"Recording of the month: This new album offers the classic combination of two archetypal "impressionistic" quartets which has already been recorded by many eminent string quartets ... The Tinalleys sustain a lean, astringent tone, eschewing any suggestion of indulgence or sentimentality and the very close recording tends to harden their tone further ... The Tinalleys' clean, clear playing sits well with the urgency of Debussy's inspiration ... The almost psychotropic clarity of the close digital sound and the instrumentalists' homogeneity lend great immediacy and intensity to their playing here in Ravel. As in the Debussy quartet, the dark, brooding slow movement lies at the heart of the work and all four members excel in its execution; this is world-class quartet-playing"