String Quartets

Description

The Quatuor Hermès needs no introduction, having become the brightest of the young generation of French quartets thanks to a solid, flawless, and unpretentious journey. After a Schumann album praised by both the press and the public, the four musicians offer us a program they have had in their heads and fingers for a long time, but… one does not record the quartets of Ravel, Debussy, and Dutilleux lightly or for a fleeting infatuation to which all quartets inevitably succumb. "The coincidence of this recording happens to mark our 10th anniversary! But since nothing is ever solely the result of chance, it is also the privilege of time, of these years shared together, and thus the wisdom that ultimately triggered it, like a love that takes its time." From this connection between "the Hermès" and these masterful works was born this recording of exceptional maturity, where emotion, poetry, and an almost unreal fusion seize you from the very first measures of Ravel and do not let go until the last chord of Debussy's quartet. This unique art of the Hermès to immediately take your hand and not let go is the result of a subtle work where fluidity, choices of timbres, colors, and atmospheres tell stories with commitment and freshness. A kind of natural elegance, a balance between spontaneity and deep respect for the great masters, for music simply.