The Ruisi Quartet makes its recording debut on Pentatone with Big House, bringing together music by Matthew Locke, Joseph Haydn and Oliver Leith. Spanning nearly four centuries, this unique combination of composers explores a harmoniously dissonant relationship between past, present and future.
REVIEWS
“The Ruisi’s rich, integrated tone, stripped of all but occasional vibrato, mines the tragedy of each work in a way that is singularly spellbinding.”
GRAMOPHONE
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“Compelling spontaneity, breathtaking clarity, gloriously poetic and expressive“
THE STRAD
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“The Ruisi Quartet provide a superlative programme, dazzlingly conveyed and aptly displaying the vitality of the string quartet form - a big house, indeed”.
STRINGS MAGAZINE
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“Gorgeous, historically informed playing - delicately shaded and minimally vibrated, yet warm and welcoming.”
★★★★ BBC MUSIC MAGAZINE
