Takács Quartet: sublimes enlightenment in Beethoven

By Mark Thomas, 07 February 2017

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“a performance of breathtaking beauty and profound emotional impact”

Reviewed at Wigmore Hall, London on 6 February 2017

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 5 in A major, Op.18 no.5

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 4 in C minor, Op.18 no.4

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 15 in A minor, Op.132

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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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Mark Thomas

A lifelong devotee of classical music, Mark caught the bug after listening to The Planets, The Rite of Spring and Beethoven’s Fifth when he was knee-high to a grasshopper. He has degrees in non-musical subjects and currently works as a Chartered Governance Professional, but these have proved to be mere distractions from the wonders of sonatas, concertos and symphonies. He has been reviewing for Bachtrack since 2016, plays viola and violin (very shakily) and used to sing a bit (even more shakily).

Depth from within: the Takács Quartet provides sublime enlightenment in Beethoven