This is a wonderfully played pairing of perhaps the two greatest of all French string quartets. Both are late scores - Franck's huge work was completed in 1889, the year before the composer's death, ...

In the analogue era, the single string quartets by Debussy and Ravel, composed in 1893 and 1903 respectively, were an obvious and common combination, comfortably filling one LP. These days, however, ...

THOUGH they are recorded in chronological order, there's a case for listening to Fauré's quartet first, if you are intent on a string quartet session. The two French composers, often seen as opposites ...

Among the many breathtaking moments on the Ebène Quartet’s CD, there is one in particular that keeps calling one back. It occurs at around 1’14” into the Ravel’s slow movement, the second set, which ...

Ravel and Fauré each left a single quartet, not museum pieces but living arguments about line, colour and tact. Quartetto Noûs approach them like restorers who digitise a vintage photograph at high ...

Gabriel Faure had his professional rivalries — with Ravel at the Conservatoire and with Charles Marie Widor on the organ bench. They all seemed to survive the competition and thrive on it. This is a ...