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Naxos - 50% off Hi-Res, Maggini Quartet (string quartet)
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet & String Quartets
RecommendedGarfield Jackson (viola)
Maggini Quartet
Why isn't Vaughan Williams's Second Quartet part of the international chamber repertory? Played as eloquently as this it seems unarguably a masterpiece, one specifically of its time: 1942-3.... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Chamber
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Bax composed the last of his three mature string quartets between May and September 1936, inscribing it to the Griller Quartet who gave the first performance on the BBC National Programme the... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2003, Editor's Choice
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The emotions come across strongly, though without sacrificing either Bridge's subtlety or his intellectual strength. Bridge remains an introvert, but it's still extraordinary how much of his... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2005, Disc of the Month
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Special offer. Bliss: Clarinet Quintet & String Quartet No. 2
David Campbell (clarinet)
Maggini Quartet
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Special offer. Walton: Piano Quartet (1921) & String Quartet (1947)
Peter Donohoe (piano)
Maggini Quartet
The Maggini Quartet give refined and powerful performances in this Naxos release. The opening of the 1947 String Quartet is presented in hushed intimacy, making the contrast all the greater... — More…
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The Maggini's performance is so good that it bears comparison with any of its rivals, and the couplings make it especially attractive.
Excellent recordings. Strongly recommended — More…Awards:
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Building a Library, October 2003, First Choice
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Building a Library, October 2003, Highly Recommended
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…these first two quartets certainly have a real sense of compulsion and creative urgency about their invention. …the Maggini Quartet sustains both with huge assurance; neither is easy to play... — More…
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Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2004, Editor's Choice
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Even by the high standards of previous Maggini/ Naxos offerings, this is an exceptionally fine disc.
If you don't know Frank Bridge's First Quartet of 1906, its ardour and melodic fecundity... — More…Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2003, Editor's Choice
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the Maggini Quartet impress with the luminous refinement and beguiling tonal beauty of their music-making — More…
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