Guarneri String Quartet Beethoven (vaimusic.com)

[egadkaffkaff]

Very nice men, too. I had the privilege of attending an open rehearsal they held in the common room of my dorm at Harpur during the 1967-68 school year. Serious music, but very engaging with the students. At one point, while speaking to the students, David Soyer casually put his cello on his knee and strummed it. They stayed around after the rehearsal to chat. I played knock-hockey with Michael Tree (not sure he had played before). I was very conscious of not hitting his hand!

[paulstrad1973]

Amazing, real passion in that performance. Having done quite a bit of quartet playing and watching this always amazes me the psychic qualities you have to be able to put things like this together and just know what each other is doing.

[Deenis17]

no 11 may be my all-time favorite quartet piece, but I gotta agree; this preformance doesnt realy bring the music out proper... at least not to me, (a bit too fast maybe?)

- cool video though anyway

[vinciano]

@Deenis17 Best performance come Amadeus and Italian Quartet. Anyway, i'm agree with you. The opus 95 is the real opus maximus of LvB, along with op. 109 and op. 133

[keizerjoo]

This quartet doesn't understand Beethoven at all. It is a very bad performance.

[poxolo30]

@keizerjoo Your appreciation is very poor. What reasons do you have to say that? I hope they aren´t shallow...

[tlcooper93]

@keizerjoo How wrong you are my friend...



[tiago3m]

Brilliant. See my first original string quartet, i apreciate your comments. /watch?v=D0cXbb-DRd4

[karlwinkler66]

I had several opportunities to hear the GSQ live in the '80s and '90s and it was always a breathtaking experience. They always brought a huge vitality to the music, with their own unique style, to be sure. And they each had an individual sound that was clear when it needed to be, and blended when needed. Budapest, GSQ, Tokyo and Shanghai are at the very top of quartet playing, ever, in my book.

[icet827]

@karlwinkler66 i agree about shanghai

[periola]

this quartet so doesn't understand this piece. I don't care who they are.

[daniele2guitar]

my name is daniel guarneri -_- :D

[G0NZAL0666]

solo un poco acelerados pero bien en general ._.

[marcoio77]

L’amore non è pretendere, ma dare; è dimenticarsi, ma non dimenticare, è vivere fuori di sé, pur rimanendo in sé;

è riservarsi le spine e offrire le rose. L’amore chiede tutto ed ha il diritto di farlo. (Beethoven)

[Wyobiker1]

My teacher was taughtm by both violinists of this quartet!

[aquairiq]

magnifique!

[ktb29]

Had the opportunity to hear them (Guarneri and Friends) last Sunday, it was unbelievable. The music was breathtaking....truly incredible.

[BongoFury33]

Always a pleasure to chuckle at idiots comments who think they know anything about the music at hand.

[devaraja42]

RIP cellist David Soyer...

[OperngasseWien]

Large, beautiful "sounds" but very unrefined.  They keep smashing the chords, the sound doesn't blend. Aggressive direction and it's clear that they think of it mainly from an instrumentalist point of view.

[davidgee100]

@OperngasseWien Specifically this was not a quartet that "smashed" chords. The quartet, at its best, had no weakness, played with long lines, beautiful sound, and insight. The sound here does not represent this quartet. Yes, the highest quality did arrive to America. Mit freundliche Grussen.

[marcoio77]

@OperngasseWien you' re right on the side of truth...there aren' t many stops unsaid they forgotten

[HBOfosho]

Okay, go take some music theory courses and study this piece, then come back and try telling me it isn't great. The second movement is especially genius.

[carpedieming01]

wow!!! this music is so complex! beethoven was truely a music mastermind

[Mozafunkula]

there isnt anything genuis about it...its a random bunch of notes played at an abhorently fast tempo...It can qualify as comical.

[carpedieming01]

ya...ok...u just put a ''bunch of random notes together'' and see how popular you get hahhaha i laugh at the underestimated mind

[Mozafunkula]

the thing is that this piece doesnt even sound good! Not one of Beethoven's best compared to Egmont or Fidelio!

[vaticanlokey]

I'm opening in "Opus", based on the Guarneri Quartet at Southern Repertory Theatre in New Orleans on Sept. 19th. This is pure gold for us! And soon to be retiring. At least we have their recordings to keep the magic alive.

[NaomiGigi]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!

[violinhunter2]

We have lots of great quartets to choose from - Emerson, Cleveland, Juilliard, Guarneri, just to name four. This is a magnificent performance - full of vitality.

[violencelover89]

Don't forget budapest

[mlbsuperstar598]

hes 1 of my relatives or ancestors or w.e

[jkujawski16]

Check out Steinhardt's unibrow...mad rugged.

[Sviolinist]

pimpin it baybe

[shintee]

ya! he is so hot for such an old dude.

man, if only the guys in my uni are half as hot as him!

[wardka]

I have a their 1988 CD version of this and I'm afraid I like it better. I love their dynamics here, but is this version a bit rushed? The notes seem blurred together sometimes. It could just be the YouTube audio quality.

I'd like to hear the Grosse Fugue if they've recorded it.

[AmateurViolinist]

The opening to the Serioso reminds me of the beginning of the fourth movement of Eroica.

[jackrussle1]

im violin player and i love this

[violin12395]

It's so cool to hear them. I'm reading Arnold Steinhardt's book "Indivisible by Four". It's SOOOOOOOOOOOOOO good.

[JHX1214]

Arnold steinhart is the most sexy violinplayer ever! He looks like a moviestar. And play wonderful as well..

I dont like this recording so much, to less Beethoven and to much power and forte.

[violin12395]

umm....He's like 70

[sstutter]

WOW. Thanks so much for posting. I've been looking for this. Wonderful playing. However, my favorite recording of this piece is still by the Emerson String Quartet.

[schilippe]

yeah. i saw them in carnegie hall, they played the razumovsky quartet by beethoven, they were really really good

[Vivaldifan]

You should listen to the Cleveland Quartet recording, it's also very good, I think. :)