Brahms: String Sextet op18 II. Andante ma moderato

[TheTrincaable]

if only this was sent on voyager :(

[gsgall]

I have been looking for this piece for years, and ran into it today while watching STNG. From there it was easy to find the name of the piece. Then had to listen to quite a few renditions before arriving here. Thank you thank you thank you--this is perfection.

[noodawXparis713]

alright, who's the hater who pressed the dislike?!

[luscus2010]

Chill out Bgg -

I'm sorry but I had to look up "bull-headed" as it doesn't figure in my day to day vocabulary.

Apparently it means obstinate or alternatively stupid.

Sorry but I see no charm in invective of this simplistic nature.

Your taste in music is clearly impeccable.

You might just lighten up a little, work on developing a sense of humour, and take some lessons on good manners.

Meanwhile keep listening to the good music, and try to see some slightly better quality movies if you can.

[ChatonEndormi]

Is this sextet really called "Frühlingssextet ? I have never heard it. Is there any reference about this name ?

[spiritaway5177]

*sob* thank you for one of my favorite chamber pieces... makes me feel down afterwards though :p

[laberintodelasoledad]

 !!this is music!!!

[TeeJayMarsh]

This one is, indeed, the best on you tube yet.

[luscus2010]

Those of a certain age - and a romantic disposition - will forever associate this passionate music with the sensual beauty of Jeanne Moreau in Louis Malle's exquisite film " Les Amants ".

Star Trek - you must be joking - or is the Internet really as devoid of taste as is sometimes suggested?

[volkancidam]

@luscus2010 You don't have to be of a "certain age", but have a good taste of films!

[luscus2010]

@volkancidam

well Les Amants was filmed in 1958, and, sad to say, I saw it first time around ! so a certain age is inevitable for some of us.

However it is a pleasure to know that the film is still being appreciated by some who were not even born when it first appeared.

Come to think of it the music - and the story on which the film was based - are pretty ancient too.

I like to think that age is unimportant - it's quality that really counts - but then I confess I am a little biased!

[volkancidam]

@luscus2010

I was actually looking for the music of Les Amants so that I came across with this page. It must have been thrilling to have seen the film back than! No I'm in my 30s, so I was not around yet. I saw the film very recently and I think it will never age: I was shocked (in a positive sense, of course) that she actually did manage to leave!! so the storyline must be somehow still very recent!!! Nice to know you. Best

[BggProductions]

@luscus2010 No but it's chock full of bull-headed opinions like yours. I've seen many comments from people who discovered this wonderful music through Star Trek (as I did), surely that can only be a good thing.

[davehshs]

I love the way the slower tempo brings out the beauty of this music. So many musicians play this too fast, imo. (Andante IS subjective, just like any tempo indication.)

[JackMcPhee]

If it can make a Vulcan cry, its got to be pretty powerful stuff!

Anyhow fantastic piece, too bad I'm having a hard time finding the mp3.

[manco82]

I also discovered this piece via Star Trek TNG "Sarek".

[spiritaway5177]

Genius!

[syren345]

It's all in one dynamic. I played this and it wasn't written that way.

Kinda bland with no dynamics.

Sorry, but not my favorite. :(

[lewars1912]

@syren345 It wasn't written what way? This way, that way, or the other way?

[Swoost]

amazing

[hvspoedvink]

Why are you drawn by a piece? is it the melody, the power, the strength? or just melancholy?

Just for this piece Brahms deserves a place among the great composerrs; and dear Pau Casals a place among the graetest; why it sings through the soul.

[bobthefireeater]

Elsewhere on this page is a clip from Star Trek TNG of which I am an avid fan. Listening to this rendition of the same piece, its not difficult to see why emotionless Vulcan "Sarek" should be driven to tears!! I'm known by my friends in the UK as a hard headed Yorkshireman, but I have to confess to being thus affected myself! I love the Bottivelli Prima Vera: its use of egg tempera to show biologically accurate wild woodland flowers is famous: where is the almost psycheudelic flowery valley??

[captainkirk4761]

Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet

are playing wobderfully.