★★★★★
Classical Net on Facebook & TwitterAffiliates CD ReviewThe Soviet ExperienceString Quartets by Dmitri Shostakovich and his Contemporaries, Volume IIDmitri Shostakovich:String Quartet #1 in C Major, Op. 49String Quartet #2 in A Major, Op. 68String Quartet #3 in F Major, Op. 73String Quartet #4 in D major, Op. 83Serge Prokofieff:String Quartet #2 in F Major, Op...
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2012-06-18
★★★★★
The Pacifica String Quartet plays with such lovely tone that even the thornier bits of the atonal Seeger and the acerbic Hindemith works come across as elegant, even mellow. The truth is, both are full of beautiful and arresting music, and as these performances show, all it takes is a group willing to play them that way...
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2009-06-06
★★★★★
The first two string quartets by Chicago-based composer Easley Blackwood (born 1932) typify the atonal yet formally conservative style he cultivated in his 20s. Following a brief Largo introduction, the opening movement of his First quartet bristles with energetic counterpoint, colored with chordal punctuations that refuse to settle into any particular groove...
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2009-06-06
★★★★★
Even Elliott Carter expresses his admiration for the Pacifica Quartet's mastery of his fiendishly difficult music (they play complete Carter quartet cycles in a single concert), so it's difficult to find anything of note to criticize here...
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2009-06-06
★★★★★
Hard on the heels of acclaimed versions by the Talich and Emerson quartets, here's yet another set of the complete Mendelssohn String Quartets. This one's from a young foursome on a small label, so many collectors might be tempted to pass it by. If they do, they'll be making a huge mistake, for on my scorecard at least, the Pacifica Quartet goes right to the top of the list in a dead heat with the Talich...
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2009-06-06
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