Dacapo

it soon becomes clear that this composer doesn't think like anyone else. The ideas can be lively, beautiful, touching, at times more than a little weird...Crucially the Nightingale Quartet understand... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This second instalment of Holmboe (190996) quartets by fellow Danes the Nightingale Quartet is a joy – lush, romantic playing, but equally clean and spacious. The works themselves owe a debt... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

All of this difficult music is extraordinarily well played by the Nightingale String Quartet. Their fresh and vibrant approach surpasses the Kontra Quartet and the recorded sound for the Nightingale’s... — Fanfare, September/October 2021 More…

As in their first Langgaard disc the Nightingales play this music with an understanding and love that puts competitors in the shade. And it's all beautifully recorded. Recommended - so long... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

let's have the Third Quartet and some more Kuhlau from these fine young Danish musicians. — Gramophone Magazine, July 2015 More…

While the Kuhlau work is written in a generic, cosmopolitan style, Malling’s 1903 Piano Quartet in C Minor has a distinct Nordic color, generated in part, as Cornelius points out, by the frequent... — Fanfare, January/February 2020 More…

As with all Holmboe's music, there are rewards in store for anyone who delights in following lines of pure musical thought. Nothing is gratuitous or extraneous; nor can the musical character... — Gramophone Magazine, January 2012 More…

Three superb and deeply moving quartets in outstanding performances. — MusicWeb International, November 2019 More…