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In 2013, the Attacca Quartet completed a recording project of the complete works for string quartet by John Adams for Azica Records. The review in the New York Times praised this vivacious, compelling set, describing the quartets playing as exuberant, funky andexactingly nuanced. The Boston Globe also praised the release, stating: Few [recent recordings] are as consequential as Fellow Traveler superb performances. The album was the recipient of the 2013 Natl Federation of Music Clubs Centennial Chamber Music Award. The hope for our version of Haydns Seven Last Words (a new arrangement by the Attacca Quartets cellist Andree Yee) is that it sounds organic enough that even one who has heard the piece performed often will not consciously register anything has been done at all. It is further hoped this version retains the spirit and intimacy of a home version for string quartet, while seamlessly incorporating enough depth to deem it worthy of the concert hall. "They triumph in every respect, and are captured in such vivid sound that no telling Haydn detail is allowed to go unheard." - Donald Rosenberg, Gramophone, July 2015