Chamber, Quartets, String Quartets, Bacewicz (composer)
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The Silesian lend vibrant warmth to [the First Quartet]…[and] handle [the later quartets] with precision and élan: a tremendous achievement —
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2016, Disc of the Month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Winner - Chamber
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Joachim Mendelson & Grażyna Bacewicz: Chamber Works
Silesian String Quartet, Karolina Stalmachowska (oboe), Piotr Salajczyk (piano)
the Quintet of 1939 for violin, viola, cello, oboe and piano is more striking [than the String Quartet] – and the highlight of this recording. The oboe and piano add piquancy, and Mendelson... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2023
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Bacewicz's seven string quartets stand tall in the repertoire of 20th-century chamber music, worthy of comparison with works by more famous composers…Bacewicz wrote for strings with complete... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2016, Chamber Finalist
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The warm, expressionist opening to the fourth quartet is instantly winning, inviting us into a sound world that is at once distinctive yet flecked with echoes of Ravel, Debussy and Shostakovich.... —
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BBC Music Magazine, Chamber Choice
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The Dudoks deliver a rhythmically dynamic and wonderfully nuanced account of the Bacewicz. Their Shostakovich is also impressive, projecting tremendous power, ferocity and forward momentum in... —
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The turbulent, destabilising and demoralising impact of the Second World War hovers uneasily over the three quartets in this enterprising and thought-provoking release...The performers steer... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2025, Chamber Choice
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Naxos November 2014 New Release Sampler
Michael Bloss (organ), Saulo Javan (bass), Carla Huhtanen (soprano), Krisztina Szabo (mezzo-soprano), Graham Thomson (tenor), Alexander Dobson (baritone), Geoffrey Sirett (baritone), Jennifer Taverner (soprano), Taylor Strande (soprano), Leigh-Anne Martin (mezzo-soprano), Loralie Kirkpatrick (mezzo-soprano),...
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