REVIEW OF THE DECADE – FROM THE DAWN OF THE iPOD TO THE RISE OF DUDAMEL

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E W O F T H E D E C A D E

THE WORLD’S MOST EXCITING STRING QUARTET? Two acclaimed discs – and now a third? David Patrick Stearns on the Pavel Haas Quartet

“ A c o n c e r t o n o t f o r t h e vi oli n b u t a g ai n s t t h e vi oli n ”

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FEBRUARY 2010

… & 4 MORE BRILLIANT QUARTETS TO WATCH

Including the Ebènes, shock winners of our Recording of the Year

140+ DISCS REVIEWED Including Hilary Hahn, Murray Perahia, Bernard

Haitink and more

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