Critique & Review
March 21, 2024
"(...) The Glière Quartet, founded in 2017 in Vienna, was born to serve the composer whose name it bears. The first violinist, Austro-Ukrainian Wladislaw Winokurow, founded an ensemble specializing in Russian and Ukrainian music from the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries. His partners are Austro-Polish violinist Dominika Falger and German violist Martin Edelmann, both members of the Wiener Symphoniker; Hungarian cellist Endre F. Stankowsky, soloist with the Budapest Opera, completes the team, who display a genuine joy of playing together. Dynamism, cohesion and assertive lyricism happily serve these little-known pages, and are on a par in terms of quality with the version by the Pulzus Quartet (Hungaroton, 2006). We can only hope that today's performers will record Glière's other two quartets."
25/01/2023
”(…)On the whole, however, it offers interpretations of these two quartets that are joyful to play and tastefully elevate the moods. In doing so, they offer exciting views of these two works, making it clear why they chose Glière as the namesake of their quartet.”
May/June 2023
"(...) I know what really superb string playing sounds like and this is it…the G-Minor Quartet, in particular, sounds rhythmically quite tricky and technically difficult, yet the ensemble navigates it smoothly and without any compromises in tone quality, intonation, or togetherness.”
MARCH 29, 2023
"(...) In performing terms, the virtuosity of the entire quartet is never in doubt and neither is the dynamism and verve of their playing.”“a wonderfully lush and rich palette which is very effectively caught on this recording by the excellent eponymous Glière String Quartet in the well engineered DUX sound. It has to be said the playing is passionate and full-toned as well as virtuosic in a manner that suits this music perfectly.”
Mercredi 05 Juillet 2023
”Le Quatuor Glière qui s’est manifestement nommé ainsi pour rendre justice à ces œuvres est sans doute sans concurrent actuel, mais cela ne l’empêche pas de se montrer, c’est là aussi évident, à la hauteur de cette musique, à telle enseigne qu’on entend un très beau disque, d’autant plus que la part de découverte et de curiosité guide l’écoute.”
