6 reviews for 184 CD / Auryns Haydn: op. 55

1. Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik – 1. July 2011

   Laudatio for the Award of the German Record Critics' Annual Prize to the Haydn Cycle by the Auryn Quartet

   Joseph Haydn is considered the father of the string quartet genre. The Auryn Quartet recorded his nearly 70 string quartets over a two-year period: for the first time using the critically edited "purified" text, with esprit, lively emotion, and highly differentiated ensemble playing, all within a natural sound space: a small sensation. Such an undertaking requires a label that is not only technically state-of-the-art but also willing to take risks. The Stuttgart-based TACET Musikproduktion has distinguished itself several times through this very combination of skill and daring. Therefore, we award the Annual Prize to the Auryn Quartet and their producer/sound engineer Andreas Spreer for their epochal Haydn project, which is already assured a prominent place in the annals of sound recording.
   (For the jury: Thomas Rübenacker)

2. Fanfare-Magazin – 1. November 2010

   (...) The recording is beautifully balanced and natural. All in all, an impressive release that will be self-recommending to collectors of the series, or to anyone wanting a single disc of these incomparable masterpieces.
   Boyd Pomeroy

3. Pizzicato – 1. September 2010

   "EXPERIENCE AND ENJOY"
   With volumes 2 and 9 of a total of 14, the Auryn Quartet continues its globally acclaimed complete recording of the Haydn quartets. (…)
   The Auryn Quartet devotes itself wholeheartedly to this wonderful music (...). And so once again with this Haydn: start the CD, sit back, close your eyes, experience, enjoy, and forget all the ugliness in the world.
   RéF

4. Klassik heute – 20. August 2010

   Its extensive concert and recording activity has endowed the Auryn Quartet with a fluency of performance that no ensemble can easily attain—except through decades of truly intensive collaboration. Next year, the quartet will celebrate its thirtieth anniversary.
   (…) Vor allem aber wird in jedem Moment und nicht nur in den energischen Passagen auf sehr überzeugende Weise deutlich, dass alle vier Musiker auf sehr einheitliche Weise – dabei jedoch so, dass sie nie ihre Individualität verlieren – ihrem gemeinsamen Spiel eine Richtung geben.
   (…) Eine meisterliche Produktion, die zeigt, dass Haydn und mit ihm das Auryn Quartett alles kann – außer betulich zu sein.
   Michael B. Weiß

5. Audiophile Audition – 26. June 2010

   The Auryn Quartet’s Haydn has been well-served in these pages by me and others, and anyone wanting a review need only do a search on this site (“Auryn Haydn”) to find that every single one of them has received five stars. This comes as no surprise for those who have heard this series, for it is one of the most engaging ever recorded, always in nothing less that super sound, and leads the pack as far as I am concerned in the complete Haydn quartet sweepstakes. (...)
   Steven Ritter

6. hifi & records – 1. June 2010

   "Releases from TACET are usually a special pleasure, but here usually the musical quality and always the sound are right. In this case we have been lucky in both points. (...) Sonically, this production is pure bliss, all instruments are presented as sonic individuals with all their colorfulness and securely located in the wide, natural-looking space. Currently one of the best quartet recordings!" (hifi&records)
   Stefan Gawlick