Hagen Quartet - Maurice Ravel - String Quartet in F - Assez vif, Très rythmé (2/4)

The second movement of 28 year-old Ravel's Quatuor à Cordes. He is said to have been meticulous in his writing, and, finally, a group of musicians have matched his efforts in terms of attention. This is, in my opinion, the best performance and recording of this piece.

The second movement is possibly the most known, as audiences remember the pizzicato opening; its usage in media, such as for the film "The Royal Tenenbaums" (W. Anderson) and as trailer music for films such as "Be Kind Rewind" (M. Gondry) also furthers its memorability. Assez vif introduces two new melodies; a rhythmic melody and a contrasting "sung" melody, which is both graceful and heroic. It is as though these are character motifs.

Hagen Quartet:

First Violin - Lukas Hagen (Austria)
Second Violin - Rainer Schmidt (Germany)
Viola - Veronika Hagen (Austria)
'Cello - Clemens Hagen (Austria)

Concert hall - Mozarteum, Salzburg, Austria. (2000.)

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And/or the DVD, http://www.hbdirect.com/album_detail.php?pid=3003258

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[tatertots725]

@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!

[thegoodgeneral]

@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.

[Bingo1059]

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.

[thegoodgeneral]

@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

[Bingo1059]

@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.

[thegoodgeneral]

@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]

@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.

[fonogafono]

puta el movimiento lindo!! el que mas me llena, de una obra mas llenadora que la conchetumare. Muy buena version aunque en verdad buscaba la del Keller Quartet

[gennyluv23]

all of the comments are about either sex or terrorism, what the hell :P

[smoshmy1]

@thegoodgeneral You are sick!

[tatertots725]

@thegoodgeneral will do kiddo

[composer2510]

I wonder the 4 "don't like" what do they have instead of ears....

[sueykins]

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 !

[Bingo1059]

@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.

[tatertots725]

@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.