String quartet in D major

"Franck wrote his String Quartet in 1890 ... I am not all that familiar with this piece but I was highly impressed with this performance from the Quatuor Danel ... The Quatuor Danel navigate their way brilliantly through this complex web before drawing the work to its triumphant conclusion ... The F minor Piano Quintet is performed more regularly ... This performance from the Quatuor Danel and Paavali Jumppanen is very good indeed ... The towering performance by Richter and the Borodin Quartet is still the best interpretation of this work, but this new recording contains very fine playing and is a substantial addition to the discography. Highly recommended".

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"Sådan som Dante-kvartetten foredrager de to værker ... er man således langt væk fra et forlorent, fimset, fransk univers. De spiller tværtimod med stor elegance, og værkernes komplekse strukturer - især Francks - kommer til at fremstå glasklare qua et overlegent teknisk håndelag. Musikken emmer af liv og umiddelbarhed, og der spilles med passioneret involvering af de fire knalddygtige musikere ... Strygekvartetter er ikke altid afslappende lytning, men det er tilfældet her, hvor vi får kunst af højeste klasse".

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"Editor's choice: These performances by the Quatuor Danel are deftly poised on a knife's edge between sensuousness and rigour, as the most memorable interpretations of Franck's music so often are ... It's the vivid characterisations that makes these performances extraordinary ... This new recording by the Quatuor Danel and Paavali Jumppanen is the most gripping yet - and by a long shot. Urgently recommended".

"Vurdering: Diapason d'or" - "Un très beau disque, signé par des musiciens don't l'exigence n'a d'égale que la qualité d'inspiration".

"Two swansongs, and in each case it's the composer's only string quartet ... This is a notably well recorded disc ... from the opening bars of the Franck we feel the intensity of the Dante's commitment ... It's certainly playing of great accomplishment".

"Vurdering: Editor's choice" - "Franck's richly romantic chamber music in distinguished Fine Arts performances.

"Here's an enticing assemblage of Francks three greatest chamber works, all splendidly recorded and offering stylish, powerfully communicative performances ... And in all three works, the musicians command all the flexibility this highly expressive music needs, alongside the subtlety and discipline that leaves us feeling were hearing the music rather than just one interpretation of it".