Browse: Weinberg (composer), String Quartets

The Arcadia Quartet make a very auspicious impression for their first Weinberg entrée that brings together three of the composer’s most accessible contributions to the genre, all recorded in... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Having previously recorded a highly praised Shostakovich cycle, it's hardly surprising that the Quatuor Danel demonstrate such an instinctive understanding of Weinberg's idiom. — BBC Music Magazine, March 2008, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Those who have been following this cycle need not hesitate; anyone new to this music could hardly do better than begin here. — Gramophone Magazine, June 2023 More…

the performances of all the Silesians’ releases that I have heard are uniformly excellent and musically insightful, as is also the case with this latest release. — BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

the Pacificas demonstrate strong empathy with the contrasting emotional narratives of each work and probe well beneath the surface simplicity of some of the writing...The Pacifica Quartet brilliantly... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

They set out their stall with Borodin’s Second, which is as euphonious and expressive as you could wish – devoid of mannerism but by no means lacking in communicative intensity… Close but not... — Gramophone Magazine, June 2019 More…

The Quatuor Danel is particularly eloquent [in the Tenth], delivering powerfully impassioned playing in the opening declamatory movement and the short third-movement Adagio while projecting a... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 4 out of 5 stars More…

With a wonderfully clear recording and superbly committed playing from the Quatuor Danel, extracting the maximum amount of colour and variety of gesture from the music, this release deserves... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…