BARBICAN QUARTET, UNITED KINGDOM
Amarins Wierdsma, violinKate Maloney, violinChristoph Slenczka, violaYoanna Prodanova, cello “Finely structured and virtuosically balanced […] the Barbicans brought to Beethoven’s op. 59. 2 the intensity and instinctiveness that the slow movement needs, while giving the other movements joy, frenzy and punch. Justifiably thunderous applause.“— Harald Eggebrecht, Süddeutsche Zeitung (on the finale[…]