String Quartet in F major (Ravel)
from Ravel & Debussy: String Quartets (CDA67759)
1 Allegro moderato, très doux [8'15]
2 Assez vif, très rythmé [6'23]
3 Très lent [9'41]
4 Vif et agité [5'04]
29 minutes 23 seconds 4 tracks
‘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 sub ...
‘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 ...
‘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-fascinat ...