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Mendelssohn - String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
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Chamber » Quartets » String Quartets
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The Takács Quartet has sustained an admiring following through its changes of personnel down the years, and their exceptional precision of tuning and ensemble, especially at full-tilt Mendelssohnian... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th November 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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the Quatuor Ebène matches and in some respects exceeds [its] rivals in the commitment and physical impact of its playing...[and] employs the widest possible range of timbres and articulations... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th January 2013
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2013, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Chamber Award Winner
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The Takács Quartet has sustained an admiring following through its changes of personnel down the years, and their exceptional precision of tuning and ensemble, especially at full-tilt Mendelssohnian... —
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th November 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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a real winner on all counts - the individual players are hugely impressive when required to step into the spotlight, and the intensity of the collective sound in tutti passages is overwhelming... —
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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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... —
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Chamber
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the Talich remains a model of instinctively musical, utterly democratic quartet playing. The detail etched into each work here is startling, yet none of it is delivered with the kind of look-at-me... —
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Building a Library, October 2005, First Choice
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The Consone wear their historically informed learning lightly. On gut strings with period bows, they cultivate a finegrained sonority: a surface texture a touch dry yet overtone-rich, dissonances... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th February 2021
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