Le quatuor Takács à La Chaise-Dieu : de la lumière à l’ombre

By Tristan Labouret, 21 August 2018

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“La première partie a brillé par sa clarté ; la seconde frappe par sa force de caractère”

Reviewed at Auditorium Cziffra, La Chaise-Dieu on 19 August 2018

Mendelssohn, String Quartet no. 6 in F minor, Op.80

Dohnányi, String Quartet no. 2 in D flat major, Op.15

Mozart, String Quartet in D major "Prussian", K575

Dvořák, String Quartet no. 12 in F major, "American", Op.96

Takács Quartet

Edward Dusinberre, Violin

Harumi Rhodes, Violin

Geraldine Walther, Viola

András Fejér, Cello

Takács Quartet explores folk-inflected repertoire in Cleveland

Sam Jacobson, 23rd January

At the Cleveland Chamber Music Society, the Takács Quartet collaborates with Marc-André Hamelin in works by Price and Dvořák.

***11

Beethoven's last and Dohnanyi's first at Mostly Mozart

Linda Holt, 5th August

The Takács Quartet performed quartets by Beethoven and Mozart with insight and energy. Pianist Jeremy Denk joined the ensemble in Dohnányi’s lushly romantic Piano Quintet.

*****

Takács Quartet shows its strengths in Cleveland

Sam Jacobson, 9th April

The Takács Quartet’s memorable performance was anchored by Grieg’s less-trodden string quartet, prefaced by works of Haydn and Shostakovich.

****1

Takács Quartet heads east in Edinburgh

Simon Thompson, 11th August

Mozart, Dvořák and Dohnányi takes listeners at the Edinburgh Festival from Prussia to Hungary.

*****

Takács Quartet and friends conquer Souvenir de Florence

Chris Garlick, 19th May

The Takács Quartet and friends pair string sextets by Tchaikovsky and Brahms at Wigmore Hall.

****1

Shedding light on inventiveness

Edward Sava-Segal, 14th October

The Takács Quartet proved once more that among the long-established American quartets they are, arguably, the most reliable.

*****

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Tristan Labouret

Musicologue diplômé du CNSMD de Paris, Tristan Labouret collabore avec de nombreux artistes et institutions musicales (Printemps des Arts de Monte-Carlo, Orchestre national d'Île-de-France, Opéra Orchestre National Montpellier, festivals de musique de chambre de Deauville, Just Classik Festival…), menant des activités de médiation à destination de tous les publics. Ex-altiste toujours passionné par les répertoires chambristes et symphoniques, il occupe depuis 2018 le poste de rédacteur en chef de la partie francophone de Bachtrack.