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QUATUOR HERMÈS 19 What was the main difficulty you faced during the recording sessions? The intensity of these scores is a challenge in itself. It was also a taxing task to make the connections, the transitions, so that listeners don’t get the impression that they’re hearing a number of blocks put together. You always have to bear the overall structure in mind. Another risk – inherent to the studio – is that you can get too attached to perfection at the expense of the emotional aspect. By favouring large takes, we tried to reproduce the sweep of the concert experience, that feeling of ‘going with the flow’. An uninterrupted discourse, a story that can be understood from the very first instant, a combination of simplicity – in the best sense of the word – and depth of relief: that’s what one aspires to when confronted with masterpieces like these.