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Meticulously Handled
The Rivoli String Quartet,
heard by MIKE WHEELER
Two Viennese classics framed a twentieth-century English one in Derby Chamber Music's final concert of the season, played by the Rivoli String Quartet (Multi-Faith Centre, Derby University, 15 April 2011).
The group's immaculate unison at the start of Mozart's E flat Quartet, K428, made you sit up immediately and take notice, particularly of their rich but clear tone. There was a sense of gentle but firm movement in the andante, and quick spirited accounts of the minuet and finale, laced with plenty of energy and wit...
Copyright © 21 April 2011
Mike Wheeler,
Derby UK
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