“We’re living in a golden age of string quartets...It’s hard to disagree when you hear the vibrant young players in New York’s Attacca Quartet.”
— NPR
“They may be a relatively young ensemble, but already they come very close to epitomizing the string quartet ideal...Mastery like this is scarce enough in quartets that have played together for decades.”
— The Washington Post
“they played, quite impeccably”
— Gothamist
“exuberant, funky and...more exactingly nuanced.”
— The New York Times
“The Attacca Quartet enthralled a standing-room-only crowd.”
— The Strad
“the opening work on the recording [shows]...the Attacca Quartet’s superlative technical and artistic execution”
— Gramophone
“They are rollicking, raucous, and highly rhythmic and the perfect demonstration of the quartet’s ability to be precise.”
— Strings
“Young New Yorkers, the Attacca Quartet have found the ideal vehicle for channeling some of that city’s unbridled energy in a new album”
— Musical Toronto
“Few [recent recordings] are as consequential as “Fellow Traveler,” . . . superb performances by the young Attacca Quartet”
— Boston Globe
“True to their name, the Attacca foursome jumped into action...[their] relentless drive and precision seemed to dissolve the bar lines.”
— American Record Guide
“Most striking is the focused energy and the greater forward momentum even in the slower, more expressive sections....[overall] an enormously satisfying debut album.”
— Fanfare
“All [movements] are played deftly and vigorously by the quartet.”
— Washington Post
“[Attacca] is a finer champion than most, revealing both the richness and sheer quality of the music. Along with uncommon vibrancy, they bring to the table a wild, almost punk aesthetic as fitting as it is rare. ”
— Cleveland Plains Dealer
“[With] more thoughtfulness....[The Quartet] brings out the internal mysteries of the music, and the swing a little bit more.”
— Sequenza 21
“...Seeing the Attacca Quartet’s incredible performance of his music. Three cheers to them for capturing the multiplicity of personalities embedded in Adams’ music.”
— Bachtrack
“More impressive, however, is the confidence and élan with which the works are performed. The Attacca are remarkable in every aspect of performance here. ”
— ConcertoNet
“The Attacca Quartet does well with both these contrasting emotional worlds [in John Adam’s music], and they are undaunted by the considerable technical challenges in the music.”
— All Music
“But they’re also hungrier, their tempos bold and their pizzicato biting, which lets them bring Adams’s rhythms to life like never before.”
— WQXR