“…The Wihan Quartet connects well with the first movement [of the String Quartet no 14, op 105]’s gritty arguments, with the Scherzo too…”
The slow movement is warmly played… The D minor work is a personal favourite, especially the glorious, muted Adagio, music that is as memorable as the New World’s Largo and which the Wihans play most beautifully… The polka is ideally easy-going and the strutting finale (where Brahms and Schumann are audible influences) is pert and decisive.
“Indeed, if the only Dvorák quartet that you’re at present familiar with is the American, then this excellent CD will provide an ideal embarkation point for what should, in the long run, prove an immensely fruitful musical journey.”
