Constructive criticism – the Accord Quartet in concert
Péter Varga examines the Accord Quartet’s 2008 performance of Hugo Wolf’s Italian Serenade and Beethoven’s Op. 132 quartet. His review focuses on unified tone production, speech-like phrasing and a shared musical conception.
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In Beethoven, the restrained use of vibrato and the differentiation of thematic characters receive particular attention. The account documents the final evening of a three-concert series at the Old Academy of Music.
Editorial summary; the original publication is linked above.