Chamber, Quartets, String Quartets, Barber (composer)
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Throughout, the quartet play with beautifully delineated voices and unanimity of purpose. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th February 2026
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The Isidore Quartet describes its new album as a celebration of chamber music at its essence, and certainly the players have put together an attractive programme. —
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BBC Music Magazine, May 2026, Chamber Choice
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Grammy Awards, 36th Awards (1993), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Altogether, this is a thoroughly compelling and thoughtprovoking collection of works, delivered with strong emotional commitment and finesse. —
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Grammy Awards, 67th Awards (2025), Nominated - Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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RecommendedArrangements for string ensemble and baritone by David Matthews
Candida Thompson (violin) & Thomas Hampson (baritone)
Amsterdam Sinfonietta, Netherlands Female Youth Choir
In his orchestrations Matthews makes inspired and sensitive use of string colour and intimate solos…and in Schubert's Ständchen for vocal ensemble, the demure-sounding girls' choir, supported... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 17th February 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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As a concept, this collection of songs inspired by rugged British landscapes is intriguing. The delivery is powerful, but borders on twee at moments. —
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Hallgato
Ferenc Snétberger (guitar), Keller Quartet (string quartet), Gyula Lázár (double bass), László Fenyő (cello)
The guitar’s intimate sound seduces the listener from the start. The rasp of fingers on strings and frets is so close, it’s as though the listener is leaning against guitarist Ferenc Snétberger’s... —
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Ehnes is brilliant and incisive in the faster music, but his consistently intense vibrato seems at odds with Copland's moments of plain-speaking simplicity; pianist Orion Weiss is a model of... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Symphonic Music
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