Wihan Quartet

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... — BBC Music Magazine, October 2020 More…

Their performance of the first movement of Smetana’s autobiographical First Quartet is deeply satisfying, making the most of its drama without undermining its clarity of structure...There is... — BBC Music Magazine, November 2022, 5 out of 5 stars (Performance) / 4 out of 5 stars (Recording) More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2010, 5 out of 5 stars More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2012, 4 out of 5 stars More…

The Wihan Quartet gives a deeply considered ensemble performance. The sweetness of tone achieved in the Adagio is remarkable and the first movement has irresistible impetus…Janacek's First String... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2016, 4 out of 5 stars More…

There is not a scintilla of dissonance here. This is a contemporary composer who writes for the string quartet... in a refined idiom redolent of late Beethoven or Schubert. — MusicWeb International, 13th February 2014 More…

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... — BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2010, 4 out of 5 stars/1 out of 5 stars More…

If these readings lack the last iota of magic, they are certainly highly recommendable. — BBC Music Magazine, April 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…