Wigmore Hall, LondonChamber ensembles often find it much harder to establish themselves in the public pantheon of modern star performers than more easily marketable soloists, singers and conductors do. Why this should be is a question that deserves more debate. The Takács and the Emerson quartets have broken through, of course, as have the Kronos Quartet in a separate part of the forest. But not many others. On the evidence of this Wigmore recital, the Arcanto Quartett deserve a similarly hono...
Guardian Music — Wigmore Hall, LondonChamber ensembles often find it much harder to establish themselves in the public pantheon of modern star performers than more easily marketable soloi... more info