Describedas‘thequartetworld’smostseniorensemble’,theBorodinQuartetisoneofthegreatquartetsofourtime. Thequartetcelebratedits65thanniversarywithasold-outconcertattheWigmoreHall,inLondon,aweekbeforethisliverecordingfromtheCitédelaMusique.FollowingtheperformancetheFinancialTimeswrotethat‘today’sBorodinQuartethaslostnothingofitsoldauthority’. TheTelegraphnamedthisanniversaryconcertattheWigmoreHallastheirbestchambermomentof2010,statingthatthequartet‘provedthatdecadesofexperiencereallycount’.TheSundayTelegraphwrote‘theBorodinQuartetplayswithuncommonlyrich,eventoneandconsolingwarmth.Forsheermusicalpresence,ithasfewequals.’ Thequartethasstayedtruetoitsroots,retainingitsuniquesoundandstyleofplayingovertheyears.Thequartet’srecordingoftheBrahmsquartetsonWarnersisdescribedinthePenguinGuideas‘Marvellouslysophisticatedplaying.’