@thegoodgeneral thanks so much for uploading this. Its my favorite recording. And by the way I'm a high schooler and I want to be a film maker when I'm older. I'm writing a script and I'm wondering if I can include a variation on your Daphnis et Chloe/porno shit comment? Its fucking brilliant!
@tatertots725 Go for it as long as you credit me in the beginning, half-way through, 3/4ths of the way through, 7/9ths of the way through, at the end, in an after-credits epilogue, and send 100% of the proceedings my way.
It's all part of the continuing decay of the average human attention span, I think. Centuries ago folks were more than happy to sit and listen to entire symphonies and oratorios, or read enormous books. Now, people can't even pay attention past the first few bars of Beethoven's Fifth, and they still fancy themselves classical music fans. TV commercials have certainly contributed to this sad trend. But I can stomach the ones that leave the original composition alone, at least. But not this.
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Why must everyone compare this song to sex? Taking something beautiful and comparing it to something that can be sinful. And in many contexts is. I know very little of Ravel himself, but I'm not certain that was his intention. I could be wrong.
@Bingo1059 Ravel was not noted to be a sexual man. In fact his romantic affiliations were not only not recorded, they were not witnessed. But more than sex he was not religious and cared nothing for what others called "sins."
Sex is beautiful, passionate; sometimes primal, sometimes calm. No wonder the comparison to music.
@thegoodgeneral The only reason one should commit the act is to conceive children, after marriage. Than it can be a beautiful thing. I said sometimes sinful, however sadly it is abused far too much in modern society. They kill their children and use contraception. It's not just "For the fun of it', it should have a much deeper meaning. Even you must admit it's abused, to some degree at least, just like almost any good thing. I knew Ravel wasn't religious, it's always something that saddened me.
@Bingo1059 You're a disgusting slimeball. You are being an unrealistic, hateful shit stain who can't enjoy life. Take your moronic scumbag religion and shove it. We don't need your woman-hating genital-based morality. It's done more to destroy society than any other stupid delusion.
@Aquaria Really? You open with calling me a "slimeball' when in your next breath you call me a "hateful shit", that's not at ALL being a hypocrite. How am I hateful? How do I hate woman? And like fu*king like rabits is EXCELLENT for society. So are drugs, murder, rape, and any other vice. Your being vague, pulling harsh conclusions out of thin air, even flat out lies, all to support your rationality. Isn't that sad?
@thegoodgeneral Knowing Ravel's temperment it's safe to say he wouldn't exactly frown upon the comparison, but rather he was so dedicated to his music he felt he had no time to love anything else. And it shows.
@Bingo1059 Oh by the way check out "Daphnis et Chloe," which is the story of two pornstars with enormous genitalia that fucked all the Goddamned time before Chloe got stole'd from pirates who raped her and then giant-dicked Daphnis came on their faces and saved Chloe the end
@thegoodgeneral I'm not quite certain why you are telling me about your porn collection? This is exactly what I mean about the abuse of sex. It gets dragged into everything. I thought you had some class, instead you tell me, a complete stranger, about your porn collection. Everyone always makes everything about sex, when it should be a private and humble moment between husband and wife.
@Bingo1059 Just stop it man. Enjoy the music. thegoodgeneral destroyed you, the war we are currently fighting is bullshit and an atrocity, and you're too preachy.
Why is sex necessarily sinful? Why is sex not necessarily beautiful? You're begging the question, dear friend. I think sex would be an adequate metaphor, as both are considered among the height of human pleasure.
@azazeal905 I said sometimes sinful. As said in another reply, it's abused far too often. It should be a moment between a husband and wife to conceive children. Instead they kill the children and use contraceptives. Even you must admit it is abused,There are children who are kidnapped and locked to basements for sex in exchange for meth, of course this is a very extreme case, it's fact that it's abused in the most disgusting of ways and without any moral line there are no boundaries for abuse.
@Bingo1059 Oh shut up you uptight stupid prude and woman-hating, homophobic religitard piece of shit. Sex doesn't have to be between a husband and wife. What about a man and man? A woman and woman?
And thank goodness for contraceptives. It prevents more scumbags like you from being vomited into culture and society. You are bringing bullshit into a discussion about Ravel that doesn't belong in it. You're a tedious, pompous, stupid bore of a prude.
@Aquaria How do I hate woman? Your not making any sense. Homophobic insinuites being "Scared" of them, but I'm not scared of them, nor do I hate them. I could care less what they do. I have many lesbian friends, and many gay friends (For as homophobic and woman hating as I am), you pretend to know me and what I believe but you know nothing. You called me a bigot when you obviously HATE catholics to their core, how is that not bigotry? You are a very sad hypocrite, and, I will pray for you.
@Aquaria Further more your saying I'm bringing thing's into a song that "don't belong", for one I didn't start randomly posting "I'm a mormon". I didn't even say I believe in God. I said that it's sad that sex has to be randomly pulled into this song.
But this doesn't actually adress what I said. The same could be said of many human activities. What you are referring to only involves general human depravity- it doesn't attack any inherent issues with sex or pleasure.
For instance, Religion is often used as a justification for war, murder, and atrocity. Does this make religion itself bad?
@azazeal905 Sex itself isn't bad, I even said that. I said it's abuse is bad. So the question you pose is therefore invalid. You can even check back in the comments.
The only religion in modern days that uses itself as justification for war is Islam, which is bad. I'm Catholic, and, at least for a LONG time, war must first be justified for religion, not the other way around.
My question is not invalid. Your original problem was that somebody compared this song's beauty to sex. You, then focus on supposed "abuse". It's absolute nonsense, you are viewing the world through a rather biased and prudish window.
@azazeal905 Wow... You're slow. Your question IS invalid, let me brake this down for you. You said: "Why is sex necessarily sinful?", THAT WAS INVALID IN THE FIRST PLACE because I said it "Can be beautiful". It would be a lie to say ANYTHING is absolutely beautiful. I pointed out it's major flaw, which is disgusting abuse. The order in which we meet people has changed. it used to be:
Oh, and fun fact, there have been more terrorist attacks on U.S. soil from Christian extremist groups than Muslim ones in the last ten years. There are also no actual wars being declared/justified by Islam right now, whereas I don't know how many times I have heard people I know of various faiths (Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, and Jewish to be specific) use their religious beliefs in an attempt to justify the wars the United States has, and is currently participating in.
@azazeal905 1. Those statistics are TOTALLY arbitrary, I agree, there are TONS of whack jobs who call them selves Christains, and are our total enemy's, but there are just under 1 billion muslims who would love nothing more than this country dead (Thats 1/6th of worldy population). And, any Catholic who uses their faith to justify war is not Catholic, Look up the Just War Doctrine. In order for a war to be "okay" in the Catholic world, it has to pass 4 rules, one of which ensures humanity.
1.the damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting, grave, and certain;
2.all other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective;
3.there must be serious prospects of success;
4.the use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated. The power of modern means of destruction weighs very heavily in evaluating this condition.
@ifutureman It's sad that they had to take a beautiful thing and, in my harsh opinion, rape it. Society does that. We get something good or beautiful finally and we just run with it. Beautiful things are becoming more scarce. Far more scarce. I think Maurice Ravel was the last of any composer that wrote anything of any notability. Ravel's music is beautiful, it captures a spirit that no other artist I know possibly has. It captures France and all it's glory in one song. Impossibly beautiful.
@FISHFACEmatt I've thought about it, I do own the DVD. But the audio quality is pretty good as is on here, maybe those who want better should consider making a purchase.
@thegoodgeneral Your first sentence is a comma splice. A semicolon would more properly structure your thought. Nevertheless, I have read your video info and greatly admire the fluency of your writing.
Orthough the orchestra members of this are, well, very expressive. At 3:12 she looks like she's going to cry..... very strange faces.... Would be much more entertaining without that....
@tyu3456 "orthough" you don't have to get so defensive... A lot of "dorky" musicians do it. I had one member in my orchestra just go crazy (Looked like he was doing something inapropriate with his cello...), it's just how they are. I suppose at least if they are going to be so arrogant they have at least earned it. I love this piece.
Love this song, it's lively and has some very beautiful melodies! It reminds me of traveling through Italy and France for some reason, I must of heard this song while I was there and subconsciously think of it now.
@DZAUDZI69 Assez is "rather," compared to "assai" which is "very." "Vif" means lively, whereas "allegro" specifically dictates a speed. Had Ravel meant "allegro assai," he would've written "allegro assai" at the top.
@MrAkihiros Without good technology, all recordings of any music will always, no doubt, sound awful. Have some respect for sound engineers, fuckface; they're hugely responsible for 99% of the music you enjoy listening to.
@thegoodgeneral No need to be offensive. I'm all for technology, in fact I was on your side against the other poster. I really do appreciate your efforts for this post so relax and peace, ok?
@DZAUDZI69 I've listened to the recording to reference. The speed isn't that much different; in fact, the difference lies in The Hagen Quartet having more dynamics in their interpretation, slowing down and speeding up, whereas the Ysaÿe Quartet (the performers of the recording you prefer) play it fairly static. Overall, I found their interpretation to be riddled with problems, the most noticeable of which is tuning issues. (Continued in following comment....)
@DZAUDZI69 To close, no one's going to stop you from having a preference. But please don't say that those who like Hagen's performance "doesn't" know Ravel's music, especially when you refer to your preference as performed by "The Royal Tenenbaums," a movie title, whose soundtrack, by the way, excludes the 3 other movements of this piece. If that's not being in the dark, I don't know what is.
@Symmetryful come to think of it the theme does sound rather folksy. But i don't think that's a bad thing though. Stravinsky, for example, is very folksy.
Wht beautiful skill and the video has so much clarity that it's better than being in the back of the hall. Do you notice one of the men broke his string.
I fell in love with this song I play in orchestra so I am musically satisfied and I couldn't stop dancing to it. I can't escape from the beauty of it. Sounds like a fantastic dream
@ihosvany I don't think so. You see microphones hanging from the ceiling; no cables from their instruments. But I guess it's possible that they have wireless microphones inside their instruments.
@terminatormunky Professional cameras don't have microphones on them. Ihosnavy was asking if they had microphones placed in them instead of ambient microphones, which you can see hanging off the ceiling. "otherwise you wouldn't hear the same sound quality at each camera angle." Why would anyone ever assume this?
@thegoodgeneral No, no I never said there were mics on the cameras. I said that the instruments are mic'd, otherwise the audio of the video wouldn't be the same in every area. I assumed it because it's true XD. And yes, they are hanging ambient mics.
@thegoodgeneral Ahh, well the person you were talking to assumed that there were no mics, I was more responding to them. Carry on! No harm meant. You do argue a bit with your viewers don't you XD.
@terminatormunky They asked if the instruments were mic'ed from the inside rather than using ambient microphones. I don't see how anyone hearing this music could assume no microphones were involved, lest they believe in magic.
@thegoodgeneral Ahh guess I misunderstood their comment. And yes, that's what made me laugh, it would be impossible. But so you know, the Hagen Quartet sounds this good without mics! I heard them in Austria.
This is music as it should be presented, beautiful photography, crisp and clear sound I could watch and listen to this for years and never tire of this group.I year to hear more of their love for playing. A perfect ten would not be enough, perfection is when musicians go
beyond their ego and play like Gods. Thank you all.
This is music as it should be presented, beautiful photography, crisp and clear sound I could watch and listen to this for years and never tire of this group.I year to hear more of their love for playing. A perfect ten would not be enough, perfection is when musicians go
@papapaprice: Unlike! Ha! This player emotes more in his pinky finger more than MW has in his entire career... and he's still dreamy hot... That's so cool...
this is one of the most beautiful renditions of this piece that i have ever heard. this is one of my favorite songs!! thank you for the amazing performance :)
Ravel only wrote 1 string qurtet, but, like most of his works, it rivals the very best of earlier masters of the form. This is definitely my favorite string quartet.
Hahaha! I love watching string players perform! They just get so into the music that they're practically falling out of their seats. Great performance and great recording too!
I love how much vibrato the 1st Violinist and violist used when they play the melody.....I love this song. The contrast between pizzicatto and the arco is amazing....
I love the music but the quality of the picture is phenomenal!!! (I was on a delayed train this morning getting frustrated when I heard a woman's cell phone ring with the pizzicato melody, the thought of the music carried me away and I immediately looked up youtube to see if there was a recording, I was not disappointed)
I had to hold back tears the entire time. This music is so powerful and has touched me deeply. There's nothing cooler than some big barbarian dude in the crowd giving the performers the "metal horns" hand sign after each movement.
I get tears every time I hear this song. I went to see the Julliard Quartet perform the entire Debussy/Ravel quartets this summer at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. We had front row seats. Here I am this big, hairy, long haired guy in a Slayer t-shirt and camo pants just sitting there surrounded by a room full of elderly folks.
all of the comments are about either sex or terrorism, what the hell :P
gennyluv23 6 days ago
I wonder the 4 "don't like" what do they have instead of ears....
composer2510 2 weeks ago
All I can say is what an incredible piece of music ! Why you are all arguing about sex etc god only knows, pin back your ears and listen !
sueykins 2 weeks ago
@thegoodgeneral thanks so much for uploading this. Its my favorite recording. And by the way I'm a high schooler and I want to be a film maker when I'm older. I'm writing a script and I'm wondering if I can include a variation on your Daphnis et Chloe/porno shit comment? Its fucking brilliant!
tatertots725 3 weeks ago
@tatertots725 Go for it as long as you credit me in the beginning, half-way through, 3/4ths of the way through, 7/9ths of the way through, at the end, in an after-credits epilogue, and send 100% of the proceedings my way.
thegoodgeneral 2 weeks ago
@thegoodgeneral will do kiddo
tatertots725 1 week ago
This is my very favorite performance of this piece.
LittleCatBead 3 weeks ago 2
@LittleCatBead yeah I wish I could've seen this live.
Froebs 3 weeks ago in playlist Favorite videos
Stop with the bickering children let me enjoy my music!!!!!!
5botball 1 month ago 3
I must say, I usually think the up-loaders of classical music are snobs, but you are FUCKING HILARIOUS! :D
MaestroMcQ 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Maurice Ravel
THIS SONG IS SEX FOR MY EARS. And that aint no sin.
MrNbkelly 1 month ago
@MrNbkelly Perhaps not, but using your grammar should be. "And that is not a sin".
Bingo1059 1 month ago
It's all part of the continuing decay of the average human attention span, I think. Centuries ago folks were more than happy to sit and listen to entire symphonies and oratorios, or read enormous books. Now, people can't even pay attention past the first few bars of Beethoven's Fifth, and they still fancy themselves classical music fans. TV commercials have certainly contributed to this sad trend. But I can stomach the ones that leave the original composition alone, at least. But not this.
ifutureman 1 month ago
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Why must everyone compare this song to sex? Taking something beautiful and comparing it to something that can be sinful. And in many contexts is. I know very little of Ravel himself, but I'm not certain that was his intention. I could be wrong.
Bingo1059 2 months ago
@Bingo1059 Ravel was not noted to be a sexual man. In fact his romantic affiliations were not only not recorded, they were not witnessed. But more than sex he was not religious and cared nothing for what others called "sins."
Sex is beautiful, passionate; sometimes primal, sometimes calm. No wonder the comparison to music.
thegoodgeneral 2 months ago 18
@thegoodgeneral The only reason one should commit the act is to conceive children, after marriage. Than it can be a beautiful thing. I said sometimes sinful, however sadly it is abused far too much in modern society. They kill their children and use contraception. It's not just "For the fun of it', it should have a much deeper meaning. Even you must admit it's abused, to some degree at least, just like almost any good thing. I knew Ravel wasn't religious, it's always something that saddened me.
Bingo1059 1 month ago
@Bingo1059 You're a disgusting slimeball. You are being an unrealistic, hateful shit stain who can't enjoy life. Take your moronic scumbag religion and shove it. We don't need your woman-hating genital-based morality. It's done more to destroy society than any other stupid delusion.
Fuck off.
Aquaria 1 month ago
@Aquaria Really? You open with calling me a "slimeball' when in your next breath you call me a "hateful shit", that's not at ALL being a hypocrite. How am I hateful? How do I hate woman? And like fu*king like rabits is EXCELLENT for society. So are drugs, murder, rape, and any other vice. Your being vague, pulling harsh conclusions out of thin air, even flat out lies, all to support your rationality. Isn't that sad?
Bingo1059 1 month ago
@thegoodgeneral Knowing Ravel's temperment it's safe to say he wouldn't exactly frown upon the comparison, but rather he was so dedicated to his music he felt he had no time to love anything else. And it shows.
manwalrus 3 weeks ago
@Bingo1059 Oh by the way check out "Daphnis et Chloe," which is the story of two pornstars with enormous genitalia that fucked all the Goddamned time before Chloe got stole'd from pirates who raped her and then giant-dicked Daphnis came on their faces and saved Chloe the end
thegoodgeneral 2 months ago 10
@thegoodgeneral I'm not quite certain why you are telling me about your porn collection? This is exactly what I mean about the abuse of sex. It gets dragged into everything. I thought you had some class, instead you tell me, a complete stranger, about your porn collection. Everyone always makes everything about sex, when it should be a private and humble moment between husband and wife.
Bingo1059 1 month ago
@Bingo1059 If you had some class you would've known that "Daphnis et Chloe" is a ballet scored by Ravel about two young lovers.
thegoodgeneral 1 month ago in playlist Hagen Quartet - Maurice Ravel - String Quartet in F 22
@thegoodgeneral Don't flatter yourself, I was being sarcastic.
Bingo1059 1 month ago
@Bingo1059 Just stop it man. Enjoy the music. thegoodgeneral destroyed you, the war we are currently fighting is bullshit and an atrocity, and you're too preachy.
To each his own.
tatertots725 3 weeks ago
@tatertots725
1. I only reply to comments because their nothing short of funny.
2. I hardly see how the goodgeneral "Destroyed" me. Hes debate was probably the weakest.
Bingo1059 2 weeks ago
@thegoodgeneral You are sick!
smoshmy1 6 days ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Maurice Ravel
@Bingo1059
Why is sex necessarily sinful? Why is sex not necessarily beautiful? You're begging the question, dear friend. I think sex would be an adequate metaphor, as both are considered among the height of human pleasure.
azazeal905 1 month ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Maurice Ravel
@azazeal905 I said sometimes sinful. As said in another reply, it's abused far too often. It should be a moment between a husband and wife to conceive children. Instead they kill the children and use contraceptives. Even you must admit it is abused,There are children who are kidnapped and locked to basements for sex in exchange for meth, of course this is a very extreme case, it's fact that it's abused in the most disgusting of ways and without any moral line there are no boundaries for abuse.
Bingo1059 1 month ago
@Bingo1059 Oh shut up you uptight stupid prude and woman-hating, homophobic religitard piece of shit. Sex doesn't have to be between a husband and wife. What about a man and man? A woman and woman?
And thank goodness for contraceptives. It prevents more scumbags like you from being vomited into culture and society. You are bringing bullshit into a discussion about Ravel that doesn't belong in it. You're a tedious, pompous, stupid bore of a prude.
Sit the fuck down and shut the fuck up, bigot.
Aquaria 1 month ago
@Aquaria How do I hate woman? Your not making any sense. Homophobic insinuites being "Scared" of them, but I'm not scared of them, nor do I hate them. I could care less what they do. I have many lesbian friends, and many gay friends (For as homophobic and woman hating as I am), you pretend to know me and what I believe but you know nothing. You called me a bigot when you obviously HATE catholics to their core, how is that not bigotry? You are a very sad hypocrite, and, I will pray for you.
Bingo1059 1 month ago
@Aquaria Further more your saying I'm bringing thing's into a song that "don't belong", for one I didn't start randomly posting "I'm a mormon". I didn't even say I believe in God. I said that it's sad that sex has to be randomly pulled into this song.
Bingo1059 1 month ago
@Bingo1059
But this doesn't actually adress what I said. The same could be said of many human activities. What you are referring to only involves general human depravity- it doesn't attack any inherent issues with sex or pleasure.
For instance, Religion is often used as a justification for war, murder, and atrocity. Does this make religion itself bad?
azazeal905 1 month ago
@azazeal905 Sex itself isn't bad, I even said that. I said it's abuse is bad. So the question you pose is therefore invalid. You can even check back in the comments.
The only religion in modern days that uses itself as justification for war is Islam, which is bad. I'm Catholic, and, at least for a LONG time, war must first be justified for religion, not the other way around.
Bingo1059 1 month ago
@Bingo1059
My question is not invalid. Your original problem was that somebody compared this song's beauty to sex. You, then focus on supposed "abuse". It's absolute nonsense, you are viewing the world through a rather biased and prudish window.
azazeal905 1 month ago
@azazeal905 Wow... You're slow. Your question IS invalid, let me brake this down for you. You said: "Why is sex necessarily sinful?", THAT WAS INVALID IN THE FIRST PLACE because I said it "Can be beautiful". It would be a lie to say ANYTHING is absolutely beautiful. I pointed out it's major flaw, which is disgusting abuse. The order in which we meet people has changed. it used to be:
1. Meet. 2. Marriage. 3. Sex
Now its
1. Sex. 2. Possibly date. 3. Marriage.
Thats simply wrong.
Bingo1059 3 weeks ago
@Bingo1059 you sound like a complete whackjob
partikc 3 weeks ago
Oh, and fun fact, there have been more terrorist attacks on U.S. soil from Christian extremist groups than Muslim ones in the last ten years. There are also no actual wars being declared/justified by Islam right now, whereas I don't know how many times I have heard people I know of various faiths (Catholic, Protestant, Hindu, and Jewish to be specific) use their religious beliefs in an attempt to justify the wars the United States has, and is currently participating in.
azazeal905 1 month ago
@azazeal905 1. Those statistics are TOTALLY arbitrary, I agree, there are TONS of whack jobs who call them selves Christains, and are our total enemy's, but there are just under 1 billion muslims who would love nothing more than this country dead (Thats 1/6th of worldy population). And, any Catholic who uses their faith to justify war is not Catholic, Look up the Just War Doctrine. In order for a war to be "okay" in the Catholic world, it has to pass 4 rules, one of which ensures humanity.
Bingo1059 3 weeks ago
@azazeal905 This is the Just War doctrine:
1.the damage inflicted by the aggressor on the nation or community of nations must be lasting, grave, and certain;
2.all other means of putting an end to it must have been shown to be impractical or ineffective;
3.there must be serious prospects of success;
4.the use of arms must not produce evils and disorders graver than the evil to be eliminated. The power of modern means of destruction weighs very heavily in evaluating this condition.
Bingo1059 3 weeks ago
my favorite part is 3:45!!
Sophiers9 2 months ago
thanks for good information!
Persillebalzm 2 months ago
The Cellist's hair made made more noise than he did!
DevinJMorrison 2 months ago
I can't not move when those strings come in at the beginning ORGASM
suppage99 2 months ago
I really hope for them that the 2 "dislikes" are def
composer2510 2 months ago
@composer2510 Aww, I wouldn't wish deafness on anyone....
thegoodgeneral 2 months ago 8
Who needs sex when you can just listen to Ravel?
ScottAlterMusic 3 months ago
SKIP TO 0:13 !!!
lovingboarding 3 months ago in playlist Maruice Ravel
I kinda wanna play this quartet now...
musicmann008 3 months ago
violist had an orgasm at 1:24
jfs50 4 months ago
@jfs50 So do I. Every single time.
thegoodgeneral 4 months ago 8
its the proof of playing full of passion!
morfoo 4 months ago
I really love this movement!
My favorite! [ :
AcoustikWonderz21 4 months ago
Such a wonderful and illuminating music.
lukaracic 4 months ago
Anyone besides me think that Ancestry.com sucks for desecrating this masterpiece?
ifutureman 4 months ago 5
@ifutureman It's sad that they had to take a beautiful thing and, in my harsh opinion, rape it. Society does that. We get something good or beautiful finally and we just run with it. Beautiful things are becoming more scarce. Far more scarce. I think Maurice Ravel was the last of any composer that wrote anything of any notability. Ravel's music is beautiful, it captures a spirit that no other artist I know possibly has. It captures France and all it's glory in one song. Impossibly beautiful.
Bingo1059 2 months ago
Thanks to Wes Anderson for including this in "The Royal Tenenbaums"!
SirTenenbaum 4 months ago
I have a cd of this but its slightly a little more faster
hmcyo 4 months ago
Its a shame he only wrote one, but its also convenient to just be able to say "the ravel string quartet"
chutdiggadigga 4 months ago 3
Any chance of this being uploaded in HQ? :)
FISHFACEmatt 4 months ago
@FISHFACEmatt I've thought about it, I do own the DVD. But the audio quality is pretty good as is on here, maybe those who want better should consider making a purchase.
thegoodgeneral 4 months ago 4
@thegoodgeneral Cool! I may well just do that! :P
FISHFACEmatt 4 months ago
@thegoodgeneral Your first sentence is a comma splice. A semicolon would more properly structure your thought. Nevertheless, I have read your video info and greatly admire the fluency of your writing.
SuperDoctorFaustus 4 months ago 3
love love love... such a pretty piece :)
MrYummyyumi 4 months ago
This is absolutely glorious.
sonic777111 5 months ago
Orthough the orchestra members of this are, well, very expressive. At 3:12 she looks like she's going to cry..... very strange faces.... Would be much more entertaining without that....
Bingo1059 5 months ago
@Bingo1059 maybe, 'orthough' it's not that big a deal in my opinion
tyu3456 5 months ago
@tyu3456 "orthough" you don't have to get so defensive... A lot of "dorky" musicians do it. I had one member in my orchestra just go crazy (Looked like he was doing something inapropriate with his cello...), it's just how they are. I suppose at least if they are going to be so arrogant they have at least earned it. I love this piece.
Bingo1059 5 months ago
Love this song, it's lively and has some very beautiful melodies! It reminds me of traveling through Italy and France for some reason, I must of heard this song while I was there and subconsciously think of it now.
Bingo1059 5 months ago
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HungryLama 6 months ago
i can't see any microphones. Thee must be a pair of TLM-50's above the stage, out of shot.
studentjohn36 6 months ago
Why wasn't this on the boogie nights soundtrack, w Mark Walberg pluckin' dem strings?
EarlyLAPunk 6 months ago
Haha. I was just thinking about how this could go in a movie and boom, it's another one from the Royal Tenebaums.
Three pieces of music from that movie I've listen to independently without seeing it:
This, that Eric Satie piece and Needle in the Hay by Elliott Smith. I resonate with the musical taste of the people in that movie.
hellomate639 7 months ago
TRÈS TRÈS VIF!!!!!! C'est très lent!!!! Quickly plz!!!!!
DZAUDZI69 8 months ago
@DZAUDZI69 It's "assez vif," not "tres vif."
thegoodgeneral 8 months ago
@thegoodgeneral Assez vif is ''Allegro assai'' (quickly enough). Très vif is ''Allegro molto'' (very quickly).
DZAUDZI69 8 months ago
@DZAUDZI69 Assez is "rather," compared to "assai" which is "very." "Vif" means lively, whereas "allegro" specifically dictates a speed. Had Ravel meant "allegro assai," he would've written "allegro assai" at the top.
thegoodgeneral 8 months ago
@thegoodgeneral Anyway, the music is very slow. :< The Royal Tenenbaums play it better.
DZAUDZI69 8 months ago
all this testy exchange about hidden mikes insinuates that without technology Ravel would sound awful. Grow up.
MrAkihiros 8 months ago
@MrAkihiros Without good technology, all recordings of any music will always, no doubt, sound awful. Have some respect for sound engineers, fuckface; they're hugely responsible for 99% of the music you enjoy listening to.
thegoodgeneral 8 months ago
@thegoodgeneral No need to be offensive. I'm all for technology, in fact I was on your side against the other poster. I really do appreciate your efforts for this post so relax and peace, ok?
MrAkihiros 8 months ago
@thegoodgeneral Anyway, this isn't the spirit of Ravel.
DZAUDZI69 7 months ago
@DZAUDZI69 At least 335 people disagree with you.
thegoodgeneral 7 months ago
@thegoodgeneral 335 doesn't know Ravel.
DZAUDZI69 7 months ago
@DZAUDZI69 I've listened to the recording to reference. The speed isn't that much different; in fact, the difference lies in The Hagen Quartet having more dynamics in their interpretation, slowing down and speeding up, whereas the Ysaÿe Quartet (the performers of the recording you prefer) play it fairly static. Overall, I found their interpretation to be riddled with problems, the most noticeable of which is tuning issues. (Continued in following comment....)
thegoodgeneral 7 months ago
@DZAUDZI69 To close, no one's going to stop you from having a preference. But please don't say that those who like Hagen's performance "doesn't" know Ravel's music, especially when you refer to your preference as performed by "The Royal Tenenbaums," a movie title, whose soundtrack, by the way, excludes the 3 other movements of this piece. If that's not being in the dark, I don't know what is.
thegoodgeneral 7 months ago 2
@DZAUDZI69 I wouldn't say that. I think it sounds just like him.
ksol1460tv 6 months ago
Does anyone else think this sounds very folky at times?
Symmetryful 8 months ago
@Symmetryful Yeah, for sure! Or something like that, anyway. Ravel boggles my mind...
mmoynan 8 months ago
@Symmetryful come to think of it the theme does sound rather folksy. But i don't think that's a bad thing though. Stravinsky, for example, is very folksy.
MrAkihiros 8 months ago
Wow! I've searched for this remarkable song for years! Amazing!
Yarmox 8 months ago
Wht beautiful skill and the video has so much clarity that it's better than being in the back of the hall. Do you notice one of the men broke his string.
Grendelmonster8u 8 months ago
@Grendelmonster8u The e-string is thin enough to sometimes appear missing, but nowhere in this video does a string break.
thegoodgeneral 8 months ago
@thegoodgeneral From 06:06 to 06:12 there is a string hanging...not that it matters happens often from vigorous playing.
Grendelmonster8u 8 months ago
@Grendelmonster8u Oh, you mean a hair. Horsehair from the bow.
thegoodgeneral 8 months ago
This reminds me of Ratatouille...
zombieporn99 9 months ago in playlist classical
I fell in love with this song I play in orchestra so I am musically satisfied and I couldn't stop dancing to it. I can't escape from the beauty of it. Sounds like a fantastic dream
broadwayloverny10 9 months ago
fantastic recording!
lilyshang 9 months ago
Found out about this composer via this song on the royal royal tenenbaums soundtrack.
grinick 10 months ago
this is absolutely amazing.
loopler 10 months ago
Astoundingly gorgeous!
RobinPratt 11 months ago 2
No dislikes??/ Way to goo!!!! YEah!:D
LyeraNY 11 months ago
It's amazing how just four intstramentalists can sound like a whole orchestra
banzaileah 11 months ago 2
wonderful interpretation of a wonderful piece of music
Ravel did so much more than the Bolero
harpiyon 1 year ago 10
i think this saved me from my ED
fatqwert200 1 year ago 8
@fatqwert200 Hahahaha.
thegoodgeneral 11 months ago
were their instruments mic'd? they sound very bright
ihosvany 1 year ago
@ihosvany I don't think so. You see microphones hanging from the ceiling; no cables from their instruments. But I guess it's possible that they have wireless microphones inside their instruments.
thegoodgeneral 11 months ago
@thegoodgeneral They have to be mic'd, otherwise you wouldn't hear the same sound quality at each camera angle.
terminatormunky 8 months ago
@terminatormunky Professional cameras don't have microphones on them. Ihosnavy was asking if they had microphones placed in them instead of ambient microphones, which you can see hanging off the ceiling. "otherwise you wouldn't hear the same sound quality at each camera angle." Why would anyone ever assume this?
thegoodgeneral 8 months ago
@thegoodgeneral No, no I never said there were mics on the cameras. I said that the instruments are mic'd, otherwise the audio of the video wouldn't be the same in every area. I assumed it because it's true XD. And yes, they are hanging ambient mics.
terminatormunky 8 months ago
@terminatormunky What does the camera angle have to do with the microphone-placement and mixing?
thegoodgeneral 8 months ago
@thegoodgeneral Ahh, well the person you were talking to assumed that there were no mics, I was more responding to them. Carry on! No harm meant. You do argue a bit with your viewers don't you XD.
terminatormunky 8 months ago
@terminatormunky They asked if the instruments were mic'ed from the inside rather than using ambient microphones. I don't see how anyone hearing this music could assume no microphones were involved, lest they believe in magic.
thegoodgeneral 8 months ago
@thegoodgeneral Ahh guess I misunderstood their comment. And yes, that's what made me laugh, it would be impossible. But so you know, the Hagen Quartet sounds this good without mics! I heard them in Austria.
terminatormunky 8 months ago
@thegoodgeneral I Private Messaged you, btw.
terminatormunky 8 months ago
This is music as it should be presented, beautiful photography, crisp and clear sound I could watch and listen to this for years and never tire of this group.I year to hear more of their love for playing. A perfect ten would not be enough, perfection is when musicians go
beyond their ego and play like Gods. Thank you all.
tuberner 1 year ago
This is music as it should be presented, beautiful photography, crisp and clear sound I could watch and listen to this for years and never tire of this group.I year to hear more of their love for playing. A perfect ten would not be enough, perfection is when musicians go
beyond their ego and play like Gods.
tuberner 1 year ago
One of my all time favorite works, truly inspirational.
By the by...
Not until listening to these guys did I hear Camille Saint-Saëns in the piece.... but can we get a holler at 4:01 for the coda of 'Danse Macabre'?
Tylermilliron 1 year ago
the way mark wahlberg and hillary clinton interact in this is a wonderful thing
calebpaxton 1 year ago
@calebpaxton lollllllllllll
beautyl0vin 1 year ago
Love this music. To play it.. listen to it :)
arturs86 1 year ago
Absolutely amazing. It sounds so contemporary to me, like it was composed yesterday.
Froebs 1 year ago
@Papapaprice- it's okay, it looks like Donnie Wahlberg is playing cello.
Jokes aside, this is amazing, and any chamber musician would do well to study these folks.
amborg612 1 year ago
awesome
makado1980 1 year ago
La Gloria.
diapas3 1 year ago
Great performance!
MichaSchlechtriem 1 year ago
The Hagen Quartet, featuring Mark Wahlberg on first violin.
papapaprice 1 year ago 35
@papapaprice Strangeass comparison.
thegoodgeneral 1 year ago 8
@papapaprice: Unlike! Ha! This player emotes more in his pinky finger more than MW has in his entire career... and he's still dreamy hot... That's so cool...
babyfreshpony 1 year ago
@babyfreshpony Haha. I just think he looks alot like him is all.
papapaprice 1 year ago
@papapaprice I was thinking that too! I wonder if he also has a third nipple? ;)
armdtrmd 1 year ago
@papapaprice I guess you meant Matt Damon.
andrespaucay 11 months ago
@papapaprice You forgot Judd Apatow on 2nd, Hillary Clinton on Viola...anddd the Cellist as himself
crazyequalsfun 5 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Maurice Ravel
@crazyequalsfun Ugh, I used to consider the violist attractive. Thanks a lot.
thegoodgeneral 4 months ago
@papapaprice And Matthew Broderick at cello
reubenco 4 months ago
2:47 I love those harmonies
TheSoundDepo 1 year ago
this is one of the most beautiful renditions of this piece that i have ever heard. this is one of my favorite songs!! thank you for the amazing performance :)
giamariegreene 1 year ago
wow I really love this
Yoshikkko 1 year ago
This became my favourite piece after hearing the Medici String Quartet play it at Kingston University. It is utterly luscious and summer-like!
SteffanLlwyd 1 year ago
WOW
Ginnie303 1 year ago
This is so incredibly amazing! Thank you!
ktm64 1 year ago
the second violinist looks like manuel from fawlty towers :P
this interpretation is sound and results in a WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW effect
unitednerdsbeproud 1 year ago
@l0veartist The right performers make all the difference.
thegoodgeneral 1 year ago 25
This quartet is amazing. :)
lohaws2 1 year ago
這畫質也太好了吧! HQ . 讚!
s931722 1 year ago
@s931722 謝謝!
thegoodgeneral 1 year ago
Ravel only wrote 1 string qurtet, but, like most of his works, it rivals the very best of earlier masters of the form. This is definitely my favorite string quartet.
Nuker1337 1 year ago
best violist i have seen on this piece
iWyke2 1 year ago
@crayhead we're rude like that ;P
Kawannga124 2 years ago
The Cellist keeps giving me the finger...
crayhead 2 years ago 3
This video has the perfect quality! Great upload, thanks!
MondrosenPrime 2 years ago
you really can feel ravel when they play it.. really amazing performers... just brilliant...
singuralka 2 years ago
i know this isn't important but the cellist and the first violin look like they're somehow related.
fartzd 2 years ago
They are. The first violinist, violist, and 'cellist are siblings. It's in the description.
thegoodgeneral 2 years ago
Hahaha! I love watching string players perform! They just get so into the music that they're practically falling out of their seats. Great performance and great recording too!
JoshySmoshy56 2 years ago 3
This movement is so amazing. This may possibly be my favorite piece of music in the entire world.
MightyDragon 2 years ago
I love how much vibrato the 1st Violinist and violist used when they play the melody.....I love this song. The contrast between pizzicatto and the arco is amazing....
lohaws2 2 years ago 3
I love the music, and I agree the clarity of the pictures is just amazing. We can see exactly what the musicians are doing.
studiousgal 2 years ago 2
Windows Movie Maker is easy to use and popular, which explains the definite lower quality of most videos on YouTube, I think/
thegoodgeneral 2 years ago
@thegoodgeneral What program did you use to create the file?
thesafekind 2 years ago
@thesafekind DivX Author 1.5. I'm not an expert on video editing, but this gave the best results (that I could see) visually and aurally.
thegoodgeneral 2 years ago
I love the music but the quality of the picture is phenomenal!!! (I was on a delayed train this morning getting frustrated when I heard a woman's cell phone ring with the pizzicato melody, the thought of the music carried me away and I immediately looked up youtube to see if there was a recording, I was not disappointed)
edovdaniel 2 years ago 3
I've heard the pizzicato melody on numerous ringtones as well.
Glad you were able to find this video!
thegoodgeneral 2 years ago
I had to hold back tears the entire time. This music is so powerful and has touched me deeply. There's nothing cooler than some big barbarian dude in the crowd giving the performers the "metal horns" hand sign after each movement.
MightyDragon 2 years ago
Nothing cooler than that, indeed. Except maybe that not happening at a concert. That might be cooler.
thegoodgeneral 2 years ago
haha you made me laugh so hard
iwishatx11x11 2 years ago 2
Thanks for favoriting!
thegoodgeneral 2 years ago
I get tears every time I hear this song. I went to see the Julliard Quartet perform the entire Debussy/Ravel quartets this summer at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia. We had front row seats. Here I am this big, hairy, long haired guy in a Slayer t-shirt and camo pants just sitting there surrounded by a room full of elderly folks.
MightyDragon 2 years ago
Studying 120 right now. Thanks!
phadde 2 years ago 3