Search - Bela Bartok, Sofia Gubaidulina, Dmitry Shostakovich :: 20th Century String Quartets

"The Rubins? traversal of the [Shostakovich] Eighth is among the most gripping, fluid, dramatically perceptive, and technically thrilling I?ve heard, matching the Emerson?s hair-trigger ensemble values while dispatching the central Allegretto with more litheness. In sum, an excellently performed, engineered, and annotated sampling of 20th century quartet pillars ? top line music making at a bargain basement price. Go for it." - CLASSICS TODAY (9/10) Four musicians founded the Rubin Quartet in 1992. They came from Cologne, Paris and Amsterdam, and each of them already had an established place in the international concert scene. The ensemble?s playing is characterized by expressive temperament and readiness to experiment; they interpret the classical as well as the contemporary repertoire for string quartet. Their repertoire includes works from the Classical, Romantic and Modern period ? music that entrances the audience with the extraordinary energy and perfection of their playing. "The Rubin Quartet?s playing is exceptionally clean and rhythmically lively, with exemplary unanimity of attack?" - BBC MUSIC (****)