Moscow Quartet

Sun., Nov. 8, 3 p.m., $23, Kimmel Center, 300 S. Broad St., 215-569-8080, pcmsconcerts.org.

by Peter Burwasser

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Published: Nov 3, 2009

classical

The great sound of such vaunted New World ensembles as the Juilliard or Emerson String Quartets has inured modern ears to a clean, meticulously well-organized way of making chamber music. But there is another tradition, still alive, that finds roots in places like Budapest, Prague and Moscow, with an emphasis on rich tonality and conversational pacing. That beautiful school is exemplified by the Moscow Quartet, who will present a wonderful program of Haydn, Beethoven and (late) compatriot Shostakovich in one of their regular visits to our fair city. Pianist Ignat Solzhenitsyn joins them the Opus 57 Shostakovich Quintet.

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