Ariosa Quartet - 'Dvorak - String Quartet no. 12 in F, Op.96' and
'Bartok - String Quartet no.1 in A minor, Op.7'
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Hanna Bowers (first violin)
Mathilde Milwidsky (second violin)
Sophia Dignam (viola)
Ariana Kashefi (cello)
Picked up in a charity shop, mint and still sealed in the cellophane wrapping. You won't find any information about this quartet on the web (not even the redoubtable 'Discogs').
All I can tell you is what is written in the sleeve notes:
The Quartet was formed at South Hampstead High School and has been playing since 2002.
The recording was made by Geoff Foster (there is no recording number, so the recording was made privately and is probably of limited numbers). The sleeve notes are dated London, September 2009.
Like all newly-formed quartets that only have had a few years of playing together, there is an excitement and verve to the playing which I find quite refreshing. I hope they are still playing together and have developed the subtle understanding and interplay between themselves that the established and more famous string quartets display.
