Belcea Quartet/The Dark Magic of Angela Carter – review

Assembly Rooms/Guildhall, BathPerforming the complete cycle of Beethoven's string quartets is effectively a rite of passage: the Belcea Quartet, established in 1994, only embarked on it last year. Last month, they played the cycle of 16 quartets over 10 days at Vienna's Konzerthaus, and that has clearly informed the early Op 18, No 5 and the late quartet Op 130 in this recital. While the serene poise of leader Corina Belcea gives the ensemble its characteristic aura, here we heard the kind of e...

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