Chamber, Quartets, String Quartets, Weinberg (composer)
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What a ride!..we alternately wrestle with the composer’s experimental-beautiful soundworld and marvel at his epic vision. The Sixth is a 35-minute rollercoaster, played with attack and aplomb... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2024, Editor's Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Chamber Music
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I hear both power and pain in the Arcadia Quartet’s excellent playing... Overall, the playing on this album is excellent. I am truly happy that... there is another fill cycle available on record.... —
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The Arcadia Quartet make a very auspicious impression for their first Weinberg entrée that brings together three of the composer’s most accessible contributions to the genre, all recorded in... —
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Record Review, 9th January 2021, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Those who have been following this cycle need not hesitate; anyone new to this music could hardly do better than begin here. —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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the Pacificas demonstrate strong empathy with the contrasting emotional narratives of each work and probe well beneath the surface simplicity of some of the writing...The Pacifica Quartet brilliantly... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2013, Disc of the month
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One of the great virtues of the Arcadia Quartet's outstandingly performed Weinberg quartet cycle lies is its imaginative programming. The present release is a good case in point, featuring works... —
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the performances of all the Silesians’ releases that I have heard are uniformly excellent and musically insightful, as is also the case with this latest release. —
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Mieczysław Weinberg: String Quartets Nos 2-4
Szymon Krzeszowiec (violin), Arkadiusz Kubica (violin), Łukasz Syrnicki (viola), Piotr Janosik (cello), Silesian Quartet
The Silesian Quartet has a natural feeling for its Polish compatriot, performing these surprisingly accessible works with ferocious energy and delicate subtlety as required. —
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Having previously recorded a highly praised Shostakovich cycle, it's hardly surprising that the Quatuor Danel demonstrate such an instinctive understanding of Weinberg's idiom. —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, Chamber Choice
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