Why has a French quartet decided to publish a complete set of Benjamin Britten’s quartets? It’s true that while English musicians have been playing Britten’s music since the Conservatoire, his chamber music is virtually unknown in France; we hear little more than his operas and even Christmas Carols, the jewel in the crown of the … Lire la suite de Frédéric Aurier, Quatuor Béla: « Britten’s music, though refined, is not intellectual, it speaks directly to the heart »