Browse: Miaskovsky - String Quartet No.13 in A minor, Op. 86

their sense of the musical argument is always impressive, shining through their objective but never over-slick approach. The Pacifica Quartet only seem to draw breath, like Shostakovich, between... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

the standout piece here is Borodin's String Quartet No 1...the scherzo, with its blend of agitated, feathery bow-work and stalking pizzicato, is especially impressive. — The Independent, 23rd April 2010, 3 out of 5 stars More…

Beauty and warmth of string tone seem to be paramount, and that helps us to buy into the old-fashioned yet utterly sincere Romanticism of Myaskovsky's last quartet. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2008, 4 out of 5 stars More…

...the French-based Renoir Quartet bring an intensity and sensitivity all their own to this formidable score...This is altogether a most beautiful performance of a deeply moving work [No. 13].... — International Record Review, October 2010 More…