Reviews

“CD of the Month” – BBC Music Magazine

“CD of the Month” – Gramophone Magazine

Critics Choice Disk of 2011 – BBC Radio 3

– Ensemble Magazine (Germany)

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Hats off first for the stunning recording. Every bow stroke hits home as if the players are there in your living room. Another bouquet for the musicians’ mastery of the three Ps: polish, passion, precision. Fascinating, and the Dorics give it their all.

The Times – March 5th 2011
Geoff Brown

Exhilaratingly, dedicated performances from a talented young string quartet.
Make no mistake, this is a terrific disc in every way, a worthy follow-up to this ensemble’s exemplary anthology of the three Korngold quartets (Chandos, 11/10).
Gramophone – May 2011
Andrew Achenbach

The Doric gives outstanding, virtuoso performances of William Walton’s two string quartets.

The Telegraph – February 25th 2011
Geoffrey Norris

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The Doric Quartet, in these superb performances (enhanced by the rich, crystal-clear recording), play them as if they were established repertoire works, which they deserve to be.
The Sunday Times – 3 October 2010

Benchmark performances by a string quartet clearly on the cusp of great things
And what an auspicious beginning it is…From the off, the Dorics stamp their own emphatic claim to ownership with a bold incisive feel for the swirling stylistic and emotional undercurrents in Korngold’s characteristically rhythmically alert, sumptuously lyrical and exquisitely crafted music….beautifully produced and engineered by Jonathan Cooper.
BBC Music Review – 30 September 2010
Michael Quinn

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With their trademark wonderful timing, here comes a disc from the Dorics to remind us why they have been mentioned in this issue’s cover story as one of the finest young string quartets.  There is, properly, a seriousness to their Haydn here as well as a polish that marks them out as musicians with fascinating things to say.

*Editor’s Choice*

Gramophone Magazine – February 2011