Takács Quartet | Classical review

Queen Elizabeth Hall, LondonThe group dynamics of chamber music are endlessly fascinating, and the Takács quartet's veteran second violinist, Károly Schranz, often appears to be his ensemble's discretely dominant musical personality. So the natural question arising from Schranz's enforced absence from the final two concerts of the Takács's current Beethoven cycle – he had shoulder surgery, and will resume in the autumn – is how the quartet would respond to the presence of his accomplished...

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