Browse: Chamber, Quartets, Schumann (composer)
This page lists all classical by Robert Schumann (1810–56), in genre: Chamber » Quartets.
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The Zehetmair Quartet's coupling focuses the music's alternating wildness and fragility with altogether unique perception. Theirs is an agitated, combustible and loving view of Schumann, a credible... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2003, Disc of the Month
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Gramophone Awards, 2003, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2003, Winner - Chamber
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Building a Library, January 2019, Also Recommended
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Schumann: Piano Quartet & Piano Quintet
Isabelle Faust (violin), Anne-Katharina Schreiber (violin, Antoine Tamestit (viola), Jean-Guihen Queyras (cello), Alexander Melnikov (piano)
The Quintet is a brilliant virtuoso vehicle with a symphonic tone but these five musicians don’t turn it into a quasi-piano concerto with string quartet, as sometimes occurs. Rather, they meld... — More…
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Here’s playing that penetrates this music to a degree that surprised even a fully paid-up [Schumann] fan like me. The Emerson are such a fine ensemble, but they’re also four strongly individual... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, Chamber Choice
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Hamelin scampers and thunders by turns but not once does he upstage the string-players. That this disc simply gets better and better on repeated listening is ample recommendation. — More…
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Building a Library, January 2019, Recommended Recording
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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... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2012, Finalist - Chamber
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BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, Disc of the month
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2011, Disc of the Month
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Building a Library, January 2019, Also Recommended
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Martha Argerich & Friends: Live from the Lugano Festival 2012
RecommendedMaria João Pires (piano), Martha Argerich (piano), Gautier Capuçon (cello), Lily Maisky (piano), Sascha Maisky (violin), Lyda Chen (viola), Mischa Maisky (cello), Nicholas Angelich (piano), Polina Leschenko (piano), Ilya Gringolts (violin), Nathan Braude (viola), Torleif Thedéen (cello), Nelson Goerner...
Several of the ensembles could have benefited from more sustained period of rehearsal, yet they still communicate vibrancy and the sheer enjoyment possible when fine musicians get together to... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 13th May 2013
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2013, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2014, Shortlisted - Chamber
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[In the Cherubini] the Quartetto Italiano achieve a seamless tonal blend…Ravel’s Quartet is given with an unusual degree of deliberation...Good sound clinches a terrific collection. — More…
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Diapason d’Or, September 2019, Collectionneur
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Robert Schumann: Complete Piano Trios, Piano Quartet & Piano Quintet
Trio Wanderer, Christophe Gaugue, Catherine Montier
The playing [in the Quintet and Quartet] has a delightful combination of zest and refinement, and love for the music’s poetry and delight in its unique inventiveness emanates from just about... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2022, Nominated - Chamber Music
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Diapason d’Or de l’Année, 2021, Musique de chambre
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