FIVE STAR REVIEW IN BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE

The album featuring the first complete recording of Vítězslav Novák’s string quartets, as performed by the legendary Stamic Quartet, has received a fantastic 5 star review in the September issue of the BBC Music Magazine.

“In the opening movement of the First Quartet, with its hints of Impressionist colouring, they supply just the right level of youthful enthusiasm. The slow introductory movement of the Second Quartet is Novak at his finest based on a modally coloured fugal theme it is quite unlike anything in Czech music in this period. The Stamic Quartet's sus­tained, constantly absorbing reading results in a gloriously radiant conclusion. They are equally impressive in the much darker Third Quartet, bringing a passionate intensity to the passacaglia finale. I could have done with a slightly more resonant recorded sound, but overall these are exemplary performances of some remarkable repertoire.”