Artemis Quartet | Classical review

Wigmore Hall, LondonPicturing Beethoven smiling is almost impossible, thanks to a series of portraits that have come to define the archetype of the grumpy genius. But hearing him smile is easy – or so it seemed at this Artemis Quartet recital, the latest instalment in an ongoing Beethoven cycle that this Berlin-based ensemble is taking around the world. The group has, indeed, performed barely anything else for the last 12 months.There are several quartets who can dispatch the early Op 18 qu...

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