Chamber, Quartets, String Quartets, Haydn (composer)
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The Chiaroscuro Quartet revel in the composer's play of ideas...It was the interpretation of No. 5 that blind-sided me on a first listening...This is a deeply absorbing reading, and can make... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2017, Disc of the month
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Building a Library, February 2018, Recommended Recording
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The Chiaroscuros return, armed with a perfect sound balance and rich, vibrant textures from each player. —
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Record Review, 6th February 2021, Record of the Week
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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One thing is certain about this new recording by the Takács Quartet: you will not hear better string quartet playing anywhere in the world today. The technical perfection can almost be taken... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2022, Chamber Choice
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber Music
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These are among the finest Haydn quartet recordings heard in years, performances which will quickly establish themselves as classics. They are consistently a degree more refined in texture and... —
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Building a Library, February 2000, First Choice
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Ibragimova’s gleaming sound bathes the top of the ensemble in sunlight but she’s never more than first among equals...the understated poise and intelligence of the playing deepen with repeated... —
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Record Review, 16th May 2020, Record of the Week
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Here's another enlightened programme from the young German Schumann Quartet...Haydn's Sunrise is freshly radiant in their hands, the Menuett almost swung with an elastic rhythmic bounce, the... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2017, Chamber Choice
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Schallplattenkritik Awards, 2017, Winner - Jahrespreis
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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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There’s a wonderful immediacy about the London Haydn Quartet’s playing here, complemented by superb recorded sound. The ensemble’s period instruments, gut strings and considered stylistic approach... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Critics' Choice 2023
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The group’s period-instrument sonority and basic approach will be familiar from earlier releases in this series: sparing use of vibrato (but liberal use of rubato), observance of all repeats... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2019
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It’s that combination of crisp, earthy clarity and lively, virtuoso sparkle that marks these readings out – in drink terms, think tannin-rich reds against fine, biscuity champagne – along with... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2023, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Record Review, 17th June 2023, Record of the Week
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