Beethoven String Quartet Op. 127

String Quartet in E-flat Major Op. 127 by L.v. Beethoven
I. Maestoso - Allegro
Performed by the Jasper String Quartet
http://www.jasperquartet.com

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• beethoven
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[waverly2468]

No matter how many times I've heard this piece, my hair still stands on end. It's bold, joyful, fearless, and I always feel like I'm going into uncharted territory as soon as it begins. One characteristic of the late quartets seems to be instances of fairly simple sounding themes accompanied by unusually sophisticated harmonies and counterpoint.

[beethomozart]

this 1st mov. avoids the development to emphasize on ornaments,there´s sort of intimate confession, we enter with this quartett into the last series of the mature Beethoven , long live ludwig van

[MrFpam]

@SHINNIANLUX I agree completely! It's not so obvious in this recording, but the viola is at a disadvantage when it is facing away from the audience. This seating seems very popular in America, but unfortunately is increasingly evident in other countries too.

[MrFpam]

@maryaszaur  I agree!

[thesmallestatom]

Good job guys. It's easy to criticize anything, but I felt the mind of Beethoven come through from this performance... and that's what only matters.

[berniewa2008]

@waverly2468 I also 'love' this quartet and admire the special character of Beethoven's late ones in common, but I also like many parts of all the others, think maybe of great op 95 etc. etc. Have all their special fascination - ok, some movements or parts even more than others, and this also every time depending of the listener's mood when listening to them ...

[SHINNIANLUX]

Très bien! Dommage (pour les auditeurs) que l'alto ne soit pas à la bonne place.

Very good! Just the viola is not at the right place. It's a pity.

[sashaclarkson]

Another masterful performance! Come over to the UK soon please ? :-)

[JCarter3000]

How is it that powerful emotion is expressed in a bunch of air vibrations like this?

[tphillips0909]

@chrish12345 Me too! Each movement is stellar. The second movement is gorgeous and the last two have so much fantastic energy is and richness.

[telephilia]

After listening to all these Late Quartets in one day, it's almost difficult to come back down to earth and once again listen to the music that most people seem to like.

Though the one of the main purposes of music is to entertain and delight, so much of the more popular music just seems (though it does entertain and delight), after this, to be cheap and inauthentic.

[maryaszaur]

I wish the viola's f-holes would face outwards