Felix Mendelssohn - Violin Sonata in F minor, Op. 4
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- Опубліковано 1 чер 2024
- - Composer: Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (3 February 1809 -- 4 November 1847)
- Performers: Shlomo Mintz (violin), Paul Ostrovsky (piano)
- Year of recording: 1986
Sonata for Violin & Piano in F minor, Op. 4, written in 1823.
00:00 - I. Adagio - Allegro moderato
10:25 - II. Poco adagio
19:10 - III. Allegro agitato
For many decades Felix Mendelssohn was thought to have authored only one violin sonata: the Sonata for violin and piano in F minor, Op. 4. And, although two further sonatas for violin-piano duo came to light during the latter half of the twentieth century, neither of them has been able to steal the limelight from Opus 4 as his most popular work in the genre, even if some Mendelssohn-lovers feel that one of the other two, the 1838 F major Sonata, is more deserving of that distinction. Mendelssohn composed the Opus 4 sonata in 1823, when he was in his mid-teens. It is a solidly built three-movement piece with more than a hint of Beethovenian minor-mode storminess to it; yet the passion does not obscure Mendelssohns clear eighteenth-century formal lines and genteel musical manners.
- The first movement of the sonata begins with a slow, nine-measure quasi-recitative for the violin, unaccompanied. When the piano finds its way into the piece after an unsettled half cadence, the tempo suddenly shifts gears up to Allegro moderato, and there it remains for the rest of the movement. This opening movement is textbook sonata allegro stuff, with an anxious first subject and a dreamy second subject that unfolds over a long pedal point.
- The middle movement is a lightly ornamented and substantial Poco Adagio in velveteen A flat major.
- The finale, on the other hand, hustles and bustles its way around an Allegro agitato, 6/8 time F minor; its final measures are ushered in by a quasi-cadenza for solo violin [here a bit truncated by Mintz], quite like the one that began the sonata, and it seems as though the movement will end with an explosion of fortissimo chords. But Mendelssohn, always elusive, throws a pianissimo curve ball instead...
This first movement has got to be the most zen piece of early romantic music i ve heard. It’s soooo calm I can’t even describe it
Ostrovsky was my teacher at Conservatory. Great to hear this
The 9 introductory bars are a declaration of love to Bach! It is no wonder that Mendelssohn was the important rehabilitator of Bach in the nineteenth century; and also responsible for the romanticization of the master of Leipzig and so many other cities of the Holy Empire. And did Bach belong somewhere other than music?
This duo was beautifully in sync. What a lovely work. Thank you for the upload.
This is probably my favoriete music of all and in my absolute favorite recording. Thankyou Schlomo Mintz, Paul Ostrovsky, and last but not least Felix Mendelssohn for creating this beautiful solace; it is laced with lighthearted melancholy, and is food for the soul like no other 🙏🙏🙏
I believe that this beautiful work, Opus 4, is also indexed as MWV Q12, completed in 1825, when Felix Mendelssohn was just sixteen years old.
Four works after, he did his infamously well known Octet for strings. Yet, on an f minor key for a sonata is rare and difficult to play for a violinist. Still, it's an incredible piece
This is just an incredible work for such a young composer. It goes above and beyond what Mozart accomplished at the same stage; and in addition, Mendelssohn furnishes his work with a warm Romantic glow (albeit Victorian and proper).
@@timothythorne9464 Mozart composed the first piano concerto in teenage and it's really good. The symphonies and the string quartets are also very good. Don't forget that Mozart already composed good symphonies in prepubertal age.
@@ClassicalMusicAndSoundtracks you may be right. I recently listened to Mozart's 5th piano concerto and his 21st symphony, both composed when he was 16, and they are simply fantastic! Also he was a teenager when he wrote his 5 violin concertos; they're among the finest such works in all instrumental music.
@@timothythorne9464 Listen to symphony 14 too. He composed it when he was 15 years old.
I think that the first and the fourth movements have brilliant themes.
Dieses Stück wird am 21. Mai 2017 in der Halle 424 in Hamburg aufgeführt.Ich freue mich sehr darüber!
WHERE WAS I WHEN THIS WAS UPLOADED HERE ON UA-cam?! THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL! (instantly downloads it)
Brilliant work done by Felix! Thank you. Great recording.
cant find many recordings of this piece, especially by well-known artists. This rec is the nicest one I've listened to.
you could try Jaap Schroder and Penelope Crawford. You can listen to it here also.. ua-cam.com/video/MiEmSrTvbtw/v-deo.html
Agree❤
Beautiful music; beautiful playing; beautiful violin sound!
メンデルスゾーンは神童であった裏付けの1つの作品
Шикарно!!!!!!!
Wow - so that opening is the signature tune for BBC Radio's Sherlock Holmes series with Clive Merrison & Michael Williams.
Took me years to find this after hearing those adaptations! Also, Saint-Saëns, Camille violin concerto no.3
Thanks! I have never heard it before, but I am practicing the piano part and my cousin will do violin! It is good to familiarize myself with it.
How did it go?
Sublime sound! They play with much feeling.
Clearly a conscious reference to Beethoven's Tempest Sonata in the opening piano part, right down to how the chord resolves.
I think there is also a reference to Appassionata in the ending part of 3rd mvmt - the repeated chords
I think he meant the Appassionata 1st movement lol. Funny how no-one thought to object
@@ulysse__ Nope, I did mean Tempest, right at 1:20-1:26.
@@harmonicparadox2055 Oop, I thought you meant right at the start of the piano entry - with the first minitheme C-Ab-F that really sounded like the opening of the Appassionata
@@harmonicparadox2055 not at all, that is a stock-standard rule of the octave scale realization for the most part
Beautiful ! Thanks for posting :)
Mir gefällt besonders der 2. Satz
*fangirling over music*
Wow! An outstanding violin sonata! Thank you for loading it.
Wonderfully played by Mintz and Ostrovsky!
Just listen to WANDA LUZZATO and Antonio BELTRAMI and you ‘ll listen the top
omg that ending!
Ask yourself, how many composers at sixteen can compose an F-minor violin sonata just like this and with unexpected tempo changes? Typical of Mendelssohn to do so. Sad that he didn't live longer- I would have loved another sonata of his...
BoomerRaid Yes, Mendelssohn was a blessing from God. I love his music a lot too. His premature death makes me wonder what other great works he could have written had he lived longer.
I don't know if you ever stumbled upon this: ua-cam.com/video/OdmdoVSjXTo/v-deo.html . I know I was suprised that there do exist other Mendelssohn violin sonatas.
Mendelssohn was a very promising composer than never really matured during his lifetime. All of his works have this aura of expectation that is never fully delivered.
There is an absolutely stunning reading of the other Mendelssohn Sonata (1838) by Hoepcker/Bidini. For who wants to check that out...it’s worth it!
Gibt es ein Stück das einen tiefer rührt als dieses, und einem Trost in dunklen Nächten verspricht?
Thanks for uploading!
Très belle sonate jouée de mains de maîtres.
You can tell he definitely had Mozart in mind while writing this.
where would we be without Mozart? who knows...but i'm glad we had him.
Beethoven.
republiccooper I hear a bit of Weber in the slow movement.
@violin614 Indeed
Haydn trío on e flat minor has some simmilar motifs
Beautiful
21:38 - 21:50
well, that was adventurous : )
Clive Merrison's Sherlock Holmes brought me here.
2:34 - 3:09
(just a note for myself if i forget which fragment that was, that I loved so much)
It reminds me of Carl Loewe's symphony in e minor
The symphony may be written in the same mood as this and I rather like it. It's very repetetive (I know that some would argue, that it's supposed to sound like this, but couldn't the composer have written the passages in a less obvious way? I mean: even I grow bored of the same motif over and over again, and I sometimes listen to the same piece the whole day on loop, while learning).
You're right, the symphony really is similar to Mendelssohn's sonata. Repetetive. But the sonata sounds much better in my opinion.
I really enjoy both. But I agree, this sonata has some mistery around it
When I saw he wrote this at only 14 I had to double check what I had read
Oh, I didn't know. Did he?
simplemente me encanta.
1:12 Tristan Chord at measure 6!
That's not a Tristan chord (half-diminished 7th), but rather a fully diminished seventh chord (E natural-G-Bflat-Dflat) with an accented passing tone on the downbeat in the left hand. That F is not part of the chord, but rather a dissonant passing tone, which gets resolved into the actual note in the chord, E natural. The same thing happens on the downbeat right after the repeat sign, but in that case the dissonance is in the right hand.
Another thing to remember is that the so-called Tristan chord--the half-diminished seventh harmony--is not at all an unusual or pathbreaking or innovative chord in the tonal music of the common practice period. It's a standard harmony that goes back to at least Bach, and serves a specific traditional function. What is pathbreaking about Wagner's use of the sonority is **how** he uses it; mysteriously and without any obvious, traditional resolution. Wagner's sonority is more symbolic of the further chromatic freedom that composers would take subsequently, but the chord itself is by no means innovative.
Reminds me a lot of the Mozart Em violin sonata
El octeto para cuerdas fue una obra maestra, para nada infamante
Mintz is magic here, if you're interested in video as Mutter has a DVD out.
Wonderful playing. The only thing that bugs me is the poor mixing / audio engineering at 22:30 - 22:45. No idea what happens but it's the only blemish in an otherwise exquisite performance.
The second movement reminds me of Mozart
I noticed that if you check out the comment sections of videos showing pieces Mendelssohn composed when he was younger, you'll find a couple of people crying:
"OUOUOUOUOU!!! SOUNDS LIKE ***any composer who is in these people's minds***!!! I NOTICED THAT AFTER HEARING THE CHORD AT EXACTLY 15:39! I'M A MUSICAL ACADEMIC SNOP AND IN MY OPINION MENDELSSOHN WAS NOT VERY GOOD! ...and my opinion is a fact!"
But no front against all these dudes - there are also cool people who describe the similarities between pieces by Mendelssohn and other composers very constructively.
Young Mendelssohn or not, I find this quite boring and un-interesting, but the rarity deserves a couple of hearings. I have no clue where the accolades have been coming from, sorry.
I'm only in the first movement, but I can really see where you're coming from. There's really not a lot of big tension here, though a fair bit of smaller tensions and resolutions. It's definitely not as good as his later work imo, but charming for me, especially when considering the guy was 14 lol.