American Music Guide
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'…Not only is ROctet's ensemble perfect, but so is their tuning, rhythm, and manner of shaping phrases..' ROctet review in American Music Guide
Diapason (France)
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Founded in 2016, the ensemble ROctet – short for Radio String Octet – does not lack passion. Proof of it is the Double Quartet by Nikolaï Afanassyev (1886), of which this is the very first recording. A melodic inventiveness – that can be at times naive and at times melancholic (Dvorak isn't always far) – […]
Speed up!
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'…Fragment of the Scherzo from Mendelssohn's Octet op.20 in a forward motion. Recorded during the COVID-19 lockdown in April 2020 where more than one person was never filmed at the same time….'
Listen Magazine
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'..Interplay, harmony and recording quality are simply fantastic…'
Roctet at Podium Witteman
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View the fragments and the interview with Francien Schatborn at Podium Witteman.
Trouw: 5 stars for the unforgettable housewarming
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'…Intonation and interplay are impeccable and the fun is just bursting…',
Interview Luister magazine
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'…During that first collaboration as a string octet 'there seemed to be an immediate click, a special kind of energy', recalls Joris van Rijn, concertmaster at the Radio Philharmonic Orchestra. 'Afterwards we all thought: gosh, we're going to do that more often.'
Roctet presented the debut CD Novoselye in the Uilenburgersjoel
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On January 22, the fairytale presentation of our debut CD was in the Uilenburgersjoel in Amsterdam.
Roctet in the NPO radio4 program Podium with Hans Haffmans
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Listen here on NPO Radio4:
Roctet's Mendelssohn Octet in E flat favorite with Diskotafel
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The year has started well for ROctet: the Mendelssohn octet on our debut CD was very well rated in the NPO Radio4 program Diskotabel and selected as a favorite in the Comparison with 2 other recordings. This recording is on our debut CD Novoselye · Housewarming.