Chiaroscuro Quartet
Formed in 2005, the Chiaroscuro Quartet consists of the violinists Alina Ibragimova (Russia) and Pablo Hernán Benedí (Spain), the Swedish violist Emilie Hörnlund and cellist Claire Thirion from France. Dubbed ‘a trailblazer for the authentic perfomance of High Classical chamber music’ in Gramophone, this highly international ensemble performs music of the Classical period on gut strings. The quartet’s unique sound – described in The Observer as ‘a shock to the ears of the best kind’ – is highly acclaimed by audiences and critics all over Europe, and is the fruit of its lithe and gracious playing combined with an extraordinarily committed ensemble mentality. An acclaimed and growing discography includes recordings of music by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Mendelssohn. The Chiaroscuro Quartet was a prizewinner at the German Förderpreis Deutschlandfunk/Musikfest Bremen in 2013 and received Germany’s most prestigious CD award, the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, in 2015. Among the ensemble’s chamber music partners are renowned artists such as Kristian Bezuidenhout, Nicolas Baldeyrou, Chen Halevi, Trevor Pinnock, Malcolm Bilson, Jonathan Cohen and Christophe Coin. Since 2009, the Chiaroscuro Quartet has been artist-in-residence at Port-Royal- des-Champs near Versaille, giving a concert series dedicated to Mozart’s string quartets. Among other leading chamber music venues and festivals where the quartet performs and holds residences are the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Aldeburgh and Edinburgh Festivals, Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Sendesaal Bremen and the West Cork Festival. © SM/Qobuz
Read moreFormed in 2005, the Chiaroscuro Quartet consists of the violinists Alina Ibragimova (Russia) and Pablo Hernán Benedí (Spain), the Swedish violist Emilie Hörnlund and cellist Claire Thirion from France. Dubbed ‘a trailblazer for the authentic perfomance of High Classical chamber music’ in Gramophone, this highly international ensemble performs music of the Classical period on gut strings. The quartet’s unique sound – described in The Observer as ‘a shock to the ears of the best kind’ – is highly acclaimed by audiences and critics all over Europe, and is the fruit of its lithe and gracious playing combined with an extraordinarily committed ensemble mentality. An acclaimed and growing discography includes recordings of music by Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert and Mendelssohn. The Chiaroscuro Quartet was a prizewinner at the German Förderpreis Deutschlandfunk/Musikfest Bremen in 2013 and received Germany’s most prestigious CD award, the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik, in 2015. Among the ensemble’s chamber music partners are renowned artists such as Kristian Bezuidenhout, Nicolas Baldeyrou, Chen Halevi, Trevor Pinnock, Malcolm Bilson, Jonathan Cohen and Christophe Coin. Since 2009, the Chiaroscuro Quartet has been artist-in-residence at Port-Royal- des-Champs near Versaille, giving a concert series dedicated to Mozart’s string quartets. Among other leading chamber music venues and festivals where the quartet performs and holds residences are the Vienna Konzerthaus, the Aldeburgh and Edinburgh Festivals, Wigmore Hall, Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw, Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, Sendesaal Bremen and the West Cork Festival. © SM/Qobuz
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Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18 Nos. 1-3
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 1 Oct 2021
For a string player, Beethoven’s 16 quartets are of an importance similar to that of his sonatas to a pianist, or his symphonies to a conductor. As a ...
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Beethoven: String Quartets, Op. 18 Nos. 4-6
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 4 Mar 2022
For a string player, Beethoven’s 16 quartets are of an importance similar to that of his sonatas to a pianist and for every composer of string quartet ...
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Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76 Nos. 4-6
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 5 Feb 2021
Three-quarters female, The Chiaroscuro Quartet which was founded in 2005 comes from all over Europe. The first violin from Russia, the second from Spa ...
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Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76 Nos. 1-3
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 1 May 2020
The Chiaroscuro Quartet made their first appearance on BIS Records with acclaimed recordings of Joseph Haydn’s "Sun" Quartets, Op. 20, described in "T ...
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Schubert: String Quartets Nos. 14 & 9
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 2 Nov 2018
Gramophone Editor's Choice5 Sterne Fono Forum KlassikFounded in 2005, the Chiaroscuro Quartet brings together musicians from all the corners of Europe: the Russian Alina Ibragimova and the Spaniard Pablo ...
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Mozart, Schubert : Quatuors
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Chamber Music - Released by Aparté on 27 Sep 2011
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Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 20 Nos. 1-3
Chiaroscuro Quartet
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Beethoven - Mozart
Chiaroscuro Quartet
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Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 20 Nos. 4-6
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Chamber Music - Released by BIS on 30 Jun 2017
This is the second half of a traversal of Haydn's Op. 20 quartets by the Chiaroscuro Quartet, and if you're after just one you can take your pick: bot ...
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Mozart - Mendelssohn
Chiaroscuro Quartet
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Beethoven - Mozart (Édition 5.1)
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Classical - Released by Aparté on 25 Mar 2013
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