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Fine, stylish performances of both these wonderful works — BBC Music Magazine More…

the Doric Quartet with Timothy Ridout make light of [No. 1's] formidable difficulties. Their very effective pianissimo playing stands them in particularly good stead in the quietly scurrying... — BBC Music Magazine, April 2022, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Anyone wanting modern-instrument recordings of two of Mendelssohn's finest chamber works could not better this BIS-SACD. The performances are full of sparkle and vitality. — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…

Between joy and petulance, effervescent rhythms and melodic generosity, this acute and electric reading is immediately seductive…the Mandelring are lacking in neither character nor determination — Diapason, June 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

If I had to name my personal 'Record of the Year' it would have to be Hausmusik's sensational coupling of Mendelssohn's Octet and First String Quintet. — CD Review More…