String Quartets

Hybrid/SACD - playable on all compact disc players

"This is an impressive recording debut by the Szymanowski Quartet, even if I have my slight reservations about the Haydn which opens the programme. The technical certainty of the musicians is absolute, the quartet's ensemble seemingly perfect."
(MusicWeb July 2006)

"Regarding the Dvořák, the Szymanowski seem perfectly at home. The plaintive opening strains of the Adagio ma non troppo here are true — one buys into them completely and is drawn into the thunderous world of Dvořák's quartets headlong. Regarding tone here, the closest one's comparison can run would be with regard to this quartet — would be the more overtly theatrical and easily accessible performances of the Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson trio's versions of Shostakovich versus other more raw recordings. The sound quality of this recording is excellent and, with its mixture of the new and less-than new - but still not as often heard - repertoire, it comes highly recommended."
(MusicWeb May 2006)