Reviews "Quartets for oboe and strings" Cuarteto Emispherio, 2015



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Ferrer Ferran. Oct. 2015

“ The Cuarteto Emispherio has given life to Horus, thanks to the musician´s neat and accurate understanding of the score and their emotional interpretation of the work. An interpretation that excites and moves you to the world of 'magic' that Egyptian history has shown us. Listening to this excellent performance makes you truly dream ”.

"El Cuarteto Emispherio con su buen hacer musical han sabido dar vida a HORUS por la emoción y el entendimiento pulcro y exacto de la partitura. Una interpretación que entusiasma y consigue trasladarte al mundo 'mágico' que la historia de Egipto nos ha mostrado. Escuchar esta excelente interpretación te hace verdaderamente soñar”.


September 2015 , Gordon Hunt

"Cuarteto Emispherio´s CD of music for oboe and strings is a finely played collection of attractive music. The string playing is of the highest standard, and Sarah Roper's oboe playing combines beautiful sound with impeccable control and sensitive dynamics. At all times the group plays musically, and with a true sense of line. It is a pleasure to listen to these recordings.” 

“El CD del Cuarteto Emispherio para oboe y cuerdas, es una atractiva colección de música para esta formación instrumental, magníficamente interpretada. Los instrumentistas de cuerda son de un altísimo nivel y el oboe de Sarah Roper combina un bello sonido con un control impecable del instrumento y una gran sensibilidad dinámica... el grupo suena con gran musicalidad y con un verdadero sentido de la línea. Es un verdadero placer escuchar esta grabación”.

Gordon Hunt (Solista Internacional de Oboe). Septiembre 2015


MusicWeb.  Glyn Pursglove

"…This new CD (on the specialist label Oboe Classics) offers some worthwhile exemplars of the form (oboe quartet), many of which will, I suspect, be new to most listeners…very generous booklet which comes with this CD… Horus (Ferrer Ferran) traverses quite a wide range of emotions and in doing so shows, if demonstration is really needed, just how powerful and human a voice the oboe can have. Overall a fine piece which deserves to be heard widely…The two arrangements of piano pieces by Albèniz work quite delightfully…In Tango, from the suite España, Sarah Roper’s oboe creates some appropriately sinuous melodic lines and the strings are eloquently rhythmical…’Córdoba’…evokes the city, as this certainly does. In doing so, it makes a gorgeous ending to a very enjoyable CD”.

Glyn Pursglove

MusicWeb.  Glyn Pursglove

"....este nuevo CD, editado por el especializado registro Oboe Classics, nos ofrece algunos notables ejemplos para esta formación camerística (Cuartetos con Oboe).  La obra de Ferrer Ferran "Horus".... es una muy buena composición que merece ser escuchada más asiduamente.... Los dos arreglos de las composiciones de Albéniz, originales para piano, funcionan de forma encantadora. En "Tango" (original de la Suite España) .... un disco realmente delicioso.


"El Cultural" , 18th Dec. 2015,  Arturo Reverter

" It is always gratifying to learn of a chamber group in our country which is alive and active, defending works by composers not often programmed. For this reason we would like to draw your attention to this CD, published thanks to the persistence of four instrumentalists from the Real Orquesta Sinfónica de Sevilla: Sarah Roper, oboe and author of extensive programme notes, Vladimir Dmitrienco, violin, Jerome Ireland, viola and Gretchen Talbot, cello. The group creates a very balanced sound and an outstanding clarity within the voices...."


Arturo Reverter de "El Cultural " : "....La formación ha encontrado una sonoridad muy equilibrada y una notable claridad de voces..." 18.Dic.2015


George Caird, September 2015 Double Reed News, UK

“Oboist Sarah Roper's lyrical and technically assured playing makes an immediate impact …..The string trio (Vladimir Dmitrienco, violin, Jerome Ireland, viola, and Gretchen Talbot, cello) provide a refined and sensitive support to the beautiful oboe sound……There is real beauty of sound, texture and character in this work all of which make technical and musical demands, well met by these fine players. ……(The CD) characterised by gorgeous sonorities from Sarah Roper, refined string playing and an overall recorded sound of clear quality from Jordi Gil and Oboe Classics……That said, this is a 'must have' CD.


"La seguridad técnica y melódica de la oboista Sarah Roper genera un inmediato impacto desde el inicio .... El trío de cuerdas (Vladimir Dmitrienco en el violín, Jerome Ireland, viola y Gretchen Talbot en el violoncelo) proporciona un refinado y delicado apoyo para el hermoso sonido del oboe... ("Horus") es una obra de gran complejidad técnica y musical, que consigue unas texturas, sonidos y carácter realmente bellos, lo cual estos grandes intérpretes consiguen desarrollar magníficamente... (Este CD) se distingue por el maravilloso sonido de Sarah Roper, el refinamiento de los intérpretes de cuerda y, en general, por la gran calidad del trabajo de Jordi Gil y Oboe Classics... un CD imprescindible en cualquier colección".

George Caird, Double Reed News, UK.

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