Goldner String Quartet
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In the First Quintet Lane and the Goldners manage to communicate the urgency and immediacy of Bloch's musical argument… the opening passage projected with a frenzy that generates considerable... —
Awards:
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Chamber Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2007, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2008, Disc of the month
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This is one of those rare discs that give pleasure and food for thought in equal measure...when [Elgar's chamber music] is played with the kind of understanding shown by these five musicians... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2011, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2011, Disc of the month
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The playing is characterized by energy, thrust, and spirit as well as subtlety and sensitivity where that is required, and it seems flawless from the technical standpoint. The string players... —
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Hamilton Harty: String Quartets & Piano Quintet
Recommendedwith Piers Lane (piano)
Goldner String Quartet
The Goldner String Quartet, joined in the Quintet by fellow Australian Piers Lane, display just the right warmth and spirit to suit this attractive music, much of it written con brio. Jeremy... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 30th April 2012
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Carl Vine: Child's Play, Piano Quintet & Other Chamber Music
Goldner String Quartet, Piers Lane (piano)
the works collected - all recorded with clarity, if slightly closely - provide a fascinating portrait of a composer who produces music of undoubted appeal and expressive focus. Well worth investigating. —
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Lane and the Goldner Quartet offer fabulously ‘golden age’-style performances, in keeping with the aesthetics of both works…The prove ideal guides, captivating the ear with their sense of rhythm... —
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This is an absolutely splendid disc, with powerful, committed performances that illuminate Frank Bridge's mastery of chamber music in two major scores, early and late, as well as the famous... —
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The Goldner Quartet's performances are a model of conviction and insight. —
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Borodin: Piano Quintet & String Quartet No. 2
Piers Lane (piano), Julian Smiles (cello)
Goldner String Quartet
This is a glowing performance of the Quartet No. 2…the quartet’s playing is consistently fine. —
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The performers offer an immensely satistfying and unmannered performance. —
