Belcea Quartet excels in Britten and Shostakovich

Por Mark Pullinger, 12 junio 2017

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“a fierce gallop to the very edge of the abyss, bow hairs flailing”

Crítica hecha desde Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Snape el 11 junio 2017

Widmann, Drei Schattentänze für Klarinette solo (Three Shadow Dances for solo clarinet)

Shostakovich, Cuarteto de cuerda núm. 3 en fa mayor, op. 73

Shostakovich, Piano Quintet in G minor, Op.57

Jörg Widmann, Clarinete

Piotr Anderszewski, Piano

Belcea Quartet

Cuarteto Belcea y Avdeeva decantan a Mendelssohn, Britten y Weinberg

Leonardo Mattana Ereño, 24th February

Muy notable resultado donde la vitalidad nunca se encuentra desbocada sino estructurada a partir de la búsqueda de un sonido siempre cuidado.

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Les Quatuors Ébène et Belcea au Panthéon de la Biennale

Tristan Labouret, 10th January

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.

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A constellation of quartets end the East Neuk Festival

Simon Thompson, 29th June

Sixteen of the finest string players around join forces on one stage to end the East Neuk Festival in a grand finale.

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Eine Hommage an Laura Samuel: das Belcea Quartet im Pierre Boulez Saal

Sebastian Urmoneit, 10th December

Mit Schönberg und Beethoven im Pierre Boulez Saal gedenkt das Quartett ihrem Gründungsmitglied.

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Echoes of Youth: the Belcea and Ébène Quartets at Carnegie Hall

Edward Sava-Segal, 14th November

A concert of Mendelssohn and Enescu octets which proves that eight can be more than four plus four.

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A game of numbers: Belcea Quartet and Quatuor Ébène play octets

Alexander Hall, 28th May

Sometimes you just marvel at the level of musical inspiration and the virtuosic quality of the playing. The two octets by Mendelssohn and Enescu make a very satisfying pairing.

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Mark Pullinger

Mark has been a Bachtrack editor since 2014. He is also an experienced critic, writing hundreds of reviews for the site, as well as a freelancer writing for other magazines and newspapers. He also writes programme notes and blogs on Substack. Mark has a particular passion for the operas of Verdi as well as Russian and French repertoire. Outside the concert hall and opera house, Mark enjoys cooking and travel and is probably at his happiest let loose in a French patisserie or a Viennese coffee house.

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