. . . there are so many striking ideas, powerfully developed. And when you have an intelligent, technically almost superhuman ensemble like the Emerson Quartet, playing with obvious feeling for the music, reservations about quartet-style fly out of the window . . .
It's a compelling performance with plenty to say about the music, right from the seemingly austere opening solos. It's good to hear the Emersons finding a good deal more than lyrical charm in the Grieg Quartet . . . the playing is . . . richly enjoyable from every angle . . . it's good to hear this music taken so seriously, and so shaped so powerfully. The recordings are as fine as this truly outstanding playing deserves. --BBC Music Magazine
It's a compelling performance with plenty to say about the music, right from the seemingly austere opening solos. It's good to hear the Emersons finding a good deal more than lyrical charm in the Grieg Quartet . . . the playing is . . . richly enjoyable from every angle . . . it's good to hear this music taken so seriously, and so shaped so powerfully. The recordings are as fine as this truly outstanding playing deserves. --BBC Music Magazine
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