Tippett Quartet

The range of repertoire enables her to explore a wide breadth of moods and atmospheres. Dancelike pieces… contain by-now trademark Gillam-isms – lively characterisation combined with technical... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2019 More…

The ebb and flow of the confessional Quartet No. 3...is navigated with an assurance that speaks to their inside-out assimilation of all six scores. To have such a comprehensive programme vividly... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Throughout, the Tippett Quartet are sympathetic and expert interpreters negotiating Gorecki’s soundworld with a strong sense of ensemble and making the most of the abundant contrasts of material... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Tippett Quartet play this music with more than the requisite enthusiasm and insight, and the power and intimacy of their music-making is well caught by the recording team. I certainly haven’t... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

It’s difficult to imagine finer performances than those delivered by the Tippett Quartet; the group’s fairly recent personnel changes have had no detracting effect at all on the group’s immaculate... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

…the Tippett Quartet's approach to the Third Quartet emphasises weight and earthiness rather than the transcendent lightness of spirit that would emerge most fully in The Midsummer Marriage.... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2010 More…

Art and poetry infuse this intricate, powerful and beautifully-performed disc…Her richly-textured compositions take flight from a kaleidoscopic range of extra-musical sources…Firsova’s scores... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

You can really hear the members of the Tippett Quartet listening keenly to each other as they weave their seemingly effortless magic [in the Lutoslawski]. A much recorded piece, but this is... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…