Due to the profundity of Beethoven's late string quartets and the significance composers and critics have placed on them, few modern string quartets have been regarded as masterpieces on the same level. Bartók's, yes, and Shostakovich's, but almost no other set of twentieth century quartets has been similarly elevated. It is almost axiomatic, then ...
Light and graceful, elegant and expressive, lyrical and effortless, the Belcea Quartet's EMI recording of Mozart's C major "Dissonance" Quartet and his D major "Hoffmeister" Quartet were judged perhaps the finest recording the young English ensemble had yet made when this disc was released in early 2006. As before, the Belcea's technique was clean ...
In many ways, this is an admirable recording of three quartets by Schubert. England's Belcea Quartet is a fine young quartet with a cogent ensemble, cohesive tone, and capable technique. And it seems to really mean what it plays: the A minor quartet is passionately sincere, the "Quartetsatz" is furiously earnest, and the early E flat major ...
This 2004 effort, devoted to the songs of Fauré, Debussy, and Poulenc, was Ian Bostridge's first full album of French Song. He brings the same eager devotion to poetry and musical intelligence to this repertory that have informed his recordings of German and English song in the past, but the results are mixed.Debussy's second book of Fętes ...
In this 2008 EMI Classics release, the Belcea Quartet presents Béla Bartók's six string quartets with phenomenal accuracy and assured style, though this British-based ensemble falls short in expression and fails to plumb the depths of these landmarks of twentieth century chamber music. The cycle makes extreme demands on a virtuoso string quartet's ...
This is a loving and beautiful recording of Brahms' C minor String Quartet and G major String Quintet, though youthful in its level of understanding. The Belcea Quartet plays with its customarily lean tone and strong ensemble, and there is manifest affection for Brahms in the air, particularly during the quartet's Romance and the quintet's closing ...
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