Quatuor Hermès

SCHUMANN

The 3 String Quartets Op. 41

"Daring to be young in the maturity and madness of Schumann's Op. 41 quartets. These are the words of the Hermes Quartet about the complete quartets of Robert Schumann. Didn't the composer himself approach the writing of these quartets as a love embrace as crazy as it is brief? The Hermes Quartet delivers a complete work that combines musical maturity and daring ardour, giving this opus a depth and romanticism that are as powerful as they are sensual. From the first quartet, influenced by the classical masters, to the second with its freshness and serenity of writing, to the third where the composer gives free rein to a shameless sensitivity, the 4 musicians show a musical intelligence devoid of any search for effects or convoluted intrusion into the text: the colours, the atmospheres, the absolute unity, everything seems obvious, almost instinctive, never "too much or too little. The whole sounds like a luminous first meeting between Schumann and the Hermes. Is not such sincerity the very essence of Schumann's interpretation at its most moving?