Paris Move - INDISPENSABLE!
“The Barbican’s instrumentation is traditional, two violins, viola and cello, but the interplay feels electric. There is something almost rock-like in their temperament, not in decibel level but in intensity.”
“If you have even a passing interest in classical music, the opening measures of Lux Intus may stop you in your tracks. In the first movement of String Quartet No. 1 in D Major, Op. 25, the slow-breathed Andante sostenuto unfolds with a suspended, almost devotional hush before yielding to the quicksilver vitality of the Allegro vivo. In the hands of the Barbican Quartet, that transition feels less like a tempo change than an ignition. A silence lingers half a heartbeat longer than expected; then the ensemble surges forward, tone burnished, articulation clean as cut glass.”