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| Mannheimer Morgen, nb | nb Schuberts "Forellenquintett" hat man wohl niemals feiner zugeschliffen und stilistisch ausgepichter hören können. The Boston Globe | 21 February 2011 | Matthew Guerrieri The group eschewed homogeneity, letting the buzz of distinct personalities predominate. [...] The reading had a rich intensity, Bártok's tightly-wound counterpoint and special effects integrated into a dark, dissonant swirl. [...] The player's varied characters kept the texture crackling with electricity. The New York Times | 27 February 2011 | Steve Smith [...] Properly poised in the earlier piece, the Takacs players adopted an earthier sound and a volatile temperament that suited Schubert's mood swings and nervous fits without selling short his delicacy or serenity. [...] This was an account of rare insight and passion, red-blooded but never reckless. [...] Again the Takacs players took risks with their exertions. And again the result was a performance that conveyed superlatively Schubert's inimitable entwinement of filigree and frenzy. The New York Times | 27 February 2011 | Steve Smith [...] Properly poised in the earlier piece, the Takacs players adopted an earthier sound and a volatile temperament that suited Schubert's mood swings and nervous fits without selling short his delicacy or serenity. [...] This was an account of rare insight and passion, red-blooded but never reckless. [...] Again the Takacs players took risks with their exertions. And again the result was a performance that conveyed superlatively Schubert's inimitable entwinement of filigree and frenzy. The Guardian | 27 Januar 2011 | Andrew Clements The formidable technical demands were met effortlessly, and the performance conceived in a seamless arc; yet the Takács still conveyed the music's strangeness, with every tingling detail fitting precisely and the last section a haunting essey in desolation. [...] The first few seconds of the concert [...] would have been enough to assure this audience that they were about to experience one of the wonders of the musical world. Berliner Morgenpost | 22. November 2007 |
| "Das Podium vibriert von musikalisch selten derart eindringlich ausgesprochenen, unsäglichen Leidenschaften: von Sehnsucht, Empörung, Selbsthass, Jubel, Denütigung und Begierde." [Janácek] |
| Guardian, London | 12. November 2007 |
| "With the Takács Quartet on their current form, when only superlatives seem to do, there is a risk of indulging in hyperbole. But the fact is : they are peerless...The combination of glowing tone-colours and impeccable technical control is in itself captivating, but it is the compelling immediacy of the Takács's playing that engages one in every moment." |
| Calgary Herald | 2. October 2007 |
| "The most impressive playing came in the performance of Janacek's Second Quartet (Intimate Letters), a late work by the composer with a searing intensity and emotion throughout the four movements. In the hands of lesser groups, Janacek's ideas might seem fragmented and unrelated, but under the fingers of the Takács Quartet, everything was clear, convincing, the utterly logical - a performance of stunning power and persuasiveness." |
