"Another superb album from our 2018 Awards Newcomer. Who knew quartets by Glass and Janáček could complement each other as well as they do in this eclectic concept album?"

"This release completes a trilogy of recordings by the Schumann Quartett, being preceded by 'Landscapes' and 'Intermezzo'. The musicians see this as "standing in a picture gallery of music. All around us we can hear fragments of the great works for string quartets, and there are also unfamiliar things to delight the ear, it is a music lover's paradise" ... Janáček's String Quartet No. 2 'Intimate Letters' is the main feature here, certainly in terms of duration ... and the performance here is as good as any other I could name and better than most ... While this programme is indeed a bit of a mixed bag, you can look back after playing the whole thing and sort of see how it all somehow works. In any case, each performance is exemplary, and the quality of the playing is a strong unifying factor"