The feverish unease that pervades these late Schubert works, with their ambiguous shifts from major to minor, tremolo triplets and searing outbursts, is perfectly captured by the excellent Doric ...

String Quartet No.1 in C major, Op.49: 1. Moderato String Quartet No.1 in C major, Op.49: 2. Moderato String Quartet No.1 in C major, Op.49: 3. Allegro molto String ...

Clarice Assad’s NEXUS, which received its New York premiere in the Takács Quartet’s concert Wednesday night in Carnegie’s Zankel Hall, had the players literally in motion, circling each other onstage ...

Emily MacGregor chooses her favourite recording of Shostakovich's String Quartet No 8 in C minor. Written at white heat in just three days, Shostakovich's Eighth String Quartet is also his most ...

String Quartet No.7 in F, Op.59 No.1 - "Rasumovsky No. 1": 1. Allegro String Quartet No.7 in F, Op.59 No.1 - "Rasumovsky No. 1": 2. Allegretto vivace e sempre ...

Brahms claimed to have written and destroyed 20 string quartets before he managed to complete any he wanted to keep. The two quartets of his Op. 51, which he wrote in 1873, ended a quarter century ...

Schubert spatters the music, virtually all his music, with filigree sounds, p to ppp, throwing in sudden changes of f to p from one note to another. Such details are always obeyed. Nothing is ...

What can I say? This is just a fantastic recording. It sounds great, the playing is erudite and courageous, and it’s quite simply the best thing I’ve heard all year. The Walton really stands out for ...