Emerson String Quartet: Mendelssohn—The Octet (PART 1)
February 102010
(PART 1) A documentary on the Emerson String Quartet as they record the Octet in E-flat Major, op. 20 of Felix Mendelssohn—a feat both musically and technologically innovative in modern chamber music.
The album, MENDELSSOHN: THE COMPLETE STRING QUARTETS went on to win 2 Grammy Awards, including Best Chamber Music Performance and Best Engineered Album for producer Da-Hong Seetoo (featured).
The Emerson String Quartet:
Eugene Drucker
Philip Setzer, violins
Lawrence Dutton, viola
David Finckel, cello
http://www.emersonquartet.com/
The recording is courtesy of Deutsche Grammophon, GmbH:
http://www.deutschegrammophon.com/
Video produced by Peachtoad Productions:
www.peachtoad.com
Duration : 0:7:0
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February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
um…maybe because …
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?
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Thanks for letting …
Thanks for letting us in the process of recording.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Incredible.
Incredible.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
I’m a woman and a …
I’m a woman and a musician and I think you’re full of crap.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
I’ve actually …
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).
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
My friend, …
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.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Very interesting …
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!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
because, frankly, …
because, frankly, women suck.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Wow, so you can …
Wow, so you can name…what….a handful of women? Great. That totally evens everything out. Not to mention the past suffering that almost every single woman had to go through back in classical music’s origins (Europe between 12th – 19th century). Yea, go ahead and support the supposedly “fact” that things are so much better now. How about you take a women studies class before making claims you cannot support. But hey, believe what you want, I don’t care…that’s your crazy belief, not mine. =)
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
What in the world …
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.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Fascinating,thank …
Fascinating,thank you for posting.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
The message to my …
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.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
They didn’t hire …
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?
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Because the Emerson …
Because the Emerson Quartet keep their wives in chains in the basement.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
why did you not …
why did you not hire any women to perform (or at least somewhat participate) in this project?
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
First, it’s a …
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.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
What a fun project!
What a fun project!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
This is a very …
This is a very interesting experiment and successful. Bravi!
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
OMG I’M SEEING …
OMG I’M SEEING THESE GUYS IN CONCERT NEXT MONTH!!!!!!
they’re soooo good
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Más allá de …
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.
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Aun no puedo …
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…
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
pero la gente …
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…
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
Si bien esta …
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..?
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
your a real …
your a real internet warrior! chill out man
February 10th, 2010 at 8:23 pm
less talk;more …
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…