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Debussy - String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
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Chamber » Quartets » String Quartets
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Dynamic ranges are wide, with Ravel's crescendos not underplayed in any mistaken attempt at classicism, and rubatos are applied with tactful expressivity. —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 5th October 2009
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Building a Library, March 2009, First Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2008, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Recording of the Year
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Winner - Chamber
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2009, Newcomer of the Year
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Building a Library, January 2019, Also Recommended
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Building a Library, March 2020, Recommended Recording
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Franck: Piano Quintet & Debussy: String Quartet
RecommendedMarc-André Hamelin (piano)
Takács Quartet
An exemplary performance —
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2016, Editor's Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Corina Belcea’s willingness to soar and slide with such sensual abandon makes it deliciously seductive… The second Szymanowski a decade later takes us even further with its post-Ravel impressionisms,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2025
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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This CD is the work of a highly talented, exceptionally well-integrated ensemble. Their excellent balance is highlighted by crystal-clear recording. This is quartet-playing of great musicality,... —
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Building a Library, November 2004, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Chamber
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In advance, I wondered whether there was anything new to be said about these two incessantly recorded works. Happily the answer is 'yes'. Nor is it due to anything imposed - the novelty comes... —
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Presto Recording of the Week, 18th May 2018
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2018, Chamber Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2018
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The Melos Quartet's reputation is second to none, and it's no surprise that this Penguin Rosette-winning recording is characterful and convincing. —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Ravel & Debussy: String Quartets
Talich Quartet: Jan Talich, Roman Patocka (violins), Vladimir Bukac (viola) & Petr Prause (cello)
supreme performances...the interpretations are so organically and seamlessly imagined…The subtlety, beauty and sinew of the playing are simply amazing —
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Gramophone Magazine, November 2012, Editor's Choice
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A Tribute to Ysaÿe
Yossif Ivanov, Nikita Boriso-Glebsky (violin), Tedi Papavrami (violin), Maria Milstein, Lorenzo Gatto, Renaud Capuçon (violin), Quatuor Hermès (chamber ensemble), Gary Hoffman, Jean-Claude Vanden Eynden (piano), Kerson Leong, Julien Libeer, Astrig Siranossian (cello), Hélène Desaint, Elina Buksha,...
An impressive five-disc Tribute which includes numerous works by Ysaÿe himself – most interestingly two substantial and virtually unknown concerto movements played by Jean-Jacques Kantorow –... —
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Diapason d’Or, February 2020, Nouveauté
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2020, Reissue/Archive Issue of the Month
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Poétiques de l'instant
Debussy - Balmer
Jodie Devos (soprano), Juliette Hurel (flute), Emmanuel Ceysson (harp), Quatuor Voce
It may not all add up to an essential Debussy collection but it’s a thoughtful and rewarding one nevertheless. —
