Chamber, Quintets, String Quintets

The performances on this new release are as accomplished as we would expect from players of this calibre. — BBC Music Magazine, May 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

Throughout the slow movement, the playing of the solo lines is captivating…The Haas Quartet with Boris Giltburg provide both relaxation and a strong sense of purposeful energy…Excellently recorded,... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Pavel Haas Quartet and Boris Giltburg take on [the Piano Quintet] with no holds barred: this is an allgiving, full-on version in which the sense of involvement is total and the exhilaration... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Quatuor Ebène, who together with the remarkable cellist Gautier Capuçon perform the C major String Quintet, stands out, even in a golden age of string quartets…and since Capuçon integrates... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Pavel Haas Quartet, with the superb extra cellist Danjulo Ishizaka, even succeed where most other ensembles fail, making the last movement of the String Quintet into something that seems... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas Issue 2013, 5 out of 5 stars More…

This 1951 mono recording set the benchmark for many years, and so it probably did much to establish the current, questionable norms of tempo. But it's superb performance, played with skill and... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2008 More…

The Nash ensemble have a natural feeling for the music's ebb and flow, and while they're not afraid of big gestures and the bite of horsehair and rosin, they play beautifully as an ensemble...Together,... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2017 More…