me_is_hobo]

I want this played at my wedding

[@bencze465]

man i just imagined that... now i want a wedding too just for this...

[@NoThisIsWeber]

When I eventually get married, I will tell the quarter to play this lol

[@DianaWanMa]

I would feel like you’re begging for help 🤣

[@williamtang5426]

Your Children will come out with hearing loss

[@me_is_hobo]

@@NoThisIsWeber *quartet

[@olliemartinelli4034]

There is something so thrilling about Shostakovich. His music (especially symphonies) are so hard to understand musically, but when ur listening to it life you get a sense of intense emotion. I don’t understand how u compose something so dissonant, something that no one would even think to compose, and achieve such an effective and outstanding result. Absolute genius of a composer.

[@yeen.7209]

composed in the span of three days with no other emotion than justified despair and anger

[@Galaxzier]

this is achieved if you write about what you feel yourself. these feelings cannot be faked, that is why Shostakovich is who he is

[@altoclef6688]

@@yeen.7209 According to a music journalist, written in three days by a drunk Shostakovich filled with self pity... most of the themes are borrowed from himself and others. Still it turned out great!

[@wateryflavor1192]

I was so happy when I saw Twosetviolin show this recording! This is my favorite performance of this string quartet

[@pianissimo5951]

i've never listened to this piece before twoset brought it up in their vid... I'm glad they did... the world should know about this.

[@bencze465]

@@pianissimo5951 hmm, i which video they mentioned this, do you still know the title? dont remember if i seen it.

[@pianissimo5951]

@@bencze465 It's called "10 Pieces that Prove Classical Music is Not Calming and Boring"

[@TatianuhD]

This is how this piece was meant to be played.

[@6rusT]

you know it's going to be killer when you see Stallone is playing the cello

[@brianvaci6213]

😂😂😂

[@Desireyso58]

Just perfect for a calm winter evening!!!

[@pianissimo5951]

lol

[@jurassicutahraptor6578]

Christmas eve 🫡

[@jerrys4841]

A nice port wine and some chocolate. Watching the volcano explode in the distance.

[@ethangrieshop9405]

2:33 might be one of my favorite musical moments in all of chamber music.

[@kitesamvs7937]

fr it feels like the cello is actually soneone singing it's incredible

[@emilym9019]

Jansen plays that violin like it’s an electric guitar. I feel like if you were there in the room with them you’d feel it reverberate in your bones.

[@itzumetric]

Janine WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK I can listen to the beginning over and over forever. how does her sound not crunch with so much power???

[@sethdenney-solorzano72]

Janine went so crazy that a ton of her bow hairs snapped just from how intensely she played. Insanity. There must have been a wall of sound in the performance hall that day.

[@JamesAndTheMindstep]

Why is every performance not like this?! Janine absolutely furious like someone just tried to kill her mum, everyone else visibly scared of her and trying to keep up. Cool as fuck.

[@bachtu7416]

Janine Jansen and Mischa Maisky just went freaking berserk. The performance is so intense, love it so much.

[@Viv1dCS]

I love Mischa’s wizard robes

[@TheRealKat_]

If his beard was any bigger he'd be gandalf

[@classicalmusicreplay]

He look good with he's designed clothes. So flowy n aggressive

[@KH-mn7bt]

Love this interpretation, wow. Please post the whole thing.

[@g.romero2587]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rJ2ZhJKlZtGGg8k

[@johnwest2204]

Son: Dad where did heavy metal come from? Dad: Come here son I want to show you sumpin

[@Joie-du-sang]

Bartok and Stravinsky beat Shostakovich by a few decades.

[@Rad_Akali]

Literally though, yep

[@nna1536]

I can imagine Brett's face while looking at Janine

[@Fatme2002]

Twosetter!!

[@nna1536]

@@Fatme2002 Ling Ling wannabes, unite!

[@georgeyuanlaurente3388]

Twosetter spotted

[@idrisekinci3451]

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[@Kay-1357]

@@idrisekinci3451 twosetter bir türk mü gördüm orada-

[@roberthovencamp]

Janine Jansen is a MONSTER. Beyond amazing.

[@MarkStarCrashes71]

I'm so excited to get to see her play with the London Symphony in February.

[@jeordanisfiguereo7592]

0:03 Dumbledore said calmly.

[@Kay-1357]

This is underrated af

[@cainanlove8432]

I laughed so hard at this, thank you for making my day.

[@bach7830]

Mozart string quartet:😍✨🥰😃💫 Shostakovitch:🥵⛓⚰️🌧👻👹💀

[@arsnova6279]

Wow this sounds BRUTAL

[@pianissimo5951]

heavy af

[@benoitlee3560]

Janine Jansen she is just so great

[@luizamsalgado]

Sensational and great!

[@jgbusquets]

Pure fire

[@lunamooncat7926]

I gotta say, I love Janine's outfit in this. Everyone else looks kinda collected, both in their playing and their wardrobe and then there's Janine, just going as hard as ever.

[@Roititouan]

Can we jus appreciate the page turn skill of Maisky at 1:18

[@jonathanmolina7690]

Underrated!

[@jeffreylin8980]

you don’t understand how difficult that is to pull off 😅😅

[@Binsas]

and julian at 1:17!

[@josueescriban2413]

I can feel his pain and frustration, is like a ticking bomb and as soon as it gets close to explote the melody enters, meaning that he has to maintain his composure while the fight keeps happening inside of him. Truly incredible, I had some tears coming out.

[@march.7561]

I really admire Shostakovich as an artist. He didn't follow the typical composers before his time, and he wrote about the horrors of his life. I can't always listen to his music, because it's very unsettling, especially during pieces like this. But I love the artistry and the history behind his music.

[@marmelada2438]

I fell in love with Janine's performance! 📢This is the real power of a woman' s heart! Bestial! ☢🎻💣

[@thejoeklingler]

Playing this quartet is on my bucket list.

[@prettypuff1]

1:06 The moment the first and second violin knew this performance would go down in history

[@DerLiesl]

Janine: 🤘🤘🤘 Sarah: "hell yeah bestie"

[@cannonhq1710]

im very sad its not on spotify. *ahem* janine *cough* pls put this on spotify *cough*

[@danielamnl1153]

Eddy and especially Brett are so so proud of this performance.

[@isabelc395]

A fellow twosetter!

[@TachyBunker]

Way more interesting than the flight of the bumblebee!

[@PokeDaBlade]

Flight of the wasp

[@v_munu]

this is the energy that this piece should be played with every time

[@JoseGonzalez-tl6nq]

Mind-blowing. Jansen and Maisky are out of this world!!! Absolutely amazing❤❤❤

[@junlee7484]

janine jansen looks like a crazy person from a psych ward who's lit at the violin. Not meaning to offend how she looks, but her attire and the way she plays this song...

[@nna1536]

I know right! I couldn't take my eyes off of her! They way she expresses her musicality is just mesmerising

[@sevin8867]

PIECE👀

[@nna1536]

@@sevin8867 twoset?👀

[@sevin8867]

@@nna1536 yup👀

[@sevin8867]

@@nna1536 there's always someone from twoset😌

[@MarsLos10]

I lost 500 calories just by watching this video.

[@jacket3999]

It’s impossible to play exactly like someone else… to replicate their exact tone/colour/ dynamics but also emotion/interpretation… the violins are matching their passions beyond human reason/ability. Every stoke of the bow is done in exactly the same manner in every way; how exhilarating!!! Then same with the viola and cello. They match incredibly. Then the four together. Unfathomable… their tone is just perfect with every detail, simply amazing. Going so so passionately, and all on the exact same page… wow. Love this to death. Literally head-banging.

[@Dubbag]

listened to this at 1.25 speed, had a heart attack.

[@rossbob4215]

XD They look funnier too

[@frisztinparputkin]

I did the same thing, couldn't sleep three nights 😅.

[@marcusmuller9701]

tip of the day xD

[@MoskusMoskiferus1611]

"He is Coming Fast !"

[@papakapa.]

aint that bad

[@cloud15489]

This is the best interpretation. I want to hear the whole thing so badly！

[@pyotrilyichtchaikovsky924]

I'm obsessed with this

[@lucasbumer6981]

I was like FREAKING HYPED and then at 3:10 I was like "Schostakovich you SON OF A B..."

[@TerminallyOnline92]

The initial motif by the first violin is gut-wrenching in the most litteral of terms, made me remember some stuff I didn't want to know existed anymore I have never heard a violin so powerful, the torrential downpour of sound that comes after left me in shock

[@TheMissKittey]

If anyone ever wants to know what an anxiety attack feels like, just listen to this. IT IS SPOT ON. Truly remarkable what intensity and variety of emotion Shostakovich was able to convey with his music.

[@iimitadoraa]

2:30 is insane!!! kudos to these wonderful players!!

[@TheWstand]

Oh my god. This is so good. I want the Full Version....

[@iampie6954]

So do I.

[@MrSleazey]

To me, this sounds like a soundtrack for some very intense action sequence. It would be amazing to choreograph the action to this music; you wouldn’t even need the sound of the action itself, just this incredible music.

[@bmilano1580]

This is so stressing me out 😅 but I can't stop watching!^^

[@homeofcreation]

The connection between the violinists is nothing short of amazing.

[@jackkoh6229]

1:00 when your grandpa gets electrocuted

[@synesthetically]

I desperately need this performance of the whole string quartet

[@Viv1dCS]

A string players wet dream

[@ricardotramirez]

Eww. I mean you’re not wrong, but eww

[@sweetyoghurt]

Ewww

[@mayankprajapat4591]

Ewww

[@williamkeithfunderburk1257]

I feel teased because I wish earnestly to see the full performance and am denied my wish.

[@professorxavier620]

Everyone's talking about Jansen and Mischa (not without reason lol) but just wanna give some space to thank Julian for providing this for us Thank you Julian!

[@coolmonfrere]

1:37 The fervor of this masterfully interpreted composition by the quartet transfers itself to the pages of the music sheet...

[@cyrissiryc5126]

Was looking for various recordings of this piece after hearing Twoset play it in their Twoset vs Davie504 concert and... this is just... wow 😳😳😳

[@katierose33]

I almost freaked out when they played it - it's one of my favorite pieces!

[@Vagsil]

Wow I love how everyone is feeling the music out and how for once the triplets actually sound good in the violin part 😍

[@glitter2431]

I’m not even gonna lie I just cried while watching because they’re so good

[@chubshoo5858]

Came from TwoSetViolin, did not regret 😌

[@paigeharms1991]

This is incredible all around but you can SEE how much Janine Jansen FEELS the music & something about it is just beyond beautiful!!! 💕💕💕

[@NostraFnDamus]

My panic attack having a panic attack

[@stormswindy3013]

this piece plays in every student’s head right before the exam starts

[@dataminingincae]

Brilliant. I would love to hear them play the entire quartet.

[@keels829]

This is the metal of classical music

[@joelgiesser2780]

Why do I feel like Janine Janson is completely immersed in the music and everyone else is desperately trying to keep up xD Edit: They seem so nervous about it too

[@wateryflavor1192]

I thought Maisky did really well at going ham

[@akzuuyas]

@@wateryflavor1192 yes he did!! he turned into a headbanger at 0:58

[@shabanarazvi9853]

Wow, now that is how you play Shostakovich.

[@huailiulin]

the piano behind is seriously chilling out in peace

[@miajc6606]

2:22 I know I had heard this excerpt somewhere! It’s sampled in the Faith No More song called Malpractice.

[@michtheu]

my favourite video on the whole KZbin

[@maccagorl]

B²TSM made me come back for this masterpiece. God, I love Janineeeee 😭😭💗

[@VitoriaGuimaraesdeFreitas]

about shostakovich we all know, but do we also now whats favorite piece of the first violinist! she got me all passionated about her slyling of playing. maggestic!

[@chaconneind3777]

1:04 I like how she flicks up her eyes in tacit admiration.

[@rowanus7159]

INCREDIBLE!! You guys were so good, felt a little bad for Jansen's bow, but absolutely incredible performance. Inspiring! You all brought out the violence and beauty of this piece so well thank you very much for this recording!

[@ciorneiflorentina8812]

If this is not passion then i don't know how you might call it! ❤❤❤❤

[@Smile17809]

I love her and the best she talks about World War II and she's epic

[@luisfernandotapia451]

This moved me to tears. Amazing!!

[@i_am_a_music_maker5212]

One of the best classical performances I’ve ever seen

[@missphangirlnotamazing6392]

About to fall asleep in class so I play this on headphones now I'm a headbanger thanks to Jensen

[@BaGlePoCkEt]

who do i have to pay to watch the whole performance? maybe a patreon link? i am absolutely dying to know how the rest of the interpretation sounds!

[@Adela4444]

Absolutely loved the energy!!!

[@awhaleandadeer8785]

Oh my God this is Incredible!!!

[@rowanus7159]

all players were fantastic and had their own thing to say. They breathed together and I think even their hearts beated together. They knew exactly what each other wanted in the piece and their parts to create a highly successful rendition of no 8. although some minor mistakes they did not detract from the performance and this was a performance indeed. Yes, audiences listen with their eyes but I believe body language is vital if one wants to create a successful ensemble and performance and most importantly sound, eyes or none. I could see care in almost every note, very good. Best recording I have seen so far.

[@ИгорьДымченко-к9л]

Thriller Music. Shostakovich is ONE OF THE GREATEST COMPOSER IN HISTORY OF MUSIC.

[@JellyIllust.]

I just love turning on some beautiful shostakovich pieces and falling asleep to them. Great for calming down children if you want them to sleep as well. 10/10 would recommend for fussy children or if your an insomniac like me. Never fails. (-.-)Zzz・・・・ See? Already fell asleep.

[@SmartBoy-ku7rq]

This was in my recommendation after twoset's video

[@cameronperrier7622]

What a treat this would have been to see live

[@cortexauth4094]

It's one of the actual classical music pieces I have liked, and I listen to it actually frequently

[@om30586]

I come back everytime to this piece and it never fails to impress me-

[@Uchinosss]

Wunderbar!!! Das lässt mich immer wieder zuhören!!!!!

[@anegael1984]

Hello Julian Rachlin , can we find somewhere the whole performance ? This is a really amazing excerpt ! Thanks a lot !

[@davidjsward]

That little diminuendo and crescendo at around 1:07 is such a great choice

[@pratyushbzr]

This is so metal that I got confused which Jansen it was, Janine or Floor.

[@Dipsxi]

Fantastic performance, one of the best renderings ive heard. Bravo