Chandos

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…

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 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…

The Manchester Camerata under Gábor Takács-Nagy deliver blisteringly energetic articulation…Bavouzet and Takács-Nagy relish Mozart’s wicked touches of humour…[in the Quintet] once again, Bavouzet,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2019, 5 out of 5 stars More…

In this exceptional interpretation of Schubert’s C major Quintet, there are plenty of moments where the players individually or collectively make something happen – a tiny inflection in the... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2022, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

All four musicians here are star soloists in their own rights, but there's no sense of jostling egos in these warmly collegiate performances - just the sense of ideas being exchanged in the... — Katherine Cooper, Presto Music, August 2023 More…

These are performances that take you inside the music, so that it’s almost possible to hear them with a performer’s ear and experience the delight as the notes leap off the page and into life... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Once again, these three engaging performers have ranged across the beginning, middle and climax of Haydn’s career to compile a programme that can be enjoyed in its own right, performed with... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2023 More…

The result – lovingly presented and played with consummate finesse – is like a selection box of handmade musical confectionery. What strikes you first is the seriousness and craft with which... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2023 More…