We name the naked string quartet – and play the video

We name the naked string quartet – and play the video

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norman lebrecht

July 15, 2011

They are four Russian girls and they are called Gravitation (??????????).

Here‘s their website, with more decorous pictures. Oddly, it says nothing about repertoire. Nor do we learn their names,

Instead, we are told: ‘For fast price, contact Mikhail Smirnov’ (is that him, behind them?).

String Quartet "Gravitation"

Here‘s some video of a Christmas jingle, with fairly ropy sound. And here’s a parting shot, for luck.

String Quartet Gravitation

Comments

  • Trevor says:

    Reminds me of Escala…can’t think why…

  • Jack says:

    It would be great if they could play Shostakovich well.

  • Ulysses says:

    In 4 decades time they could probably tackle Opus 135, mind you they would probably have lost some of their visual appeal by then..

    Beethoven actually asked the most appropriate question some time ago; “Muss es seyn?”

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