Debussy: Quartet in G minor
H. Dutilleux: Ainsi la Nuit...
M. Ravel: Quartet in F major

The Orpheus Quartet was founded in 1987 by Charles-Andr Linale, Emilian Piedicuta, Emile Cantor and Laurentiu Sbarcea. Having first followed their own careers, they quickly established together a reputation for the expressiveness of their interpretations and are now regular guests in such musical centers as Salzburg, Amsterdam, Paris, London, Copenhagen, and their home town Dssel-dorf. The Orpheus Quartet received a first prize in 1988 in the Valentino Bucchi Competition in Rome and in 1990 a first prize in the Karl Klingler Stringquartet Competition in Munich, an international competition that had not awarded a first prize in the preceding 8 years. Both prizes were awarded upon unanimous decisions of the juries. To mark the qualitative difference, the jury in Munich decided not to give a second prize and gave two third prizes instead, which went to well known quartets from the USA and Poland. These prizes resulted in an extensive concert career, that covers all major European countries and the USA, and radio recordings were made in many parts of Europe. The Orpheus Quartet teaches chamber music since October 91 at the Conservatory in Utrecht (the Netherlands)

Awards: Grand Prix du Disque Academie

(...) The group handles the familiar works with assurance and style, their Debussy feathery and luminous, their Ravel with weightless precision and a rhythmic cutting edge. Fanfare, October 1994