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Fünfzig Jahre Takács Quartet: in Bad Tölz gestalteten sie mit Haydn, Bartók und Debussy eine Sternstunde der Streichquartett-Kunst.

Besuch aus dem Streichquartett-Olymp: das Minguet Quartett begeisterte im Stadttheater Fürth mit impressionistischen Klanglandschaften.

Jörg Widmann und das Hagen Quartett lassen vermeintlich bekannte Werke lebendig werden.

Oft fälschlich als Frühwerke abgetan: Quartette von Schubert, Dvořák und Debussy zeigten im fulminanten Spiel des Belcea Quartets im Salzburger Mozarteum eine beeindruckende Größe.

Das Quatuor Van Kuijk bot in Lugano ein anspruchsvolles Programm mi Debussy, Weberns Fünf Sätzen und Mendelssohn.

From Kurtág’s whispered fragments to Reich’s poignant memorialisation of 9/11, the Carducci Quartet deliver a programme of remarkable emotional range and intensity.

Dans un programme qui allait de Turina au Souvenir de Florence de Tchaïkovski en passant par Debussy, le quatuor a montré un même sens éblouissant du collectif.

Stars du week-end d'ouverture de la Biennale de quatuors à cordes de la Philharmonie de Paris, les deux formations se sont illustrées séparément et ensemble dans deux concerts qui resteront dans l'histoire de la manifestation.

The Quatuor Ébène deliver striking clarity and deep musical understanding in performances of Mozart, Debussy and Brahms. 

Vilde Frang and Bertrand Chamayou join the Belcea Quartet for a musical feast including Chausson's sumptuous Concert. 

El Cuarteto Cosmos ofreció un concierto elegante, rico de interesantes sugestiones y donde sus cualidades quedaron más que demostradas.

From the tragically short-lived Guillaume Lekeu to Ernest Chausson's big-boned Concert via Debussy's sole string quartet, a tremendous evening at Wigmore Hall. 

A truly committed performance of César Franck's Piano Quintet, a work that is played too rarely and is often misunderstood by performers and audience alike. 

An eclectic programme running from Purcell to Nina Simone kept with the Festival's tradition of presenting up-and-coming classical musicians.

Programme 100% français ce soir pour le Quatuor Modigliani dans le cadre du Gstaad Menuhin Festival.

The Oslo String Quartet impresses in a carefully curated concert at Grieg's home. 

Le plaisir sans compter et du talent à revendre : le jeu hédoniste du Quatuor Modigliani, lundi soir, avec les Amis de la Musique à l'Opéra de Clermont-Ferrand.

A performance that sacrificed a degree of Gallic fragrance in its pursuit of precision.

The Nash Ensemble exploited its versatility in a wide-ranging and enjoyable programme of French chamber music and song featuring soprano Rebecca Evans.

Since its formation four years ago, the young ensemble Quatuor Van Kuijk has been bagging numerous competition prizes and accumulating international acclaim.

An evening of exceptional originality and daring in Snape Maltings – not to mention glorious music – got the Aldeburgh Festival off to a striking start for the 2016 season.

A monumental recital of passionate classics from some members of classical music's royalty, at the Queen Elizabeth Hall.

The Jerusalem Quartet offered a compelling rendition of works by Mozart, Bartók, and Schumann in the University of Chicago's Mandel Hall.

A pseudo-cinematic turn of events forced the world renowned Brodsky Quartet to pull out all the stops for their concert in Utrecht last Thursday evening. Continually in demand as interpreters of the standard string quartet repertoire as well as proponents of new music commissioned by living composers, the quartet has accumulated a wealth of original manuscripts for their personal catalogue.

Those who find that the words “complete works” hold a special allure will surely already know about the Debussy Chamber Music Festival taking place in Chicago this month, performed and organized by the Chicago Chamber Musicians, which offers the rare opportunity to hear the composer’s complete chamber works.

This year the Proms Chamber Music Series returns to the bright and spacious environment of Cadogan Hall to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Claude Debussy’s birth. At the sixth concert in the series an inspired programme given by BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists, the Escher Quartet, paired two works exactly one hundred years apart in their composition: String Quartet No. 4, Op.

There is something delightfully non-prescriptive about the word “ensemble”, admitting of many combinations of performers and types of music. It was this notion of flexibility that came to the fore in Friday night’s concert in the Queen’s Hall, Edinburgh.

On Thursday 15 March, the Jerusalem String Quartet strode onto the stage of Richardson Auditorium all wearing the same smart suits. The four young players played a pleasant program of early string quartets by Beethoven, Debussy, and Brahms.