Published: 18 November 2010
Category: Artists

The Pavel Haas Quartet have been awarded the prestigious Diapason d’Or de l’Année for their disc featuring Prokofiev’s String Quartets Nos.1 & 2 and Sonata for Two Violins, released by Supraphon. The award ceremony was held in Paris on 16 November 2010. The recording, released in early 2010 won instant acclaim. In May Diapason commented “This is now the definitive recording of the Prokofiev quartets... to be discovered without hesitation.”

Click on the link below to listen to an extract from the winning disc, the opening of Prokofiev's String Quartet No.1:

This comes at an exciting time for the quartet as they have just released their fourth disc on Supraphon featuring Dvořák’s String Quartets No.12 in F major 'American' and No.13 in G major. The Sunday Times awarded the recording five stars, commenting: “Their account of the American Quartet belongs alongside the greatest performances on disc. In this repertoire, they are simply matchless today.”

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