The Carducci String Quartet, based in London, has concertized widely and won several awards with a repertory ranging from Haydn to contemporary music to collaborations with rock musicians. The group has an affinity for the string quartets of Shostakovich, and once performed all 15 of them at a stretch.
The Carducci Quartet was formed in 1997, and its membership -- violinists Matthew Denton and Michelle Fleming, violist Eoin Schmidt-Martin, and cellist Emma Denton -- has remained stable since then. Unusually, the quartet consists of two married couples: the two Dentons, who we...