I know, Bach is a master, Beethoven and Mozart are sublime geniuses. But Schubert is the one who speaks to our heart. I won't say he is the greatest of these, but he is the one I love.
A beautiful, honest, passionate, transparent playing. You were telling a story - talking, listening to each other. You made this morning, here, in far Israel, special. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing and bravo to the artists and the recording staff. I'm listening from Lyon, France and it's a great pleasure watching you during this period because there is no concert here.
I've just discovered Schubert's string quartets and quintet having been unable to grasp them several years ago. Beethoven's, I've had no such issue with and the discovery of new things in them seems endless. Considering when Schubert composed these he was younger than Beethoven when he published his Op.18, it really is astonishing. Whether he would have reached the fathomless depths and dizzying heights of Beethoven's later quartets we'll never know. There are moments and glimpses of that blinding light and scorching heat of genius there though. Unlike Beethoven, death was knocking on the door early.
Mozart, Schubert and Mozart all achieved incredible things with the string quartet in their later years. Perhaps its the simplicity that allows it to reach strait to the soul
Beethoven hadn't even composed his first symphony when he was the same age as Schubert when this quartet was composed. Mindboggling to think about what Schubert could all have achieved had he lived to 57.
Even the Wigmoore Hall does not hear a lot of performances of this masterpiece. However the excellence of this performance compensates for the rarity. The cheers were well deserved.
Considering works like this and other masterpieces composed in the last few years of life, it's astonishing to contemplate what Schubert might have accomplished even if he had lived as long as Mozart. One thinks that he might have finally written a successful opera (he never found the right librettist) let alone a concerto (a genre that, exceptionally for a composer of his versatility, he produced no works in).
I've listened to many performances of this work (it's my favorite Schubert chamber work) but this is the first one where I have heard the little bit of extra music that comes with the transition to the repeated exposition in the first movement.
It seemed to me the audience certainly clapped too soon. I understand the desire to show appreciation for a great performance, but don't jump the gun. Let the last note play out.
I know, Bach is a master, Beethoven and Mozart are sublime geniuses. But Schubert is the one who speaks to our heart. I won't say he is the greatest of these, but he is the one I love.
The physicality of their swaying bodies serves as another indicator of the intensity of musical superiority portrayed in this masterpiece.
A beautiful, honest, passionate, transparent playing. You were telling a story - talking, listening to each other. You made this morning, here, in far Israel, special.
Thank you.
Great rendition which leaves you speechless.
Really beautiful, passionate performance! Bravo!
Schubert wrote this music in ten days in June of 1826
How brilliantly you catch the drama of the abrupt dynamic changes at the start (and the rest to be fair) of the finale!
Tempo and synchronisation touches total perfection enriching the "doric" severity of the music line and phrase of a distinctively " ionian" composer.
This is a wonderful interpretation. Sincere, deep and moving. Thank you and greetings from Chile
Not me bawling at 2:15
So brilliant. The energy and accuracy in the scherzo set it alight!
Thanks for sharing and bravo to the artists and the recording staff. I'm listening from Lyon, France and it's a great pleasure watching you during this period because there is no concert here.
I've just discovered Schubert's string quartets and quintet having been unable to grasp them several years ago. Beethoven's, I've had no such issue with and the discovery of new things in them seems endless. Considering when Schubert composed these he was younger than Beethoven when he published his Op.18, it really is astonishing. Whether he would have reached the fathomless depths and dizzying heights of Beethoven's later quartets we'll never know. There are moments and glimpses of that blinding light and scorching heat of genius there though. Unlike Beethoven, death was knocking on the door early.
Mozart, Schubert and Mozart all achieved incredible things with the string quartet in their later years. Perhaps its the simplicity that allows it to reach strait to the soul
Beethoven hadn't even composed his first symphony when he was the same age as Schubert when this quartet was composed. Mindboggling to think about what Schubert could all have achieved had he lived to 57.
Meisterlich! Ganz große Klasse.
Such an ingeniously symphonic execution ... seems completely unburdened by common quartet players' types of mannerisms, and the music shines.
Aber kennt Ihr das vom Danish SQ?!
Even the Wigmoore Hall does not hear a lot of performances of this masterpiece. However the excellence of this performance compensates for the rarity. The cheers were well deserved.
I think its rarity in live performance is because it's one of the most demanding works to play in the entire quartet repertoire.
That was incredible !!!!
Assolutamente eccezionale! Bravi! David S. - Trio Hegel
Imagine if Schubert had lived to be an old man, when he wrote masterpieces like this at 29.
What a great performance!
Sublime!!!
Esta es una muy buena interpretación, me gusta
Considering works like this and other masterpieces composed in the last few years of life, it's astonishing to contemplate what Schubert might have accomplished even if he had lived as long as Mozart. One thinks that he might have finally written a successful opera (he never found the right librettist) let alone a concerto (a genre that, exceptionally for a composer of his versatility, he produced no works in).
superb!
Such unaffected and subtle ensemble playing! Totally 'in the zone'...
Super😀
I think, I have been in Wigmore Hall ONCE - many years ago - to hear a concert with guitarist Julian Bream.
I've listened to many performances of this work (it's my favorite Schubert chamber work) but this is the first one where I have heard the little bit of extra music that comes with the transition to the repeated exposition in the first movement.
at 6:44-6:50
15:00 incredible glissando...
Bath all set
Schubert wrote this quartet at a younger age than Beethoven when he completed his quartets op. 18.
This is incredible. Thank you for the comparison.
42:49 4th mvt.
they say schubert was a genius
First movement too slow, it seems an "Andante" not "Allegro"
It seemed to me the audience certainly clapped too soon. I understand the desire to show appreciation for a great performance, but don't jump the gun. Let the last note play out.
Much too slow!!!!!