Fine Arts Quartet
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The Fine Arts Quartet… are at their very best in both slow movements, with Christina Ortiz matching their ebb and flow perfectly in the Quintet. —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2010, Editor's Choice
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Dvořák: String Quartet No. 2, Bagatelles & Rondo, B. 171
Ralph Evans, Efim Boico, Niklas Schmidt, Ryoko Morooka, Stepan Simonian, Fine Arts Quartet
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 18 & 22 (Arr. for Piano, String Quartet & Double Bass by Ignaz Lachner)
Alon Goldstein, Avery Cardoza, Fine Arts Quartet
From the outset, the intimacy of the ensemble and interplay between piano and strings allows the intricate textures to truly shine. Goldstein's piano playing is expressive and full of life,... —
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...the enlarged Fine Arts Quartet delivers a strongly committed performance of [the C major String Quintet], supported by a beautifully balanced but clear recording. They are particularly admirable... —
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 19 & 25
Arr. for Piano and String Quintet by Ignaz Lachner
Alon Goldstein, Lizzie Burns, Fine Arts Quartet
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the first movement [of the G major], designed to illustrate 'Youth', is a delightful piece of Haydnry in which the lighter textures are more comfortable for the ear —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Louis Spohr: Octet, Clarinet Concerto & Nonet
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
Vienna Octet, London Symphony Orchestra, Fine Arts Quartet & New York Wind Quintet, Colin Davis
Purchase product
CD
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Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 21 (arr. I. Lachner)
Alon Goldstein (piano), Rachel Calin (double bass)
Fine Arts Quartet
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...a valuable disc capturing excellent live performances of these two very individual works. —
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The sweet-toned first violin Ralph Evans produces portamentos worthy of Fauré's friend Jacques Thibaud; Ortiz's playing blends in sensitively, dousing the texture with showers of pianistic glitter;... —
