Hagen Quartett
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Brahms: String Quartet Op. 67 and Piano Quintet Op. 34
RecommendedKirill Gerstein (piano)
Hagen Quartett
This is technically flawless playing, and discipline and rigour also shape the interpretations. The plangent harmonies are kept firmly in order…The fine-boned vibrato is disciplined, occasional... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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Diapason d’Or, February 2020, Nouveauté
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Building a Library, February 2018, Also Recommended
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As always, balance, intonation and ensemble are impeccable, and the Hagens demonstrate a masterly control of large-scale structure, nowhere more impressively than in the rise and fall of tension... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2007, Chamber Finalist
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2006, Chamber Choice
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Building a Library, January 2023, Also Recommended
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The clarinet ’s cool, refined tones blend with warm, pliable strings to irresistible effect in Mozart ’s joyful Quintet, K581 and Widmann’s substantial, singlemovement response – a complex and... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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these players bring an astonishing variety of vibrato, nuance and colour. These are, indeed, distinctly Romanic readings that could have more doctrinaire authenticists tut-tutting. —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2016, Chamber Choice
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Building a Library, January 2019, Also Recommended
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Colour is...very much the Hagen's thing, widely spaced dynamics too, which are vividly projected; and where keeping to the letter matters most, they don't disappoint either —
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Building a Library, February 2021, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, April 2023, Also Recommended
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Building A Library, November 2021, Also Recommmended
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Ligeti - Clear or Cloudy
RecommendedMatt Haimovitz, Jacques Zoon, Douglas Boyd, Richard Hosford, James Sommerville, Matthew Wilkie, Claudio Abbado, Helmut Franz, Gerd Zacher, Jean-Guihen Queyras, Håkan Hardenberger, Roland Pöntinen, Jacques Zoon & Douglas Boyd, Aloys Kontarsky, Alfons Kontarsky, Gianluca Cascioli, Pierre-Laurent...
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2006, Orchestral Choice
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Building a Library, January 2018, Also Recommended
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