I saw Hamelin play this in Seattle 2 years ago. I sat right in the front row. At the end of the concert when I was leaving the hall, he was just walking throughout the crowd, it was very neat to see him live after watching all the videos of him for years.
Thanks for salvaging this sensitive and moving performance. Just the right tempo and elegant phrasing with three excellent and gorgeous strings plus a capable and sensitive pianist.
Flawless playing from all quarters. A delight to behold. Wish I was seated in that room during what "chamber music" was meant to be: a richly rewarding, intimate musical experience. Oh, and BTW, thank y ou Monsieur Faure !
Have you ever wondered what professional string players do for fun ? This is what they do. No soloist to follow and no pesky conductor telling them what to do. They just love it and it shows in performances like this.
Hamelin is right to interpret this second chamber work of the still young Fauré (the first one is its beautiful sonata op. 13 for violin and piano in A major). This work is very delicately composed, the equilibrium between the piano and the strings is pefectly controlled, the themes are very beaufiful and quite characteristic of the style of Gabriel Fauré.
Really enjoying this sparkling performance and looking forward to a live performance tonight at the 9th Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival on beautiful North Stradbroke Island, Queensland. Performers are Bernadette Harvey (piano), Rachel Smith (Festival Director, vln), Caroline Henbest (vla) and Eric de Wit (cello).
It would be silly to single out any of these four fine musicians, all on top form here. I will say, however, that in both this and the 2nd 🎹 Piano Quartet Op 45 Fauré writes some heavenly music for the viola. Especially in the 4th movement.
I'm glad you like it! :) Yea, it's quite an old recording, but some of his very best stuff comes from this period when he was chubbier and mop-headed :P
Surprisingly low audience reaction, given the stellar performance. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. The audience just sits there lethargically.
I expect if this had been Banff or the New York City bar everyone would have made silly high-pitched noises and clapped with their hands over their heads; but this is the exquisite music of Fauré played in a chamber music ambiance and setting to an appreciative Irish chamber music audience. Or would we prefer a few cheerleaders to appear before, during and at the end? Oops. At 31:44 someone is clapping her hands over her head. Must be a foreigner!👻
It's all very nice but in the 2nd movement at 12:50 and more especially at 13:40 Fauré suddenly reveals what he was later to become, and it takes the breath away. What a marvellous composer.
I saw Hamelin play this in Seattle 2 years ago. I sat right in the front row. At the end of the concert when I was leaving the hall, he was just walking throughout the crowd, it was very neat to see him live after watching all the videos of him for years.
Thanks for salvaging this sensitive and moving performance. Just the right tempo and elegant phrasing with three excellent and gorgeous strings plus a capable and sensitive pianist.
Flawless playing from all quarters. A delight to behold. Wish I was seated in that room during what "chamber music" was meant to be: a richly rewarding, intimate musical experience. Oh, and BTW, thank y
ou Monsieur Faure !
Have you ever wondered what professional string players do for fun ? This is what they do. No soloist to follow and no pesky conductor telling them what to do. They just love it and it shows in performances like this.
Hamelin is right to interpret this second chamber work of the still young Fauré (the first one is its beautiful sonata op. 13 for violin and piano in A major). This work is very delicately composed, the equilibrium between the piano and the strings is pefectly controlled, the themes are very beaufiful and quite characteristic of the style of Gabriel Fauré.
Wonderful. Great on violin,viola and cello.
Really enjoying this sparkling performance and looking forward to a live performance tonight at the 9th Stradbroke Chamber Music Festival on beautiful North Stradbroke Island, Queensland. Performers are Bernadette Harvey (piano), Rachel Smith (Festival Director, vln), Caroline Henbest (vla) and Eric de Wit (cello).
wow. lovely piece, and beautifully played.
beautiful music, beautifully played.
Thanks Great Playing
awesome! even with video from an ancient performance, that's a real treat, thank you =)
How a cool play!
Magnifique!
It would be silly to single out any of these four fine musicians, all on top form here. I will say, however, that in both this and the 2nd 🎹 Piano Quartet Op 45 Fauré writes some heavenly music for the viola. Especially in the 4th movement.
bravo!
I'm glad you like it! :) Yea, it's quite an old recording, but some of his very best stuff comes from this period when he was chubbier and mop-headed :P
Chubby Hamelin was in his prime!
start of 3rd movement: totally thought I was going to start hearing Beethoven's Pathetique sonata...
my favorite part at 16:00
Surprisingly low audience reaction, given the stellar performance. I was on the edge of my seat the entire time. The audience just sits there lethargically.
organman52 Good for you!👍
Oh please. What did you expect vocal outbursts, cartwheels, confetti?
@@peterrudolfi How about some smiling from the sheer joy of hearing this music 10 feet from your ears?
Delicious
This isn't the usual Leopold trio. Who is the violist in this beautiful performance please? The old website the violist is Lawrence Power.
Prachtig, net zo mooi als de uitvoering van Domus
I expect if this had been Banff or the New York City bar everyone would have made silly high-pitched noises and clapped with their hands over their heads; but this is the exquisite music of Fauré played in a chamber music ambiance and setting to an appreciative Irish chamber music audience. Or would we prefer a few cheerleaders to appear before, during and at the end?
Oops. At 31:44 someone is clapping her hands over her head. Must be a foreigner!👻
It's all very nice but in the 2nd movement at 12:50 and more especially at 13:40 Fauré suddenly reveals what he was later to become, and it takes the breath away. What a marvellous composer.