The String Quartet EVERYONE Should Know

This is an excerpt from the famous second movement of Ravel's string quartet. Enjoy!
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[@saFubar]

Clickbait title, but you get a pass because it sounds so good.

[@timeless9517]

Tottaly agree

[@josephdadey]

Came for the click bait, stayed for the ear candy

[@Numberonesorabjifan]

lmao u made them change it

[@bozzigmupp510]

How is it clickbait

[@josephdadey]

@@bozzigmupp510 it is not anymore. The poster renamed the video.

[@FahlmanCascade]

I recognized this piece by sight reading from the front page of KZbin. Ravel is a genius.

[@janneckchristiansen2778]

Me too😊👍

[@SSNewberry]

It is obvious.

[@vishnuhalikere6213]

Me too. This is my favorite quartet of all time ❤

[@SSNewberry]

@@vishnuhalikere6213 I am a String Quartet addict.

[@IsaiahCelloBrown]

​@@vishnuhalikere6213ME TOO!!! 😂😂😂

[@M_SC]

This isn’t what I thought it would be from the title, but it’s great. I want to learn this stuff.

[@f1f1s]

What was your first thought?

[@KLBoringBand]

Ravel in F, mvmt 2

[@paolomarchettini2753]

Likewise. I know titles like this "gets views" and seems to be all the rage these days on KZbin, but the clickbaity stuff should be kept off classical score videos in my opinion, even if it's short and excerpted from a larger worklike this video. Why modern culture/people need to manufacture desire to watch their videos is beyond me. Let the art speak for itself and let others form their own opinion about something, without someone else needing to interject with how their viewpoint on the topic deserves recognition. With that said, the video does good analysis of the movement IMO and thank you for reminding me that I should get off the internet LOL Edit: uploader changed the title lol

[@LuisKolodin]

That's Ravel. A colorist. He makes EVERYTHING sound different.

[@bruhthing1010]

i read it as colonist 💀

[@samuelzajde4658]

Spanish composer: we like to go from 6/8 to 3/4, but not at the same time of course that would be- Ravel: Ahh oui c'est merveilleux!!!

[@wllm4785]

Ever heard of Granados?

[@samuelbrown434]

It is not at all a surprise that a string quartet could or would make sounds like this. It is really good tho.

[@winstonelston5743]

The string quartet is the ensemble for pieces that have too much going on to be heard when played by an orchestra.

[@samuelbrown434]

@@winstonelston5743 likewise the orchestra is the ensemble for pieces that require more than 4 things to be happening at the same time and your name is Igor Stravinksy, Charles Ives, Beethoven, Mahler, Bach....

[@Dabblzz55]

I confidently believe this is the most unique and beautiful string quartet there is.

[@MrRemi1802]

It is very beautiful indeed. Do you know the American Quartet by Dvorak?

[@taylee_jurekie-rofe]

@MrRemi1802 Yes, I know the American Quartet - it's a good one

[@shmalfie8674]

I think Grieg challenges this claim

[@poplife123]

Uhmm listen to the Debussy string quartet .....lots of similarities in a good way.

[@Dabblzz55]

@@poplife123 I mean Debussy wrote his before Ravel and some might say Ravel copied him. I think the first movement of Bussy's quartet is fantastic. But I think Ravel pushes the boundaries a little more. Especially with the second movement. He really shows why string quartet is the best ensemble.

[@kathilisi3019]

This piece is what made me fall in love with playing the viola.

[@oscargill423]

Why is Ravel's music so unfailingly cool Edit: Children stop fighting

[@ultimateconstruction]

no he's not that great

[@pema257]

What's with your repeated hate against Ravel in this comment section? Completely unnecessary.

[@ultimateconstruction]

@@pema257 I'm not hating Ravel, but he has no chance at being better than The God of Music Beethoven.

[@LISZT-]

​@@ultimateconstructionpeople have different taste in music, I dont really like Beethoven, but I love Ravel

[@oscargill423]

@@ultimateconstruction "God of Music" and "unfailingly cool" are two very different things.

[@bobschaaf2549]

This quartet is a love letter to the viola.

[@dewfairy1573]

Yes!❤

[@madison_s.]

Honestly though! I played this with my quartet and it was so fun as a viola!

[@mikechad27]

0:40 cello goes hard

[@thinkOfMeAsAClassicalMusician]

MAAAAN that modulation back to a minor is smoooth as you say. So satisfying

[@Trupurt962]

0:45 timestamp. The build up is so satisfying.

[@gracewenzel]

No one did it like Ravel

[@rogernichols1124]

...including Beethoven, much vaunted and over praised for his late quartets.

[@ultimateconstruction]

@@rogernichols1124 Wrong, Beethoven is objectively the greater composer. He is not overpraised in the slightest. Just because you don't have enough IQ to comprehend His Music doesn't mean the music is bad. It's Ravel who's overpraised for his "music".

[@snuppssynthchannel]

​@@ultimateconstruction "I read a tabloid article once that said liking this or that music correlate to a higher IQ of a margin of 0.003 percent and now I can justify to myself that I am better then everyone around me because i am so intelligent and my IQ is so much higher then the mere simpletons around me, because i get the level of sophistication of this and that music". Beethoven is the most popular and beloved composer on earth, and is a composer of the people, anyone can enjoy it no matter if they have a pea for a brain, and that's among the things that is beautiful about it. Besides, Ravel is commonly considered as a G.O.A.T. of orchestration by other composers and scholars alike.

[@pjotrkolster]

Seriously impressive work! Also great that you explains part of it, very useful to an aspiring composer. I've always loved Ravel, but never dove into his music quite as much, yet.

[@MuhDog]

Ravel is so good 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷 you should listen to daphnis et chloe 🇫🇷

[@taylee_jurekie-rofe]

@pjotrkolster Thank you!!!!! @MuhDog Yes I love Daphnis 😍 Maybe I should do an analysis on it

[@jordgubbe4627]

The more of Ravel's music I hear the more I realize how amazing of a composer he really was

[@ultimateconstruction]

Compared to Beethoven's String Quartets, this is nothing.

[@anojs8720]

@@ultimateconstructionget some bitches

[@ultimateconstruction]

@@LISZT- Beethoven is not "nothing", he is one of the greatest composers of all time. You clearly haven't listened past "moonlight" and The 5th if you make such a laughably inaccurate assertion.

[@richlistcool6631]

I personally wouldn’t make the comparison. They are two completely different time periods and one’s favorite can simply be based on that they enjoy Impressionism or classicism more

[@LISZT-]

@@ultimateconstruction I have listened to all of his symphonies, the only one, i like in no 9 I just enjoy more impressionistic music

[@KinkyLettuce]

Been a hundred years and still sounds as fresh and contemporary as ever

[@fidulario]

Not quite, but it will always remain a jewel.

[@PiergiorgioPirro]

Clickbait. But thank you for making me realize how Ravel's music originated so many of the cliché movie soundtracks that we hear today :-)

[@rogernichols1124]

Amazing writing. A textbook example of how to compose for string Quartet.

[@ultimateconstruction]

lmao "a textbook example". It's Beethoven's 16 String Quartets that are masterpieces, not this trivial and even unpleasant slack-baked piece.

[@dosterix6034]

@@ultimateconstruction No need to be snobby, yes Beethovens late quartets are masterpieces but ravel did suceed in writing in this medium as well, creating one of the best chamber works

[@jankington216]

I think PDQ Bach is the only one to ever write a masterpiece, but I won't fault someone for liking beethoven

[@rogernichols1124]

@ultimateconstruction oh, goodness! Words fail me at this comment. Ravel is a supremely gifted composer - in any medium. Beethoven stretches the string Quartet form to breaking point but his grasp of integrated textures and the genius of individual instruments is infantile compared with Ravel's. No blame here, just historical inevitability.

[@rogernichols1124]

@dosterix6034 I don't think it's snobby. It's ignorant.

[@DavidBadilloMusic]

That Mixolydian sounded totally Ravel!!

[@expealidocious]

the way the viola sounds here💓 omg

[@math9172]

This string quartet is absolutely phenomenal, truely one of a kind. It's also really interesting to notice how recognizably unique french classical music sounds. It really stands out from the rest.

[@taylee_jurekie-rofe]

Hi everyone, Thanks for the feedback. I didn't realise how clickbait-y the original title was (nor was I expecting many views at all, as per my previous videos) and did not mean to mislead anyone in any way. I've since changed the title so hopefully that will sort things out. I've also added credits in the description so you can check out the fabulous recording I used for this video 😁 Thanks for your support!!!

[@Cookster997]

0:20 living proof that Violas can sound fucking gorgeous.

[@Sherlock_Violin]

It's also a super fun piece to play, there's lot's you can do with it!

[@msjurekie4509]

I think it would sound better in retrograde inversion under a full moon. Love your work. ❤

[@Brad4Ellis]

You MUST add the credits to your description!! The piece is of course singular and wonderful, but it very much matters what recording this is and who these world-class musicians are - they are the artists we are listening to, who give the notation its nuance and power, and bring it to life.

[@rodterrell304]

Ravel was a brilliant composer.

[@TakiTheNeko]

i like the music analysis you are putting on. Makes the video a learning experience!

[@sourmilkman1095]

Thank you for such a lovely analysis of this piece - I adore this string quartet, especially because of this movement!

[@GrimskyKorsakov]

Ravel is just... everything.

[@fiddeou]

ahh I thought you were gonna talk about the double stringed A of the viola, but you cut right there!

[@mdrdprtcl]

This is truly beautiful and a unique blend of playing styles!

[@Coolbardie]

It's got an other worldly sound to it. The man was a genius. My favourite French composer. 😊 Other much loved pieces of his are Alborada del gracioso, Rapsodie Espagnole and Le Tombeau de Couperin. ❤

[@SoleaGalilei]

Nice, I appreciate the commentary! Ravel is so good.

[@nram3930]

Never heard this one, gorgeous stuff!

[@salactro]

Just a beautifully crafted piece of music

[@ethangeyer5170]

Nice analysis!

[@RyanMaterna_Composer]

Wow that was incredible, I've never heard anything quite like this before! Thank you for sharing and analyzing this beautiful music!

[@LucaPalomo909]

This is beautiful

[@robertm8337]

This is excellent!! I wish more videos annotated/explained music as well as you do in this video. I love music but it’s sometimes hard to read descriptions of bars and motifs and melodies without having a direct reference in the music/timestamps, especially if you don’t read music . Great job!!

[@actualman908]

Piece of art

[@kungpaochicken89]

This SLAPS

[@basedokadaizo]

i said it before and i'll say it again: trust a fan of Ravel. if you've found a fan of Ravel in the wild, you have found a friend.

[@Tekyng_of_Baregan]

That was so pretty!

[@vishnuhalikere6213]

My favorite in the entire string quartet repertoire!!! ❤

[@nickiemcnichols5397]

That was beautiful! Lively and unusual.

[@cobwebdragon4611]

my favorite quartet

[@nevets0910]

Yes! My absolute favorite!

[@Weavileiscool]

I can’t be the only one who sees the perfect treble and bass clefs and an… interesting alto clef

[@madison_s.]

I played this with my quartet! This is only part of the second movement; the viola and second violin end up getting 32nd notes in the section right after this and it sounds so cool!

[@githanjalialgama1601]

Beautiful!!

[@BriggsMullen]

Funny - the other day I was just thinking that I need to study some string quartets. The last time I wrote one was in undergrad, and at that point I didn't understand just how much music and texture can be crammed into a quartet.

[@Whatdouevenwriteforthesethings]

Awesome. Love this quartet

[@Boneless_Chuck]

I wish M.R. had composed more than one string quartet

[@richardwhalley8315]

And then there's the whole 3/4 vs 6/8 trickery - amazing piece!

[@franekselak9779]

Wow! This music is written by absolutely genius!

[@meepmeepmorpmorp]

i love this piece, clicked it upon recognizing it from the thumbnail IMMEDIATELY lol

[@paulhermansen6196]

bruh. this is literally almost a decade old. I wanna see your face bumping Lachenmann.

[@paulhermansen6196]

Love the Ravel quartet tho

[@shubus]

One of the staples of quartet literature.....and deservedly so.

[@funicon3689]

definitely my favorite ravel

[@ARCtheCartoonMaster]

Dang, when was this composed? Because that opening riff, to use a more modern term, is pretty freaking metal.

[@taylee_jurekie-rofe]

Composed in 1903

[@jessebeegee]

modernity ended 20 years before metal came around. not really a modern term by any rubric

[@AlexRiversMusic]

Metal sounds classical, as classical was first. Fixed it for you.

[@carloromano3615]

Amazing!!!

[@Joshxtra]

I would love to know which musicians recorded this!

[@ajbloxgaming6992]

sounds like video game music

[@mrman12w]

NO WAY???!!??? I NEVER THOUGHT A STRING QUARTET COULD MAKE A PIZZACATO NOISE?????? THATS CRAZY?!!?!?? 😮😮😮😮

[@macleadg]

It got you to click & comment. Mission accomplished.

[@mrman12w]

@@macleadg I mean yeah it was totally worth it though, the string quartet was actually kinda cool I enjoyed listening to it

[@korados5146]

Great video! But I kinda wish you would have elaborated on the whole movement, that was really cool! Ravel's string quartet is one of my favourites but I could discover a few new things now!

[@gr6447]

Ravel's the best in imitation challenge, Transform a string quartet in a Spanish guitar? challenge accepted!

[@thegoodgeneral]

I approve of this.

[@altoclef6688]

This is the greatest string quartet I have heard so far. Not only this movement, the whole work is a masterpiece. The mysterious harmonies, the rhythms. So even if you just have an excerpt of the 2nd movement, the title of the video is true. BTW, love your avatar!

[@alexchristodoulou]

Wonderful share, and great channel! Just discovered it!

[@akherousia]

Amazing music

[@Isclub05]

heartily surprised

[@Tucker.Showkeir]

Look what they have to do to mimic a fraction of the Banjo’s power

[@artypianowithlove]

Ravel is incribile❤❤❤

[@robcat2075]

Some years ago I was at a chamber music concert where they played this quartet and a modern quartet by a local young composer. Unfortunately for the local young composer they played the Ravel first.

[@TaylorTheOtter]

It's so weird listening to a different version than I'm used to. This one slightly slower and feels more jagged than my favorite version.

[@Viktor-lp4cn]

Very good!

[@EinSofVirtuoso]

The one that shocks me is Crumb’s quartet Black Angels

[@noisemaker0129]

what you call the 'climax' is exactly the soda pop effect

[@yondertz]

This is used here in our country, Philippines, by the classical music service station, DZFE. Ravel is great

[@shackamaxon512]

Nice breakdown. I really like how this piece begins. Where have I heard this before? It sounds so familiar

[@andresfurious8302]

I’m surprised i have never heard this piece very I will check it out in Apple Music later very interesting

[@MotiviqueStudio]

Having listened to this quartet hundreds of times over 40 years, I'm curious what sound it is that I'm supposed to be hearing for the first time?

[@chiupiano]

Hard to not think of Prokofiev piano concerto no.3 😆

[@TJ-yc3iw]

Very good

[@maniak1768]

The recording you're using has amazing production values, what is it?

[@taylee_jurekie-rofe]

The Dover String Quartet: kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGHRo3RnjMZqiZosi=993_49h9_r8vet6P

[@jackweslycamacho8982]

Feels like an albw ost song

[@wilsonbecker1881]

Ravel is the king

[@kodama44]

Sure, it is a very good quartet you should know.

[@kaybrown4010]

Voilá, viola!

[@mynameiskrysta]

What quartet did this recording? Edit: it’s the dover quartet! Now i don’t have to watch a clickbait video to enjoy this :)

[@juwonnnnn]

👏

[@Fire_Axus]

your feelings are irrational

[@notboboi9977]

wow

[@ClergetMusic]

I studied this piece in 20th century history during my graduate degree.

[@olegizmaylov]

Музыка двадцатого века!

[@yehbuddy4251]

Ravel slaps

[@Gastone982]

Man ( USA ) hat schon vor Jahrzehnten auf einen Konfrontationskurs und Feindbild hingearbeitet. Nichts geschieht von Heute auf Morgen

[@benharmonics]

What recording? Quartet sounds amazing!

[@pastoo25]

Ravel quartett. Not the best version but you should definitely check that