The Belcea Quartet has become one of the most popular of British chamber groups, though they have also attracted adverse criticism for being leader-driven rather than forming an integrated ensemble.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Schubert’s three late string quartets pose a dilemma for their interpreters. Should the music sound essentially warm ...

Czech Suite Czech Chamber Orchestra Rudolf Krecmer, Conductor Antonín Dvořák, Composer Rosamunde, Fürstin von Zypern, Movements: Die Zauberharfe, D644 Overture Franz Schubert, Composer Rudolf Krecmer, ...

From a concert they gave early this past summer in Germany, the Orchestra of the 18th Century plays music from a play called "Rosamunde, Princess of Cyprus" that never really caught on. The music ...