Dvorak: String Quartet & String Quintet
Lawrence Power (viola)
Takács Quartet
Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
Their attention to detail produces constantly arresting textures and the recorded balance allows the all-important viola lines full prominence…Their performance of Dvořák’s last string quartet…is...
Dvorak: String Quartet & String Quintet
Lawrence Power (viola)
Takács Quartet
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Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
Their attention to detail produces constantly arresting textures and the recorded balance allows the all-important viola lines full prominence…Their performance of Dvořák’s last string quartet…is...
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A new release from the Takács Quartet is guaranteed to be a highlight of the musical year, and this one easily exceeds all expectations. The ‘American’ quintet dates from Dvořák’s sojourn in the New World, the quartet from his return to old-world Prague; both are marvellous works, sounding here every bit the masterpieces they undoubtedly are.
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Awards and reviews
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2017
December 2017
Their attention to detail produces constantly arresting textures and the recorded balance allows the all-important viola lines full prominence…Their performance of Dvořák’s last string quartet…is unfailingly delightful. They certainly have the measure of impassioned lyricism tinged with slight neurotic quirks in the outer movements.
October 2017
The pairing of the Takács Quartet and viola player Lawrence Power has already proved a winning one in Brahms and the results are no less seductive in Dvorak, with a recording that brings them up close and personal…the Takács’s way with the close brings a suitably uplifting ending to an entrancing disc.
22nd October 2017
The Takacs play the too rarely heard A flat quartet, Dvorak’s later masterwork of the genre, done con amore and empathy. This life-enhancing music is a tonic.
