Mendelssohn - String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
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Chamber » Quartets » String Quartets
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the Quatuor Ebène matches and in some respects exceeds [its] rivals in the commitment and physical impact of its playing...[and] employs the widest possible range of timbres and articulations... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 7th January 2013
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BBC Music Magazine, April 2013, Chamber Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2013, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2014, Chamber Award Winner
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The Takács Quartet has sustained an admiring following through its changes of personnel down the years, and their exceptional precision of tuning and ensemble, especially at full-tilt Mendelssohnian... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th November 2021
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2021
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Op. 44/3 is the longest of the quartets, and the outer movements can sometimes come across as prolix. The Doric’s performance steers clear of this trap – again through the controlled variety... — More…
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Chamber
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lean-toned, fiery, ever responsive to Mendelssohn’s distinctive brand of restlessness and agitation, yet never short-changing the pools of mystery and tenderness in, say, the outer movements... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music
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The E flat major is given a bright and tender account, with balances judged finely, whether between the instruments or between the myriad emotions that flash through its fizzing duration…the... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, Chamber Choice
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a real winner on all counts - the individual players are hugely impressive when required to step into the spotlight, and the intensity of the collective sound in tutti passages is overwhelming... — More…
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Presto Editor's Choice, January 2022
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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RecommendedLive at Kohl Mansion - Heggie, Schubert & Mendelssohn
Sasha Cooke (mezzo-soprano), Daniel Hope (violin), Sean Mori (violin), Kay Stern (violin), Dawn Harms (violin), Patricia Heller (viola), Emil Miland (cello)
Heggie accomplishes the task with incontestable fluency, opting for a musical language that marries the contours of Jewish melody with popular idioms…Whether the music penetrates fully the horror... — More…
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Presto Recording of the Week, 12th February 2021
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a format that allows these quartets, showing Mendelssohn at his best, to reveal their multifarious qualities: energy, passion, tenderness, wit and civilised authority...Overall, I can only applaud... — More…
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2014, Chamber Choice
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Building a Library, October 2005, Period Instrument Choice
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Their playing is very much like a concert performance -exciting, projected, perhaps a bit risky. — More…
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