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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…

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 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…

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…

Violinist Jennifer Pike, pianist Tom Poster and the Doric String Quartet have done much more than scratch the surface of this piece...it is their handling of the gradually building tension in... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, 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…

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…

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 Doric String Quartet and friends evoke a sepia-toned bygone time in their delicate but enthusiastic interpretations. They are too intelligent to add extra emotion to pieces already bursting... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…