Emerson String Quartet: Mendelssohn---The Octet (PART 1)

[theyshallhavemusic]

Only Emerson. Beasts..

[hispaniconumen]

estos tios son unos capullos bacilando de instrumentos...venga ya al carajo...por muy rapido que lo toqueis no gana en interés....15 o 20 versiones muchisimo mas interesantes.....

[hispaniconumen]

completamente infantil, estupido e innecesario, es solo un capricho moderno, es que no hay mas colegas???no hay mas quartetos?? por que la musica se toma como un deporte, que no es un deporta capullos!!!!, fatal..una americanada.....para esto está claro que europa lleva mucha delantera....mendelsson burger.....

[k73f]

whos the name of the maker of the newer instrumnts?

[dominant08]

@k73f

Samuel Zygmuntowicz !

[IOMERDOSOIO]

Over head of violins....why OMNI capsule and not cardioid ?

[kailpot]

@IOMERDOSOIO More natural sound, blends into the stereo image nicer.

[icet827]

shanghai quartet is better

[alsantu1]

Thanks for letting us in the process of recording.

[Pablissimo2001]

Incredible.

[xenogar]

I've actually thought about doing a recording like this where it is just me playing a quartet or something. It's hard finding people that are motivated and talented enough to do a quartet (at least where I am).

[jsbad1]

Very interesting documentary! Of course modern instruments record well, maybe as well as old Italians. But new ones don't satisfy us players the same way, do they? Sam can't make a 300 year old instrument. Nor can anyone else. But modern instruments are affordable and quite wonderful for those of us who aren't lucky enough to play a Strad or Guad. Thanks for posting this!

[Hikikomori013]

@jsbad1 You made an excellent point with this post. The new instruments are being made just as well as the old instruments. The sound is just as good as any Stradivarius.

But they don't provide the emotional satisfaction of playing on 300 years of history; particularly history with a name attached. If I had the chance to play Shostakovich's broken kazoo I'd do it.

[ssballs]

Fascinating,thank you for posting.

[openmindedtree]

why did you not hire any women to perform (or at least somewhat participate) in this project?

[pigsrulealot]

I'm guessing you have never met the Emerson String Quartet...or any of their wives. I have met both. (and been in masterclasses with both.) Not the case.

[gaystereotype]

@pigsrulealot I was being sarcastic

[pigsrulealot]

@gaystereotype I would hope so.

[hutonx14]

They didn't hire anybody... the Emerson String Quartet doesn't have any women in it, and their producer is a guy, and the studio they were working at didn't have any femal employees. Why on earth would they hire a woman to a studio that already has full time employees for just a single recording?

[openmindedtree]

The message to my question that I wanted people, like you, to think about is why there isn't many women in classical music in the first place. Just think about it.

[Shoebappa1]

What in the world are you babbling about??? Have you looked at ANY major quartets other than Emerson in the last 65 years? I can name 6 major international ranked Quartets with at least one woman, several are entirely women. I have also had more women teachers in my 15 years of playing than men, and IMO their better teachers. Please stop flooding interesting videos with the mindless banter I keep seeing and do more research before you throw crazy thoughts out of your head.

[kitkatkelly88]

I'm a woman and a musician and I think you're full of crap.

[GBADCD]

@Shoebappa1 What does this mean? Has any meaning what you wrote?

[jsbad1]

My friend, referring to artistic skills, you're all wet. I offer irrefutable proof: Jessye Norman. Never has her art been surpassed. There are many many other examples.

[lililuv94]

um...maybe because they just happened to play well together and they just happened to be all guys?

what do you think they are? sexist?

[54spiritedwill54]

What a fun project!

[Babejuda]

This is a very interesting experiment and successful. Bravi!

[wykowski]

OMG I'M SEEING THESE GUYS IN CONCERT NEXT MONTH!!!!!!

they're soooo good

[jhonwica]

pero la gente continua a comportarse como lo hacian en el 800?? criticando y disminuendo el arte?? por favor si logramos ver mas haya de nuestra nariz talvez lo comprenderemos...

[Brunildilla]

Más allá de nuestras narices??, por favor!!, no lo entiendo,¿acaso esto es arte?, esto no es ninguna gracia, es querer alterar o envenenar algo que ya es puro de por si.

[JorPove]

Si bien esta experiencia es una maravilla desde el punto de vista de la tecnologia...en el campo de la interpretacion musical es como dar un billete de $4.00 pasandolo por un billete de $8.00. Esto no viola acaso el principio de la composicion y el derecho del autor que escribio su musica pensando que fuese interpretada por 8 musicos y no por 4 aunque se doblen a si mismos en virtud de un truco tecnico..?

[Brunildilla]

Aun no puedo creerlo!., es verdad, es una violación al derecho del autor que lo escribió para ocho instrumentos, suscribo con Ud, por eso sigo insistiendo que lo mejor son las performances en vivo, ahora bien, ellos solamente lo pueden tocar así en un estudio de grabación , jamás lo podrán hacer en vivo!, pienso que fue un projecto demasiado ambicioso y audaz, me extraña y a la vez me apena que siendo ellos, y que de paso me encantan, hayan aceptado hacer algo así de mostruoso...

[coydogroy]

less talk;more playing please.

quite honestly i think the whole idea of their method of recording this is RIDICULOUS.

its a slap in the face to the whole chamber music idea.

enough with the technology being "brilliant" and all that malarchy.

put up or shut up!

from the few snippets of actuall playing i heard they can really play;i have to admit.

John Cage is dead...thank GOD...lets not be too experimental...

[parallax7d]

your a real internet warrior!  chill out man

[lililuv94]

First, it's a documentary... not a CD recording

that's why they have talking!!

if you want to hear them only play, buy the recording.

Also, it's a great project. It's not about technology or being brilliant but they are using the best technician to double their playing. It is still the Emerson playing, using their musical ideas, not some computer.

Third, why not be experimental? Music is about taking chances. If composers never took chances, we would still be playing baroque music.

[funnyviolist]

I prefer Guarneri and Orion

[Dontbustthecrust]

the best cd money can buy.

[amapparat]

It's not complicated to understand what's happening here ore new. Are they engineers or musicians ? More and more small labels with little known artists will be interesting. Glasunov said that amateurs are better musicians provided that they are able to play reasonably :)

[Farnik01]

Ummm... have you heard them play? They do not rely on Engineering... they just use it to enhance their performance.

[ricecreamdude]

Watching at "2:00" is weird.... watching all the bows bounce in sync? That's pretty pro.

[pelahustan31416]

Oye Mozartjpn no t metas donde no te lla

man

[mozartjpn137]

What a fun project!

[schizer]

why do they have to be so damn good???

[tarantellaonline]

Gift, training, hardwork and the willingness to play out the best they can everytime they practice and perform.