Dvořák: String Quartets Nos. 8 & 10
Albion Quartet
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2020, Editor's Choice
What a gorgeous disc!...Anyone who thinks that the new generation of super-quartets are merely about virtuoso brilliance should hear the myriad shades of russet and gold that the Albion Quartet...
Dvořák: String Quartets Nos. 8 & 10
Albion Quartet
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, March 2020, Editor's Choice
What a gorgeous disc!...Anyone who thinks that the new generation of super-quartets are merely about virtuoso brilliance should hear the myriad shades of russet and gold that the Albion Quartet...
About
Formed in 2016, the Albion Quartet unites four outstanding young string players, brought together by a shared belief in the visceral power of the string quartet.
The upcoming season sees the quartet returning to the Wigmore Hall and Aldeburgh Festival, as well as continuing residencies at Sainte-Mère Festival in France and RWCMD in Cardiff. They will be making a number of broadcasts for BBC Radio 3, whilst continuing their recording projects for Signum Records, for whom they are exclusive artists.
Performances in the 2019-20 season include their US debut at the Phillips Collection in Washington, alongside appearances at several festivals including the Oxford Lieder, Stratford International, Belfast International, Cheltenham, Presteigne and Lichfield and participating in Beethoven cycles in the UK and Portugal.
Here the quartet continue their Dvořák series on Signum with spectacular renditions of his 8th and 10th quartets.
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Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineMarch 2020Editor's Choice
March 2020
What a gorgeous disc!...Anyone who thinks that the new generation of super-quartets are merely about virtuoso brilliance should hear the myriad shades of russet and gold that the Albion Quartet find in these two enchanting works. This, surely, is how Dvořák’s chamber music is supposed to sound: luminous, playful (there’s a real kick to his dotted dance-rhythms), and simultaneously generous and touchingly intimate.…I know it’s early, but I can already see this being my pick of the year.
16th February 2020
The playing, by the excellent Albion, is masterly in its vividness, freedom and sensitivity.
