British String Quartets (2019)
performed by
Charles Daniels (tenor), David Angel (violin), David Campbell (clarinet), Garfield Jackson (viola), Laurence Jackson (violin), Maggini Quartet, Maggini Quartet, Martin Outram (viola), Martin Roscoe (piano), Michael Cox (flute), Michal Kaznowski (cello)
composed by
Alan Rawsthorne, Arnold Bax, Arthur Bliss, Benjamin Britten, E.J. Moeran, Edmund Rubbra, Edward Elgar, Frank Bridge, John Ireland, Lennox Berkeley, Malcolm Arnold, Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Alwyn, William Walton
By the 20th century, the string quartet had become a mainstay for most composers. It was often treated as a highly personal and introspective species of chamber music, as opposed to the more public statements that the large-scale symphony represented. British composers especially gravitated to the form, and while their works never achieved the revered status of Béla Bartók's or Dmitry Shostakovich's groundbreaking cycles, the quartet proved to be a reliable idiom for displaying the variety of expressions in post-Romantic ...
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By the 20th century, the string quartet had become a mainstay for most composers. It was often treated as a highly personal and introspective species of chamber music, as opposed to the more public statements that the large-scale symphony represented. British composers especially gravitated to the form, and while their works never achieved the revered status of Béla Bartók's or Dmitry Shostakovich's groundbreaking cycles, the quartet proved to be a reliable idiom for displaying the variety of expressions in post-Romantic and modern chamber music. This box set from Naxos brings together works by British masters, including quartets by Edward Elgar, Frank Bridge, John Ireland, Ralph Vaughan Williams, William Walton, and Benjamin Britten, along with significant contributions by William Alwyn, Malcolm Arnold, Arthur Bliss, Lennox Berkeley, Arnold Bax, E.J. Moeran, Alan Rawsthorne, and Edmund Rubbra. The Maggini Quartet's ambitious project to record this large body of work began with the release of the first...
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- String Quartet No. 1 in D minor
- String Quartet No. 2 ("Spring Waters")
- String Quartet No. 3
- Novelette, for string quartet
- String Quartet No. 1, Op. 23
- String Quartet No. 2, Op. 118
- Phantasy, for string quartet ("Vita Abundans")
- String Quartet No. 1 in G major
- String Quartet No. 2 in E minor
- String Quartet No. 3 in F major
- Lyrical Interlude, for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello
- Cathaleen-ní-Hoolihan, tone poem for small orchestra
- String Quartet No.1, Op. 6
- String Quartet No.2, Op. 15
- String Quartet No.3, Op. 76
- String Quartet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 60, F. 25
- Conversations, for woodwinds & strings, Op. 15, F. 16
- String Quartet in A major, Op. 4, F. 23
- String Quartet No. 2, Op. 70, F. 26
- Quintet for clarinet & string quartet, Op. 50, F. 20
- String Quartet No. 1 in E minor ("Bologna"), H. 70
- String Quartet No. 3, H. 175
- String Quartet No. 2 in G minor, H. 115
- Phantasy Quartet, for piano quartet in F sharp minor, H. 94
- String Quartet No. 4, H 188
- Phantasie Quartet, for string quartet in F minor, H. 55
- Novelletten, for string quartet, H. 44
- Idylls (3) for string quartet, H 67
- An Irish Melody (Londonderry Air), for string quartet, H 86
- Sir Roger de Coverley, Christmas dance for string quartet, H. 155
- Sally in Our Alley, for string quartet, H. 119/1
- Cherry Ripe, for string quartet, H 119/2
- Pieces (3) for string quartet
- String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 25
- String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36
- Divertimenti (3), for string quartet
- Simple Symphony, for string orchestra, Op. 4
- Quartettino, for string quartet
- Alla Marcia, for string quartet
- String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94
- String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83
- Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84
- String Quartet No. 1 in D minor
- The Holy Boy, version for string orchestra or string quartet
- String Quartet No. 2 in C minor
- String Quartet in E flat major
- String Quartet No. 1 in A minor
- Trio for strings in G major, R. 59
- Theme and Variations for Two Violins
- String quartet No 1 (Theme and Variations)
- String quartet No 2
- String quartet No 3
- String Quartet No 1 in F Minor, Op. 35
- String Quartet No 3, Op. 112
- String Quartet No 4, Op 150
- String Quartet No 2 in E Flat, Op 73
- Amoretti for tenor & string quartet, Op. 43
- Ave Maria Gratia Plena, 2 medieval songs for voice & string quartet
- Trio for piano & strings, Op 68 (in one movement)
- Phantasy Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello
- String Quartet No. 1 in G minor
- String Quartet No. 2 in A minor ("For Jean on Her Birthday")
- String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
- Piano Quartet in D minor
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