Debussy: String Quartet in G minor | Balourdet String Quartet

The Balourdet String Quartet:
Angela Bae and Justin DeFilippis, violin; Benjamin Zannoni, viola; Russell Houston, cello
The Balourdet String Quartet based in Boston, Massachusetts, is currently in residence at New England Conservatory in NEC's Professional String Quartet Program. The quartet received the Gold Medal in the 2020 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Second Prize in the 2019 Carl Nielsen International Chamber Music Competition. The Balourdet has shared the stage with renowned artists including Cho-Liang Lin, as well as members of the Dover Quartet. It has studied and performed at festivals including the Amelia Island Chamber Music Festival, Aspen Music Festival, Robert Mann String Quartet Institute, and Accademia Musicale Chigiana.
Formed in 2018 at Rice University in Houston, Texas under the tutelage of James Dunham, Norman Fischer, and Cho-Liang Lin, the Balourdet String Quartet works primarily with Paul Katz at New England Conservatory. The quartet takes its name from Antoine Balourdet, chef extraordinaire at the Hotel St. Bernard and beloved member of the Taos School of Music community.
Claude Debussy's String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10, was completed in 1893 when he was 31 years old. It is Debussy's only string quartet. The work is in four movements:
Animé et très décidé
Assez vif et bien rythmé
Andantino, doucement expressif
Très modéré - En animant peu à peu - Très mouvementé et avec passion
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[@nss4472]

Професионально! Одушевленно! Правильно! Слаженно! Эти ребята не зря свой музыкантский хлеб едят, они не зря так долго учились. И они уважают друг друга, слушают, смотрят друг на друга и координируются... Брависсимо голосам, поддерживающим мелодический голос, браво солирующим голосам! Отличный ансамблевый баланс, превосходное интонирование в группе! Восторг...

[@RobHersh-st7rh]

Great job. Everyone .

[@christianbrodiez5287]

Cette interprétation du quatuor de Debussy pendant la période du C.O.V.I.D. est magistrale ; Bravo !

[@nss4472]

0:00 1st Mvt
7:25 2nd Mvt
11:45 3rd Mvt
19:43 4th Mvt
❤

[@christianbrodiez5287]

Très sincèrement , j'adore l'implication de chacun des musiciens du quatuor dans cette œuvre .

[@alexanderhersh]

Beautiful

[@FABSandler]

So good.

[@terrypollak990]

I can count the videos that have brought tears to my eyes on my 10 fingers... I now have one more finger accounted for... Clarity... Resonance... Vibratos entrained with one another... I could go on and on... Miraculous... 🎉

[@neconservatory]

Wow - thank you for this beautiful comment.

[@nss4472]

​@@neconservatory BRAVO to their tutors, FANTASTIC ensamble synergy! Debussy with his Quartet is the Beethoven of 20th century... This peak was conquested, guys!❤🎉
P. S. Special thanks from the depth of my heart for the fidelity to the Borodin Quartet's aesthetic values embodied in your interpretation of this beautiful opus❤

[@nss4472]

I am back here to listen to the marvellous Scherzo (2nd Movement)... You are just MAGIC, guys! 🥰🥰🥰🥰 ❤🎉🎂🍰💐❤😊

[@nss4472]

15:15 the First Soloist if the 2nd chair is the frickin Genius of the duo playing! Soooo nice playing! Perhaps the loveliest moment of all the great recording, appreciated for the delight! 🥰🥰🥰🥰 ❤ Very spiritual. Great achievement. ❤

[@irabraus9478]

Have never heard such intelligent second fiddling since John Dalley!

[@nss4472]

That's right! True First One on the 2nd chair❤🎉 To be right, all the 4 of them are very very laudable in every refrain and transmission they do❤😊 Professionals appreciate it well, right?😉👍👏

[@terrypollak990]

Molto Delicioso

[@joeconiglio]

So sad with the damn masks...

[@atravesdemisluceros]

The masks take away part of the emotional experience when you watch it...