Quartetto di Cremona Beethoven String Quartets
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This is the most exciting new disc of string quartet playing that I have come across for a long time —
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BBC Music Magazine, March 2016, Chamber Choice
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The Quartetto di Cremona’s ongoing Beethoven cycle has particularly impressed me for its visceral excitement and pulsating energy…[they demonstrate] consummate mastery of soft mysterious playing,... —
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ECHO Klassik Awards, 2017, Winner
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, 2018
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Early, middle and late Beethoven is projected with visceral excitement and pulsating energy by this gifted quartet. Occasionally I missed a more lyrical approach, especially in Op. 59 No. 1 —
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Beethoven's most experimental in the medium. The playing, as ever, is blisteringly detailed and right in your face: you can feel the grain of the music and actually hear the fierce tension of... —
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A long and fascinating journey comes to an end. These interpretations are powerful, vibrating, excitingly intense and inspiring from the very first to the very last note, providing decisive... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2018, 2018
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The Quartetto di Cremona are equal to technical demands but often wary of tonal involvement...Internal balance of the ensemble is just and the performances overall are good. But music of such... —
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The Quartetto di Cremona exude phenomenal energy and momentum, making their interpretation of Op. 95 particularly compelling. —
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[The Cremona] are well up to their usual standard in the exhilarating performance for the A major Quartet Op. 18 No. 5, with its wonderfully peremptory opening and its general air of a youthful... —
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