String Quintet Op 163
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String Quintet Op 163
Arcanto Quartett
[ Harmonia Mundi / CD ]
Release Date: Thursday 20 December 2012
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"This is a performance of the highest class, gripping you from the moment that four of the five players set bow to string at the outset … the overall impression is of extreme thoughtfulness … Comparisons seem pointless." (International Record Review)
"This version is exceptionally well recorded, with superb balance among the instruments...The players of the Arcanto Quartet, as well as the second cellist Olivier Marron, adopt an austere approach to tone, using very little vibrato...the Arcanto score highly. What I missed was the abandon which is to be found in the very finest performances." (BBC Music)
"This is a performance of the highest class, gripping you from the moment that four of the five players set bow to string at the outset … the overall impression is of extreme thoughtfulness … Comparisons seem pointless. Notwithstanding the countless versions of this piece, this is one for the gods." (International Record Review)
"Their sound is distinctively bright and takes the robust-but-sensitive approach that always makes them such appealing candidate for the performance of the cornerstones of chamber repertoire...However, the strongest recommendation for this disc...is the simple point that they manage to bring out the earlier Classical influences in the music that are often passed over in favour of soupy indulgence." (Gramophone)
