In the spring of 2016, the British recording company Chandos, with the help of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute's Polska Music programme, released an album containing every string quartet by Grażyna ...

To have a woman’s voice from Poland charting the difficult years of the mid-20th century is a valuable testimony. Gražyna Bacewicz, violinist and composer of over 200 works, deserves a wider audience.

Now in its 19th year, South Korea’s leading string quartet, Novus Quartet, continues its ambitious musical journey with the release of a new album, "Brahms: The Complete String Quartets." The group’s ...

Moving through the stories of many lives told in myriad ways: This is what it feels like to spend time with Steve Reich's three innovative and profound string quartets. It's even more powerful to hear ...

The Paris-based Quatuor Diotima mark their 20th anniversary with a clutch of new recordings. The centrepiece is this very fine set devoted to the Second Viennese School, which is perhaps the best ...

The Berlin-based Artemis Quartet's Beethoven string quartet cycle was recorded between 1998 and 2011. The recordings cover a change of personnel (of violin and viola, in 2007), and the group's ...

Given their importance in the quartet literature of the 20th century, there are surprisingly few complete recordings of Shostakovich's 15 string quartets. Even so, this set joins some pretty select ...

The Abel Quartet, like many musicians around the world, faced a pivotal moment at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. The members, who were based in Vienna, Austria, returned to their home country, ...

Dmitry Shostakovich’s string quartets can easily entice any author into an abyss of abstract poetic language. And so do the recordings of these deeply personal and very moving pieces. I have always ...

Fans of UB’s annual Slee Beethoven String Quartet Cycle are in for a treat this year. The Pacifica String Quartet, which has demonstrated a passion and commitment for performing complete string ...

On Friday, July 25, 2025, the two-time GRAMMY-nominated Miró Quartet will release its newest album, Ginastera String Quartets, on PENTATONE. Celebrating 30 years as an ensemble in 2025, the ...