Antoine Tamestit & Belcea String Quartet

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: String Quintet in C major KV515
Dmitri Shostakovich: String Quartet no.8 in C minor op.110
Johannes Brahms: String Quintet no.2 in G major op.111
Antoine Tamestit, viola
Belcea String Quartet
Corina Belcea, violin
Axel Schacher, violin
Krzysztof Chorzersky, viola
Antoine Lederlin, cello

[@staffanolofsson8201]

Three different pieces that demonstrates the world of chamber music and how it can develope and change over time, from Mozart to Brahms, and then Shostakovich. Seldom have I heard such a nice playing as from this quartet/quintet, Antoine Tamestit and Belcea String Quartet. Thank you very much.

[@staffanolofsson8201]

What a great performance with the best chamber musicians you can get. I specially like Shostakovich String Quartet no. 8. Absolutely topnotch!

[@pecator70]

Belcea is, in my humble opinion, a genius!💖

[@staffanolofsson8201]

01:00 Mozart
38:15 Shostakovich
1:03:45 Brahms

[@hartmutspiesecke6724]

Ein großartiges Konzert. Mozart sehr fein und (trotz reichlich Vibrato) sehr differenziert phrasiert. Das Brahms-Quintett habe ich noch nie so gut ausbalanciert, so überzeugend gehört. Danke!

[@utpicberlin1225]

Best version of Shostakovich no 8.

[@jamiesutphin1406]

Thank you for uploading this beautiful concert. The players are on point. The Shostakovich was particularly good.

[@jamiesutphin1406]

I'd give this twenty thumbs up if I could...

[@ileanamuntean7338]

Same, What a delight.@@jamiesutphin1406

[@leszekkrzeminski3821]

Please kindly correct the name of the violist: Chorzelski. So hard to copy properly?

[@yh2682]

아름다워요

[@staffanolofsson8201]

This Shostakovich Largo at 38:15 tells us (as I understand) how much he hated this pressure under Stalin. Wonderful music under pressure, here wonderfully played by Belcea String Quartet.

[@utpicberlin1225]

I think you are confusing this with his 10th symphony. This was written in response to his visit to Dresden. It is a deeply personal work - based on his own musical signature (four first notes of his name). According to Fay it was meant to be his farewell note - as he intended committing suicide on his return to Soviet Union. It is one of the most extraordinary works he wrote. Heartbreaking, bleak.
Belcea play it remarkably well - displaying the full gravity and sorrow of work ... amazing!