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Haydn - String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 2 in C Major
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Chamber » Quartets » String Quartets
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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... —
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2014, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2015, Finalist - Chamber
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Building a Library, February 2018, Also Recommended
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The playing has both warmth and refinement of detail and the readings are full of character. They never leave the impression that they are too studied or lacking in spontaneity; indeed, one... —
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 20
performed from the Artaria edition published in Vienna in 1801
The London Haydn Quartet: Catherine Manson (violin), Michael Gurevich (violin), James Boyd (viola) & Richard Lester (cello)
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... —
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2011, Editor's Choice
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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. —
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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... —
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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... —
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Haydn Edition
Jolanda Violante (fortepiano), Federico Guglielmo (violin), John Wallace (trumpet), Jan Vogler (cello), Bart van Oort (fortepiano)
Austro-Hungarian Haydn Orchestra, L’Arte dell’Arco, Philharmonia Orchestra, Virtuosi Saxoniae, Choir & Orchestra of The Netherlands Bach Ensemble, Süddeutsches...
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