PAVEL HAAS QUARTET AND THEIR MARTINŮ

The brand-new album of the world acclaimed Pavel Haas Quartet has received the Classical Recording of the Week on Presto Music and the Album of the Week on Europadisc!

“I was immediately struck by their seemingly telepathic ability to be completely fluid in their tempos… there's a richness and depth to their tone that often tricks the ear into thinking there must be an entire string section at play. The highlight is arguably their performance of Quartet No. 3, with the last movement containing some of the most jaw-droppingly virtuosic string playing I have heard for some time… In short, another stunning album from the Pavel Haas Quartet.”

Presto Music, September 2025

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“In the hands of the PHQ, the Fifth Quartet easily stands comparison with Shostakovich at his best, and deserves a place alongside the works of Janáček and Haas in the list of great Czech 20th-century quartets… Like everything on this generously-filled disc, the Seventh Quartet is splendidly characterised by the Pavel Haas players, and once again they have delivered performances that could quite easily become regarded as definitive. This is an album that should give Martinů’s repu­tation as a quartet composer an enormous boost, and we recommend it with the heartiest enthusiasm.”

Europadisc, September 2025

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