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Franck: Piano Quintet & Debussy: String Quartet
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Takács Quartet
Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
An exemplary performance
Franck: Piano Quintet & Debussy: String Quartet
Marc-André Hamelin (piano)
Takács Quartet
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Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
An exemplary performance
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Franck’s Piano Quintet and Debussy’s String Quartet make an apt and unusual coupling, each work its composer’s only, unsurpassable, contribution to the genre. Both receive authoritative performances from Marc-André Hamelin and the Takács Quartet.
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Awards and reviews
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Gramophone MagazineJune 2016Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2016
June 2016
An exemplary performance
June 2016
When the seasoned artistry of the Takács Quartet blends with the thoughtful brilliance of Marc-André Hamelin, a rare alchemy occurs...To Debussy’s luminous and under-appreciated String Quartet of 1893 the Takács bring all their intelligence, skill, taste and virtuosity.
19th July 2016
Highly charged and passionate performances. The Takács Quartet goes from strength to strength.
22nd May 2016
[The Franck has] the same big, romantic sound and emotional intensity of the violin sonata, beautifully brought out here by Marc-André Hamelin and the Takács in a stirring, virtuosic recording...there’s no questioning the Takács’s ability to play the Debussy String Quartet wonderfully. Something less corporeal, a little more elusive and vaporous, would have made it even better.
