Bartok - 4th Quartet last movement

[ToddBuffa]

I love this, deeply beautiful...

[pappataci85]

Really wonderful performance!!! Great build-up to the col legno...so many performances have lost steam by that point, but there was true intensity here. Very powerful!

[smudgepots]

This is, simply stunning. Bartok played with abandon, passion and fearless accuracy. What great artists you are!

[danviola08]

Incredible performance, the energy in the opening nearly blew me off my chair!

[qwertyuiomnb]

apocalypticaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa­aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa :)) 

[fredericfranc]

The music portrays the cavalry combat involved in defending Vienna from the Turks, by Bartok's own words, but, at any rate, sure as hell does not sound "live"...

[koopakidshyguy]

Annoying dissection of music aside,

Simple good old fashioned genius here. Not the pretentiousness of the avant-garde, nor the tired classical-Mozart cliche, just a gripping genius that grabs you by the lapels and yanks you into a fast-paced thrill ride the likes of which you've never felt before.

Only piece that has ever left me so exhausted, yet so satisfied!

[koopakidshyguy]

I've heard this song played by five quartets so far, and every single one (including this one) sounds completely unique. They almost sound like different songs altogether. I haven't heard any other composer get so much variety out of a single work (except maybe John Cage XD). Perhaps it's Bartok's emphasis on the importance of the sound, or maybe his innovation with the usage of strings, that make subtle changes in implementation become massive changes in sound and feeling.

Likely response:STFU!

[squeaky342]

This is INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!! I must play this.

Great Job!

[hotplate85]

Simply amazing recording and performance. It doesn't sound live. It must have been well manacured at the "post production" studio. And what a masterpiece the 4th is...

[andrejgal]

to @hotplate85 ...

absolutely no postproduction ... just good camera and mic ...

[Dant993]

No dislikes. HELL YEAH! :D

[Kohntarkosz]

This is a great recording, it almost sounds like it has to be more than just a quartet. I guess that might be just the ambience of the room you're performing in.

[MissMehekiee]

amazing!

[bach3060]

so nice



[triceratopsthekiller]

amazing

[Choen444]

Wow Amazing job!!!!

[marimbagirl1993]

amazing :D

[allstar550]

This is a really good performance. Very Impressive

[louisbona]

very interisting you can also lesen vegh quartet if its not allreadie donne

[missm0zart]

AMAZING! love seeing a decent bartok performance!!!

[Debtfromabove]

Bartok was a genius.

This is incredibly well performed. You can hear the passion.

[prc918]

Powerful performance! The speed is not only very fluid but invasive! I've recommended my friends to appreciate this file, and I really hope that you guys could have more Bartok recordings! :)

[spudsmagicvideos]

this is the music that inspired Page Hamilton from Helmet! hard to believe eh?

[RoberTastic]

Excellent performance.. I think :p

Bartok would've made a mint had he lived to move to Hollywood

[DeepSeaSeamus]

thats a five

[mattnyr]

This is slightly more up tempo than the other recordings I've heard of this on youtube and this one is definitely my favorite. Nice work.

[andrejgal]

Thank you for your comment. The Zwiebel String Quartet is playing. We are from Slovakia and this video is a live recording from Bratislava Music Festival concert in 2005. All the best from Andrej

[sl28ave]

A sharp performance (and colorful) for a sharp movement. Who's playing?

[s7409651]

amazing amazing work

[altonoir]

Soul Brother Bartok!...get down...great job!...classical rock music!...

[besnamys]

Bravo chlapci!!!Drzim palce nadalej!

[mandm4I17]

My band is doing this for our marching show next year. its crazy hard

[yuanyelele]

Awe-some!

[SecretTheatre]

Thank you... made my day :)