Maurice Ravel-String Quartet in F Major (Complete)

[@williaminus6545]

I love you, M. Ravel. I have listened to this for 60 years. Its notes have taught me something about how widely life's feelings range, all in a only a few minutes. It is like old friends talking intimately about their life-experiences with one another. How they have mellowed and grown wiser, sadder, less judgemental and now masterful in their descriptions of the essences of Life.

[@OHAApple]

We played this at the funeral of my grandfather, exactly nine years ago. At the time, this piece, in combination with the atmosphere, made a huge impact on my 13 years old self. Yesterday i found this piece by accident, but with the first notes played, i knew exactly what i had found. Great moment. What a great piece of music it is!

[@geraldjiading5866]

One of the most beautiful music pieces ever written

[@michaelcorrado3452]

Agreed.

[@curtisunit]

My mom had this on vinyl and it was one of her favorites of all time. She had an uncanny ear for music and this in her opinion was the one. It had the Debussy quartet on one side and I used to hear it all the time as a little bitty kid. Amazing to revisit this.

[@megrosoff1600]

I had the same vinyl version your mom did. I listened to both pieces over and over through my lovelorn teens.

[@stynway59]

And one doesn't't even have to be lovelorn to find the beauty here. But darn it helps doesn't it

[@dennisconnor2593]

@@megrosoff1600 qq

[@YingTou1]

Listening to this (and the Debussy backside you mention, also featured here on KZbin) for the fourth time in two days now I'm inclined to "concur" with your mom.

[@이루미-m6p]

8:48-15:12 Just, wow. Like cascading down a river on a raft, some parts tumultuous and other parts smooth..all winding down to a waterfall.

[@rcoldbreath]

This is an absolutely stunning recording of this piece.

[@sitarnut]

The very best ever, to these 76 year old ears....

[@DaveVelo1]

My favourite composition by Ravel... well played, emotional and simply lovely.

[@nicholasdevizzio2311]

The entire performance is a classic gem of all performances, my deepest thanks for such beauty well spoken as offered from such great legendary artists.

[@HerroCello96]

This piece has always been in the shadow of the Debussy quartet for me but this delicate and sensitive recording has changed my mind. It has wonderful subtleties that I have never experienced from listening to my Melos quartet recording.

[@RenaJonesMusic]

The world needs more of this...

[@stevenhaff7973]

So beautifully done! I find the tempo(s) more to my liking here. The quality of the phrasing and interplay between sections are so well thought out and executed.

[@caiojmini]

I. 0:02 II. 8:48 III. 15:18 IV. 25:05

[@rankomarkovic6400]

THANK YOU!

[@JoseMedina-sv8uy]

Thanks a lot.

[@gerardbegni2806]

This quartet was one of the first works of Ravel. he had a disagrrement with his teacher Fauré about the finale, but Debussy asked him not to change anything, what Ravel did.

[@jessandjazz7]

Beautifully done. Unfortunately Ravel only wrote two string concertos for quartet. I love all his compositions. What a blend of culture and expression! .

[@JoseMedina-sv8uy]

Divino. Gracias por compartir esta obra maestra, patrimonio de la humanidad. Saludos desde México.

[@cellosong]

No one does this better. It's exquisite.

[@sitarnut]

Ravel's Mellow Yellow...... the best.

[@RandomAwesomeism]

2nd mvt has a poppy beat. Amazing.

[@richardcleveland8549]

A wonderful performance by one of the all-time great quartets . . . who happen to be the punchline of a very, VERY old joke about Russians, the first three parts of which I cannot remember, but the last runs thusly: "What got you get when you have four Russians? The Budapest String Quartet!"

[@nyinnyiku]

:) Well, it was originally started by 3 Hungarians and a Dutchman, but over the years it ended up with different members. But if you look into it, you'll find that it's a bit more complex than that, quite a few the players were actually Jewish, born in different places that are now in Hungary, Russia, Lithuania, the Ukraine, The Netherlands, Serbia... This had caused issues in pre-war Europe with the spreading of fascism; they were even based in Berlin until antisemitism made them relocate to Paris.

[@yanfery]

14:16 my favorite part

[@Majnun74]

Maravillosa!

[@superalbatross]

very good audio quality

[@luisiasen7528]

Incredibile💎💎💎

[@greggoryrice7046]

Wow!

[@Dylonely_9274]

Nice.

[@BennyBranko]

Masters.

[@golosistiny8639]

אן אויסגעצייכנטע רעקארדירונג!

[@sergio6357]

이거보다 더 좋은 연주를 아직 못들어봤다

[@georgiossirigos3432]

Sublime!

[@organfreak]

Tonight, I love it and I hear you.

[@victoriavaughan6493]

for me, this work is eternal early summer. it is larks and harebells, downland grass on White Horse Hill, and frogs in ponds and tender new beech leaves. dragon flies and kingfishers, and small murders in the undergrowth !

[@mariello30]

Oh! true it is. In my mind I picture this scene in a sunny afternoon on a French countryside and a family pic nicking under a tree and the landscape as you have described.Bliss this is pure music. I may like to add this music is not for all ears. It is melodically and harmonically sophisticated.

[@Nyama74]

You should be a published author or poet, Victoria. This might be my favorite comment on youtube.

[@richardcleveland8549]

What a lovely comment . . . and how very true. Vaughan Williams' "The Lark Ascending" has the same effect on me; I always remember where I was early on a beautiful June morning several years ago . . . . Thank you.

[@JeDeSoN2]

DARK SKYYYY

[@Nickfatooee]

Music History required listening.

[@jeffmoore9487]

Somebody tell me a little about how such a mass of technique is (or is not) notated. These Hungarians are putting so much nuance into this. Did Ravel just expect a quartet to find their own sound with minimal prompts? It's fantastic sounding and ever unfolding.

[@fierywomanpacnw7004]

It's called "entering the music." It is a given that one will play the right notes in the right place. But as a jazz guy (and Leonard Bernstein quoting Koussevitsky) said, "The music is between the notes." To play like this you have to put your soul and -- excuse me -- your balls on the line. That's why this playing is so thrilling. These guys took the dare.

[@chickenschnitzel]

As a general rule, Ravel is unique because his music works better without interpretation. When you push it around, it goes off the rails. He wrote what he meant and he meant what he wrote. In this case, a heavy dose of Russian sentimentality is exciting, but it's not at all what Ravel had in mind.

[@stynway59]

@@chickenschnitzel oh he had Russian music in mind alright, as much as he worked hard to create something uniquely French. To hear it expressed here rather nakedly is a bit of a treat

[@oceanfrommokpocity]

8:49

[@docotuero09]

26:28 AGRESSIVE PIZZICATO LMAOOOO

[@organfreak]

Huh??? This was recorded in 1958.

[@davidmtz2175]

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[@joshuadavis5991]

ok

[@organfreak]

Ah! I did not know that, ty. I'm not proud; I can learn. Now for some opinion (long time fiddle-player here): For this particular work, I grew up with a wonderful old recording by The Stuyvesant Quartet. (It's finally been re-issued by Bidulph.) It was quite brash all right, but also technically just about perfect. I found this recording here (after replying to your comment), to be weak, wussy, not-brash enough, and sloppy. Brilliant passages just thrown-away. In short, I hated it.

[@gabrielariasluna8442]

Sir, I agree. In my personal opinion, the rendering of the Stuyvesant string is both spontaneous and yet full of understanding! The balance and transitions between instruments (by the Stuyvesant) is absolutely astounding! A breathtaking masterly performance

[@robertoa.m.3984]

It's a bad thing to congeal a work, and specially one as rich and varied as this, into one interpretation.

[@organfreak]

@@robertoa.m.3984 I take your point, but that doesn't mean my mind is closed to other performances of the work. In fact, I have found another version here on KZbin that also delights me. The Hagen Quartet. And the one under discussion here is simply substandard, both technically and with a careless interpretation.