String quartets, 3 : string quartets nos. 1 and 4

"The String Quartet No. 1 ... might cloy in a lesser performance, but not here thanks to the Amars' subtle warmth. The great Fourth Quartet ... finds Hindemith already in possession of his full powers: these players ensure that the opening 'Fugato' is never dry, and they are superbly attuned to the unsentimental melancholy of the beautiful middle movement".