Bartók - String Quartet No. 4, Sz 91
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Chamber » Quartets » String Quartets
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They seem to have assimilated the music into their cells, performing it with an energetic vitality and colour that is all special effects...The group offers high-pixel definition of character,... —
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Gramophone Magazine, February 2025, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, February 2025, Chamber Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2026, Winner - Chamber
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Gramophone Awards, 1989, Recording of the Year
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Grammy Awards, 32nd Awards (1989), Best Chamber Music Recording
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Grammy Awards, 32nd Awards (1989), Classical Album of the Year
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Two of the strengths of the Heath Quartet are their ability to hold together Bartók’s more sectional structures, such as the first movements of the Fourth and Fifth quartets in convincing single... —
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Gramophone Magazine, September 2017, Editor's Choice
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Presto Editor's Choice, June 2017
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2017
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Record Review, 10th June 2017, Recording of the Week
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Gramophone Awards, 2018, Finalist - Chamber
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These performances provide more impressive sampling points than can be enumerated in a single review. The First Quartet's oscillating tempo-shifts work wonderfully well, all with total naturalness.... —
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Building a Library, April 2002, First Choice
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Building a Library, February 2021, Recommended Recording
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Colour is...very much the Hagen's thing, widely spaced dynamics too, which are vividly projected; and where keeping to the letter matters most, they don't disappoint either —
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Building a Library, February 2021, Also Recommended
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The playing in these endlessly fascinating and rewarding pieces is supremely accomplished. Distinguished Bartók cycles in recent years include those by the Alban Berg (EMI), Emerson (DG) and... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2008, Finalist - Chamber
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2008, Editor's Choice
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Bartók: String Quartets Nos. 1-6
RecommendedTokyo String Quartet
Koichiro Harada (violin), Kikuei Ikeda (violin), Kazuhide Isomura (viola) & Sadao Harada (cello)
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Building a Library, September 2005, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 1981, Winner - Chamber
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How do you like your Bartók quartets served? With precision, passion, a sense of mystery or a sense of humour? With spontaneity or with a pinch of paprika?...Quatuor Diotima offer a balanced... —
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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Predictably there is some fine playing here, with details in these intricately complex pieces emerging with remarkable clarity … what stands out from the Jerusalem Quartet’s interpretations,... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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