Royal String Quartet
INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW 'OUTSTANDING'
'The quartets were commissioned by Kronos, whose recordings on Nonesuch must command respect and attention, but the Royal's performances rival them with playing that is passionate and sharp-edged, capturing the emotional depth and intensity of the music equally vividly' --BBC Music Magazine
INTERNATIONAL RECORD REVIEW 'OUTSTANDING'
'The quartets were commissioned by Kronos, whose recordings on Nonesuch must command respect and attention, but the Royal's performances rival them with playing that is passionate and sharp-edged, capturing the emotional depth and intensity of the music equally vividly' --BBC Music Magazine
'The Royal Quartet is outstanding in every respect … The sheer poise of the playing in the last movement of the Third, never slackening for a moment, is absolutely remarkable … This is an outstanding tribute to a great composer' --International Record Review
'The players are suitably violent and relentless as Górecki creates driving, looping friezes of sound. They are terrific at sustaining long, slow lines of musical thought, a skill much needed in the predominantly slow Third Quartet … It is very fine playing, superbly recorded' --The Strad
'The Royals do it full and utter justice, from the reluctant liveliness of its central Allegro to fourth and fifth movements featuring harmonies cool enough for a jazz chart' --New Zealand Herald
'The players are suitably violent and relentless as Górecki creates driving, looping friezes of sound. They are terrific at sustaining long, slow lines of musical thought, a skill much needed in the predominantly slow Third Quartet … It is very fine playing, superbly recorded' --The Strad
'The Royals do it full and utter justice, from the reluctant liveliness of its central Allegro to fourth and fifth movements featuring harmonies cool enough for a jazz chart' --New Zealand Herald
