Browse: Quatuor Diotima (string quartet)

Sensational readings of two of the fifteen string quartets written by Conrado del Campo, a key composer in twentieth-century Spanish music, unjustly neglected since his death in 1953. This important... — International Classical Music Awards, 2023 More…

How do you like your Bartók quartets served? With precision, passion, a sense of mystery or a sense of humour? With spontaneity or with a pinch of paprika?...Quatuor Diotima offer a balanced... — Gramophone Magazine, April 2019 More…

The extreme refinement and minutely focused intensity, in recordings to match, make the Webern a singularly beautiful, if somewhat unsettling experience. — BBC Music Magazine, January 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Saunders explores the sculptural properties of sound, focusing on contrasting and complementary timbre rather than traditional harmony...Juliet Fraser is the spiralling soloist in Skin; swaggering... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2023, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

While Hayden’s aesthetic often generates highly animated, complex and concentrated structures, subdued moments also filter through in the string quartet, recalling earlier, more spectral-inspired... — Gramophone Magazine, March 2020 More…

The opening movement, ‘A Sea-Change’, refers to the part in Shakespeare’s The Tempest when the king's eyes are transformed by water into pearls; the oil-and-vinegar interplay between clarinet... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2023, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

This prestige release by an ensemble of first-rate performers features eight chamber works by contemporary French composer Eric Tanguy. The title work is performed with strength and conviction... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…