Shostakovitch's "Largo" from Piano Trio in E Minor

[violinhunter2]

I must say this: The sound quality of this video is really atrocious but the playing is wonderful.

[elite1977]

Maria Elizabeth, I see you on dvd of Rostropovich cello competition 2005. You play beatiful. You are a great musician.

[Thomascello]

he is oten a little bit away from the perfect tune, and it sounds horrible at 1:41^^

[rikkirikkirikki22]

its not out of tune because the violinst is playing an F natural while the pianist plays an F#.

[Thomascello]

ok ok if you think so... in my eyes its out of tune but if you think its not ok

[sasha42196]

That's incorrect. The pianist is playing an F natural and the violinist is supposedly an F# but it is quarter-tone flat, then immediately after that the f octave was terribly flat. I thought my ear drums were going to pop. I don't know what's worse, his intonation or his tie.

[cpincomb]

it's called 'expressive intonation'

[magnetman224]

@sasha42196 Neither, your attitude towards great music is a sin

[sasha42196]

@magnetman224 "Your attitude towards great music is a sin". That is actually funny, thanks for the good laugh.

[morakeo]

i think it's out of tune as well at some points. out of tune isn't playing simultaneously a F and an F sharp. It's when playing an F and an F sharp 1/2... when the piece doesn't use microtones... :-)

[Thomascello]

thats what I mean :) 'f#' instead of 'f' would be just wrong but not out of tune

[sasha42196]

LOL, I agree. Flat as a pancake.

[Thomascello]

the violinist is definitly out of tune.

[rikkirikkirikki22]

no hes not. he plays everyhing so perfectly.

which is hard in the beginning when hes playing notes you usually play on the E string on the D string

[martimtavares]

it seems they think that they are playing schönberg. It's suposed to be marcato, and expressivo, not fortissimo. Maybe they should make it sound a bit more gentle, a bit more in-tune

[violalord1]

I'm high on caffeine right now and this is helping.

[billfolsom]

Marie-Elisabeth Hecker is extraordinary! I hope a DVD of her playing will become available. Does anyone know when there will be a CD recording available. Where is she from? She is wonderful with these Russian souls - Mark Peskanov and Paul Ostrovsky. Can you please post the other movements of this grandly moving and so profound piece?

[kollegin]

She is from Germany. she went to school with me in Zwickau. She has 7 brothers and sisters. Most of them are musicians.

[NotLikeRagout]

I went to the same school. I braided her hair for a concert. lol. good old times.

[emogirl235]

beautiful. I love it! the best piece of art ever! it calms me down, i will listen to it everyday. Its just gods piece!

[mlbrn]

yeah this is music...

[LNcello]

Whaw! For an 18 year old, she plays with amazing authority. Right from the first note on (of this mvmt, curious abt mvt 1!) - and not bothered the least by the out of tune note in which Peskanov passes over to her. Watch her very tasteful use of vibrato, see how she uses the bow more efficiently than he does, not to mention her sound ... How can I have missed her name, esp. being from neighbour country NL...

[ZayVengeance]

wow this is amazing.

[smmitchell2]

A song?

Disharmonic?

If anything you're looking for dissonant. And even then what's wrong with dissonance? It adds passion and so much longing and exprression to a piece if used well, which here shostakovich most certainly does.

The notoriously tricky (for the cellist) first movement is a testament to 20th century composition and more than breaks the mould.

[drcavacho]

you said song, nowhere was it categorized as such. song is to music as pizza is to cuisine.

[ezekieloak]

Does anyone hear Chopin's prelude 10 trying to show through?

[danielags16]

This movement and the 4th movemente are amazing!!!

Especially the 4th which contains something very jewish and evokes the death of Shostakovich's friend who died in a water repress for commiting the crime of being jewish...

[Quivzeltsky]

Absolutely amazing!

One observation: Mark Peskanov looks like John Goodman.

[MacPorno]

They are great players, but this song sucks...

It's very disharmonic

[ezekieloak]

This isn't quite what any of us would call a song. :-)

[MacPorno]

That's for sure =)

[fichan25052505]

yea definitely... i would love to hear the rest of the movements.. especially IV

[blacksbury]

Do keep them coming - I'm in a real Shostakovich mood at present, that looks set to last for at least the  next 12 months!

[Crazybooy]

Simply magnificent.. I was deeply moved by this piece

[jsphotos]

Haven't heard this before - it's wonderful, with an expressive voice that is filled with emotion.

[kaikobird]

Amazing.

[Rini2]

Wow, that was fabulous.