Jerusalem Quartet
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The youthful Jerusalem Quartet… are to be heard on an outstanding disc… Their mastery of rubato is as refined as that of any contemporary group, and this disc is as near to perfection as one... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st April 2008
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2008, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2008, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2008
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This recording is an absolute winner. As in its previous explorations of Shostakovich, primarily on the Harmonia Mundi label, the Jerusalem Quartet provides consummately brilliant playing throughout,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2025, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2025, Recording of the Month
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The New York Times, Best Classical Music Albums of 2025
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Tempos [in K157] are admirably judged and the interaction between each individual line sounds totally natural...The Jerusalem Quartet's approach, balancing full-blooded tone with exemplary contrapuntal... —
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2011, Chamber Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2012, Chamber Award Winner
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In advance, I wondered whether there was anything new to be said about these two incessantly recorded works. Happily the answer is 'yes'. Nor is it due to anything imposed - the novelty comes... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th May 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2018, Chamber Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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…an absolute triumph. Miraculously honed intonation and perfect ensemble is matched throughout by an innate understanding of Haydn's mercurial and immensely varied musical language. Recorded... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Chamber Award Winner
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2009
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Deeply compelling, tonally beguiling, technically immaculate accounts that exalt in Schubert’s insatiable melodic genius and explore the dark recesses of his creative psyche to devastating effect —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 21st April 2008
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BBC Music Magazine, June 2008, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2008, Editor's Choice
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2008
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Dvorak: String Quintet Op. 97 & String Sextet Op.48
Veronika Hagen (viola), Gary Hoffman (cello), Jerusalem Quartet
Listening to a performance as good as this, it is hard to understand why we don’t hear the Sextet more frequently today…The Jerusalem Quartet, joined by Veronika Hagen (viola) and Gary Hoffman... —
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Record Review, 27th January 2018, Recording of the Week
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There is much to admire here from the excellent Jerusalem Quartet. In Smetana's First Quartet there is the fine opening viola melody...The slow movements of the Janacek quartets are also carefully... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2014
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Whatever one makes of the title, ‘The Yiddish Cabaret’ is an enjoyable if rather lopsided concept, with the main work opening the programme…Those investing will find standards of both playing... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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Predictably there is some fine playing here, with details in these intricately complex pieces emerging with remarkable clarity … what stands out from the Jerusalem Quartet’s interpretations,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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