Mandelring Quartett

Encores From The Mandelring Quartett

Jed Distler

It’s nice to see an ensemble of the Mandelring Quartett’s musical integrity and serious-mindedness let down its collective hair with an all-encore program. Among the

Under the Radar: The Mandelring Quartett’s Varied Shostakovich

David Hurwitz

There were some outstanding performances in this series, though I

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Janácek: Quartets SACD

David Hurwitz

The playing here is extremely beautiful for the most part, but in the first quartet it comes across as somewhat studied. Each movement, or a

STRING QUARTETS, VOL. 3

Victor Carr Jr

The Mandelring Quartet initially raises high hopes in the first movement of Schubert’s String Quartet No. 15. After performances that attempt to “Brucknerize” the music

Shostakovich: String Quartet No. 1 in C major Op. 49; No. 2 in A maj etc

Jed Distler

If future releases in the Mandelring Quartet’s projected Shostakovich cycle match this first volume’s revelatory excellence (not to mention Audite’s realistically detailed surround sound), the