Consone Quartet
Magdalena Loth-Hill (violin): I have been listening to the album The Goat Rodeo Sessions, featuring violinist Stuart Duncan, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, double-bassist Edgar Meyer and Chris Thile on the mandolin. It’s such a clever and addictive mix of classical and folk music. I saw Chris perform live at the Southbank Centre as part of the London Jazz Festival and was blown away – he has infectious energy and enthusiasm, and seems equally at home playing solo Bach and Bartók as he does bluegrass.
Agata Daraškaitė : I have a deep love for Schumann, and the recordings I keep returning to are the complete lieder by baritone Christian Gerhaher and pianist Gerold Huber. The way they shape phrases andstring players performing music without words, we often deal with more abstract ideas, but there is so much we can learn from singers.
