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LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Late Quartets Opus 95, 127, 130-133, 135 Takacs Quartet [ Decca Records / 3 CD Box Set - released 12/Dec/2004 ] "Excellent recordings too: sonorous, and with well-judged sense of four-voices-in-one. It doesn't feel all risky to say that this is probably the finest modern set of these great quartets." (BBC) |
JOSEF HAYDN
6 String Quartets, op.76 Takacs String Quartet [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 12/Jan/2008 ] "The ensemble is Hungarian and relatively youthful and they bring to this music a joyful directness that is entirely refreshing and in no way inhibits them from the necessary sufficient underlining of this point or lingering over that. Strongly... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quartets Nos 7-10 (The Middle Quartets) Takacs Quartet [ Decca Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 25/Aug/2002 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD WINNER 2002: Chamber - "The bold‚ disciplined and spirit-seeking Takács have the edge over the imaginative and warm-hearted Lindsays." |