Browse: Doric String Quartet (string quartet)

Even in a work as well known as the Quartettsatz they lend character through elasticity of phrasing, which nicely counterbalances the piece’s inherent energy. But the main event is the G major... — Gramophone Magazine, February 2017 More…

The Doric Quartet, making sparing use of vibrato, play with much sensitivity. Their slow movements, in particular, are beautifully done...But elsewhere a determination to characterise the music... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The performances are all superbly judged and controlled, balancing fragility with strength, restraint with great depth of feeling… The early Divertimenti, played with considerable wit and elegance,... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2019 More…

Here's a disc that merits an especially big welcome...At last comes a strong challenger which brings together all three of these wonderful but so often misunderstood quartets. The play has all... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

the early Quartet is a remarkable creation, with its searching chromaticism, huge technical strength, and formidable finale...The Doric Quartet play both works with an ultra-focused vividness... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Complex, multi-faceted, subtly changeable Elgar…Gardner is a master of transitions: the gradual transformation of scherzo to slow movement is only the most striking, but there are plenty of others.... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Daniel’s immaculate playing is the main attraction here. — BBC Music Magazine, November 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

The Doric Quartet emphasises [the works'] unpredictability with their vivid and insightful interpretations that bristle with life and character. Although employing a wide palette of timbres...they... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Both [Op. 44 quartets] have long first movements – genial in the D major, more plangent and yearning in the E minor - and it’s a measure of the performances that they capture these moods with... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Op. 44/3 is the longest of the quartets, and the outer movements can sometimes come across as prolix. The Doric’s performance steers clear of this trap – again through the controlled variety... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…