Browse: Haydn - String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 2 in C Major

The Doric Quartet, making sparing use of vibrato, play with much sensitivity. Their slow movements, in particular, are beautifully done...But elsewhere a determination to characterise the music... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2015, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The Chiaroscuro Quartet, led by Alina Ibragimova, play on gut strings with little vibrato and incline to fastish tempos. Where they surpass those earlier ‘period’ performances is in the radiant... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Always alert to Haydn’s myriad caprices, they introduce some perfectly placed, sinuous phrasing in the third movement of No. 3 in G minor, and real verve and colour in its brilliant allegretto. — The Observer, 6th October 2019 More…

this recording maintains their historically informed, period instrument approach. Once again, preparation has been meticulous...The almost vibrato-less playing is immaculate in intonation and... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 3 out of 5 stars More…

The sheer zest, colour and sensitivity of The Lindsays make it for me the outstanding ensemble in this repertoire — Fanfare More…

Particularly with the Haydn, some readers who prefer a little bloom may find their playing a touch dry. However, it is immensely classy: elegant, precise and dainty, sounding very much like a... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2019 More…

Certainly there are moments of frolic but no slow movement could be considered light entertainment, a point the Daedulus Quartet are well aware of. In that of No. 1, headed Affetuoso e sostenuto,... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2010 More…