Quaternaglia Guitar Quartet

“Quaternaglia’s newest album [Xangô] is a winner. It has great playing, beautiful and unhackneyed music, and excellent recording quality. The group is certainly among the elite of the guitar quartets […] Quaternaglia is a state-of-art-ensemble; they are melodically and rhythmically vital, virtuosic and exciting, individually beautiful in sound, and capable of enchanting sonorities. The performances are preternaturally exact in their synchronization while still sounding spontaneous. A first-rate disc.” - Al Kunze

“Playing a programme made up of compositions written by their fellow countrymen, the Brazilian guitar quartet Quaternaglia are on top form here on this, their latest CD release [Jequibau]. They play with remarkable precision and display high musicianship and a true understanding of the musical styles represented here. The music is excellent, without any fillers-in and it is a programme, which can be listened to over and over without any drop of interest.” - Steve Marsh

“Everything sounds like a logical necessity, thanks to the new bossa of fusion presented by Quaternaglia. In this CD [Jequibau], Quaternaglia unveils the complexities hibernating within traditional Brazilian rhythms.” - Manuel da Costa Pinto

“The best Brazilian guitar quartet celebrates its maturity with a stunning album [Estampas]. After 18 years of activities, Quaternaglia conquered not only its country but also the international scenery.” - João Marcos Coelho

“The Quaternaglia Guitar Quartet were stunningly communicative in a fabulous arrangement of Embolada from Villa-Lobos’s Bachianas Brasileiras n.1, a breathtakingly tranquil arrangement of Egberto Gismonti’s theme, Paulo Bellinati’s polyrhythmic tour de force Baião de Gude, and Sergio Molina’s Clove and Cinnamon Sonata. The audience demanded an encore – a drop-dead, clean, lyrical and consummately musical Fugue from the same Bachianas Brasileiras.” - Gil French

“Their technical mastery is matched only by their enthusiasm. Even in their most intrinsic playing, you can see them smiling and enjoying the moment.” - Tim Wassberg

“Un programma sfavillante e di grande presa in quest’ultima incisione del quartetto chitarristico Quaternaglia. [CD Presença]” - Piero Viti

“Having seen the group perform ‘live’ by watching a recent DVD release I can only hope that I get to hear them in the flesh at sometime soon. A magnificent release: highly recommended. [CD Presença]” - Tim Panting

“Quaternaglia maintains, in this DVD, the characteristics of originality and refinement that have been the highlight of the ensemble’s trajectory.” - Irineu Franco Perpétuo