Britten - String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94
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Chamber » Quartets » String Quartets
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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,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2019, Finalist - Chamber
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they do not disappoint in this beautifully recorded set, which couples raw intensity with subtle refinement...this release is highly recommended —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2013, Editor's Choice
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he Britten Quartet was a musical force of nature...Britten’s quartets are easy to admire, but are often played as though they are fascinating objets d’art rather than flesh-and-blood emotional... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2022, Reissue/Archive Choice
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The Maggini's performance is so good that it bears comparison with any of its rivals, and the couplings make it especially attractive.
Excellent recordings. Strongly recommended —Awards:
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Building a Library, October 2003, First Choice
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The Brodsky are the Britten team for the new century, and at full price they take advantage of the super-refined Snape Maltings acoustic to offer performances of great intelligence and expressive... —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2003, Editor's Choice
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Britten's last quartet has been lucky in its recordings… With the Coull there's a sense of searching and effort, which suits the pain of the music more than the complete technical assurance... —
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2007, Editor's Choice
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the Endellion is a seasoned ensemble with a clear, holistic vision of each Quartet...Britten's writing cruelly exposes any weakness in technique or intonation, yet the Endellions emerge with... —
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BBC Music Magazine, January 2014, Chamber Choice
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The Emperors bring energy, commitment, real understanding of the idiom and finesse to all these works... if you want everything Britten wrote for the medium – and it is all worth hearing – then... —
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it is perceptive of the Emperor Quartet to include the very early Alla marcia...It is most definitely allied to the First Quartet here - their youthful and appropriately caustic playing of the... —
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