Schumann - String Quartet No. 1 in A minor, Op. 41 No. 1

Here's a disc that merits an especially big welcome...At last comes a strong challenger which brings together all three of these wonderful but so often misunderstood quartets. The play has all... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2011, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Here’s playing that penetrates this music to a degree that surprised even a fully paid-up [Schumann] fan like me. The Emerson are such a fine ensemble, but they’re also four strongly individual... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2021, 5 out of 5 stars More…

The songs, with the stratospheric, laser-beam soprano of Anna Lucia Richter, fare particularly well…In the two formal quartets there’s no mistaking the passion and energy of the four players,... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 4 out of 5 stars More…

These are altogether admirably warm performances, with the musicians' affection for the music everywhere in evidence. For hi-fi enthusiasts, a Blu-ray disc in uncompressed sound is included as... — BBC Music Magazine, Awards Issue 2015, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Recorded live at Washington’s Library of Congress, the highlight here is Rudolf Serkin’s exhilarating contribution to Schumann’s Piano Quintet. Elsewhere, dry acoustics expose some roughness... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2018, 3 out of 5 stars More…