Haydn - String Quartets, Op. 33 Nos. 1-6

amazing precision of intonation and articulation. Yet the piecing [sic] intensity of their virtually vibrato-less style, enhanced by the bright, resonant Hyperion recording, can sometimes weary... — BBC Music Magazine, September 2013, 3 out of 5 stars More…

readings that are remarkable for their consistency of tone and security of technique. They rattle off fast movements with élan...and serve slow movements well with their rapt concentration — Gramophone Magazine, July 2011 More…

Astonishingly insightful playing, musically captivating and technically blemishless. Each and every phrase rings so completely true that one can't imagine the music being played any other way. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2014, 5 out of 5 stars More…

On Volume 2 of their Haydn cycle, the Frankfurt-based Buchberger Quartet initially sounds rather plain in a dry room acoustic, but one warms to the neat and inventive playing. — BBC Music Magazine, October 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…

perhaps the most refreshing aspects of these performances is that they never cause the music to sound trivial...some of the performances in this set are better than others, but taken as a whole,... — International Record Review, May 2013 More…