Borodin Quartet review – they make music flow as naturally as speech

Wigmore Hall, LondonThe Borodins can take Shostakovich’s notes and make them sound more right than almost any other ensembleThere is a story that when the Borodin Quartet was formed, in 1945, its original members signed an oath of allegiance in their own blood. The lineup has undergone many changes in the 70 years since, but the current quartet still plays as if the same stuff is running through all their veins. There is next to no visible communication between players – something that can r