Browse: Britten - String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94

The performances are all superbly judged and controlled, balancing fragility with strength, restraint with great depth of feeling… The early Divertimenti, played with considerable wit and elegance,... — Gramophone Magazine, May 2019 More…

they do not disappoint in this beautifully recorded set, which couples raw intensity with subtle refinement...this release is highly recommended — BBC Music Magazine, December 2013, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Emperors bring energy, commitment, real understanding of the idiom and finesse to all these works... if you want everything Britten wrote for the medium – and it is all worth hearing – then... — MusicWeb International, December 2022 More…

the Endellion is a seasoned ensemble with a clear, holistic vision of each Quartet...Britten's writing cruelly exposes any weakness in technique or intonation, yet the Endellions emerge with... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Britten's last quartet has been lucky in its recordings… With the Coull there's a sense of searching and effort, which suits the pain of the music more than the complete technical assurance... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Brodsky are the Britten team for the new century, and at full price they take advantage of the super-refined Snape Maltings acoustic to offer performances of great intelligence and expressive... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

…an enterprising and useful coupling. Britten's trim and deft little Phantasy Quartet is hardly over-recorded, while Arthur Bliss's Oboe Quintet of 1927, with its delightful Irish-jig finale,... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2007, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The readings, as one might expect, are full of insightful nuances, but the outstanding feature is their structural cogency. Where the outer movement of Britten’s Second can sound sectional in... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…