"This latest version from Wispelwey feels very much like a masterful resume of ideas culled over 45 years playing these suites […] Wispelwey is the captivating storyteller who knows the twists of the plot – knows the sadness, knows the levity. Just knows."

"The Zemlinsky Quartet was founded more than 30 years ago when the players were still in school. They have developed into a very fine Czech group with a large discography and several awards. Here, in two of Schubert’s finest quartets, their playing is both technically solid in terms of intonation, ensemble and suitably impassioned and dramatic. In both the Quartettsatz, a single opening movement of an unfinished work, and particularly in the G major, the duality of Schubert—his lyric innocence alternating with pain and grief—can be deeply felt."

"Excellent sound and an impressive debut recital."

"With a light touch and a sure instinct, Wispelwey succeeds in bringing out the characteristics of the works. [...] Wispelwey delivers an interpretation that has grown from within, evoking moods that seem almost improvisational."