Wihan Quartet
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In the wrong hands the C major Quartet can seem a little austere. The Wihan Quartet, however, produce a completely committed and utterly convincing reading...In short, this is the finest recorded... —
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The Wihan Quartet’s collective sound has a rounded fullness and mellow, tawny-brown colouring which, besides being handsome in itself, also means that they never have to force any kind of would-be... —
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BBC Music Magazine, July 2021, Concerto Choice
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Schubert: String Quartets Nos. 13 & 14
Live recording made in the Convent of St Agnes, Prague 13 June 2011
Wihan Quartet
the Wihan Quartet can sound modest, even retiring. But their more introverted approach also has a ring of authenticity. This is not so much a Schubert of grandeur and extremes, but of subtle... —
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The Wihans' performance [of No. 9] goes straight to the Quartet's heart.The first movement takes a little while to settle, but, as a whole, this is an enormously impressive reading that searches... —
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One of the performers’ tasks [in the Franck] is to grade the excitements so that we get some feeling of shape in a whole movement. Here this task is fulfilled admirably, helped by discreet vibrato... —
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BBC Music Magazine, October 2020, Chamber Choice
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Op 131 is particularly successful, its success embodied in the variations that comprise of the fourth movement Andante ma non troppo. Here interpretative insight, ensemble expertise and fine... —
