Schubert's quintet in C major is one of the very best pieces of chamber music ever written. The question immediately flows: Is a romantic, emotional piece the summit? Or the honor should go to more complex, musically more innovative works? I am thinking of the late quartets by Beethoven, including the Grosse Fugue. Of course the Schubert quintet in C is more emotional, more beauteous, more romantic, more, if you will, "human". However, when Schubert was very ill, approaching death, he requested that Beethoven Grosse Fuge was played at his bedside. You may argue, quite correctly that there is no possible comparison among different composers and different works of genius. You may add that both the quintet and the fuge are works of genius and stand by themselves, for eternity, as a proof that humanity may approach divinity. Thanks for uploading this marvelous quintet.
Cuando lo escribió sabía que su muerte estaba muy próxima. La sífilis no tenía cura en 1828, de allí que parezca más "humano" que los últimos cuartetos de Beethoven, como nos dice don Jorge Urzúa, porque ellos, con evidente complejidad, innovan de una manera tal que su "modernidad", se aprecia aún hoy. Schubert pidió a sus amigos que tocaran, en su versión original, el cuarteto N° 14 de Beethoven junto a su lecho de enfermo, "enfermo terminal", como decimos ahora; admiraba a Beethoven y estuvo en su funeral, en 1827. "De gustibus non est disputando": para mí este quinteto no solo es la cumbre de la música de cámara, sino la cumbre de toda la música occidental. Había pensado esto como un comentario propio, pero me doy cuenta que estoy contestando a don Jorge, cuyos comentarios son siempre muy atinados, documentados, elegantes y respetuosos.
@@luisdiazlopez3712 Gracias Luis por su excelente respuesta. Es un privilegio participar en una conversación con gente tan culta y refinada como usted.
Os ingredientes harmônicos, as tensões e progressões exalam a Beethoven/Schubert, são o cume da forma sonata e já um salto romântico..., como só reencontraremos em Brahms!
3 года назад
Beautiful music !! my heart beats before so much beauty, my body widens before such sensitivity and capacity to transmit.😍👏👏
@@JonathanSanders458 No. In that performance the first and second cello have changed places. The first cello starts playing first then the second cello follows. Because the second cello plays against the first violin, like the first violin plays against the clarinet in the octet, the second cello should always be placed most right.
