‘This is magical wonderland music, with the many available versions no competition’ (Liverpool Daily Post)

‘You will experience in the group's playing some of the most exquisite gradations between dynamic markings you've ever heard … that is just one example among hundreds that make this the most expressive reading I've ever heard … an award-deserving recording … this receives the highest recommendation possible’ (Fanfare, USA)

‘The Dante Quartet give a full-blooded performance, with no false delicacy … the transition to the central section of the scherzo in Ravel's quartet fades to a whisper, as preparation for the sublime dream-world ahead’ (BBC Music Magazine)

‘A stroke of programming genius … the Dantes make the oddball central movement of Ravel's String Quartet resonate beautifully and offer an unusually tender, otherworldly account of the Debussy’ (Classic FM Magazine)

«Rarement un quatuor a su faire preuve d'une telle souplesse de discours et d'une telle légèreté instrumentale; les Dante sont un soliste ou un orchestre, mais on oublie qu'ils sont quatre. Au-delà de cet excellent travail de quatuor, ils proposent une palette de couleurs étonnantes, jouant avec des camaïses d'une subtilité incroyable … rien que pour le Debussy, un choc, un vrai» (Classica, France)

‘The shifts of light and shade in Debussy's String Quartet are ear-catchingly etched in by the Dante Quartet … Ravel's Quartet is ushered in with an ethereal calm that nevertheless has sufficient fibre to sustain the first movement's burst of energy. The quiet musing of the slow movement is set in dramatic contrast with the fiery finale’ (The Daily Telegraph)

‘One of the UK's finest quartets. They find all manner of shading and delicacy in the Debussy; their Ravel is a miracle of feather-light tone and seamless phrasing … for sheer refinement, sweetness and unanimity of purpose these performances strike me as exceptional’ (Financial Times)

‘The two outstanding masterpieces of the genre by French composers … the Dantes are one of the finest newish quartets based in Britain … they are alive to every nuance of these ever-fascinating works’ (The Sunday Times)

‘This must count as one of the most satisfying surveys of Ravel's complete violin music in the catalogue’ (The Strad)

‘Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien possess the rare gift of being able to recreate on disc the same captivating spontaneity and musical intensity that distinguishes their concerts. Rarely have the sleek lines and textures of Ravel's two sonatas sounded so alluring, nor the manic drive of the Tzigane so deliriously intoxicating. Their sublimely articulate and sensitive account of the Lekeu Sonata surpasses even Menuhin's 1938 trailblazer’ (Classic FM Magazine)

‘Ibragimova’s tone is taut, sweet and astringent, but with plenty of power in her bowing arm … while Tiberghien’s limpid touch and easy bravura are perfect for this music. The lovely central movement, très lent, is Lekeu’s masterpiece, done with exquisite intensity here … Ibragimova and Tiberghien do it proud’ (The Sunday Times)

‘The instinctive artistic collaboration between Alina Ibragimova and Cédric Tiberghien … is again brought to the fore in this perceptive and magically played programme of French chamber music … they have great fun with the wild gipsy flair of Tzigane, but you can tell that this spontaneity is born of deep understanding of the music’s character and of unshakeable rapport. In the entire programme the playing is of finesse and winning, communicative allure’ (The Daily Telegraph)