Leos Janácek (1854-1928)
Quatuor à cordes n° 2 "Lettres intimes"

Dobrinka Tabakova (1980-)
The Ear of Grain

Robert Schumann (1810-1856)
Quatuor à cordes n° 3 en la majeur, op. 41
Wenn ich ein Vöglein wär

Barbican Quartet

Amarins Wierdsma, violon
Kate Maloney, violon
Christoph Slenczka, alto
Yoanna Prodanova, violoncelle

As 1st prize winner of the 2022 ARD Music Competition, the Barbican Quartet is one of the most sought-after young string quartet formations. The internationally composed ensemble is now releasing its debut album on GENUIN: "Manifesto on Love", with works by Leoš Janácek and Robert Schumann. The contrast between Schumann's expansive musical lines and Janácek’s nervous surfaces and ecstatic outbursts could not be greater – yet the Barbican Quartet unites them as expressions of human need for love, for togetherness. Two works of the most intimate musical genre played at a phenomenal level!