SACD, Audite (label)
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This is the most exciting new disc of string quartet playing that I have come across for a long time —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2016, Chamber Choice
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The Quartetto di Cremona’s ongoing Beethoven cycle has particularly impressed me for its visceral excitement and pulsating energy…[they demonstrate] consummate mastery of soft mysterious playing,... —
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, 2018
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Romain Descharmes is a 29-year-old French pianist admirably attuned to the more subtle and elusive sides of Ravel's genius. In Gaspard Ondine's watery entreaty spurts and bubbles seductively... —
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Early, middle and late Beethoven is projected with visceral excitement and pulsating energy by this gifted quartet. Occasionally I missed a more lyrical approach, especially in Op. 59 No. 1 —
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Suave New York sophistication … In terms of piano playing, the aura of shimmering beauty created by means of a seemingly infinite variety of touch is the disc’s summit achievement … Murtfield... —
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Beethoven's most experimental in the medium. The playing, as ever, is blisteringly detailed and right in your face: you can feel the grain of the music and actually hear the fierce tension of... —
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Aadland has the advantage of truly first-class orchestral playing: the Cologne WDR Sinfonieorchester is a fine orchestra indeed, and its account of the Lyric Suite is notable for its excellence... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2013, Editor's Choice
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Stamitz: Quartets for Clarinet
Arthur Campbell (clarinet), Gregory Maytan (violin), Paul Swantek (viola) & Pablo Mahave-Veglia (cello)
Campbell’s fluid playing has a lovely warm tone and the supporting strings are not over-vibrant. This is music which certainly deserves to be much better known. —
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A long and fascinating journey comes to an end. These interpretations are powerful, vibrating, excitingly intense and inspiring from the very first to the very last note, providing decisive... —
Awards:
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, 2018
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Bach and the South German Tradition II
Martin Neu (Blasius Bernauer Organ, Laufenburg (CH), Metzler Organ, Stuttgart-Obertürkheim) & Wilfried Rombach (tenor organ)
This is a fascinating, well-executed release that is recommended to anyone with an interest in music of this period. —
