Browse: Dudok Quartet (string quartet)

The Dudok Quartet’s gift is to hear Ligeti in Ligeti even when he couldn’t hear it in himself...The First Quartet is Tom and Jerry in black and white, the Second is their Technicolor reincarnation,... — Gramophone Magazine, November 2015 More…

Overall, I’d say they’re exemplary, and especially delightful in their telling of Haydn’s impish jokes. The Dudoks will make you laugh out loud with their stuttering stops and starts, and every... — Fanfare, March/April 2021 More…

Always alert to Haydn’s myriad caprices, they introduce some perfectly placed, sinuous phrasing in the third movement of No. 3 in G minor, and real verve and colour in its brilliant allegretto. — The Observer, 6th October 2019 More…

The Dudoks deliver a rhythmically dynamic and wonderfully nuanced account of the Bacewicz. Their Shostakovich is also impressive, projecting tremendous power, ferocity and forward momentum in... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2023, 4 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 5 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

They move seamlessly through the ages, masters of every musical language they perform: Irish jig , Scottish folksong, Welsh lullaby, Renaissance lute songs, each piece layered with an improvisatory... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2024, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Dudok offer a driving account of the first movement of Mendelssohn’s last quartet, conveying vividly its rhetoric and sense of desperation, and their immaculate ensemble is very impressive…From... — Gramophone Magazine, September 2018 More…

The Dudok Quartet responds brilliantly to all [the] facets of Ligeti’s persona, and their performance can fully stand comparison with the Arditti Quartet’s 1994 recording, which was supervised... — BBC Music Magazine, March 2017, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The Dudok Quartet ’s playing is vigorous, intense and at times thrilling. Roukens’s string quartet in particular merits repeated and rewarded listening. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2023, 3 out of 5 stars More…