Maggini 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.... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2001, Winner - Chamber
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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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... —
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Gramophone Magazine, May 2005, Disc of the Month
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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... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2003, 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... —Awards:
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2003, Editor's Choice
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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... —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2006, Editor's Choice
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Building a Library, October 2003, Highly Recommended
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…this is lean music with no wasted notes, and it’s strikingly performed, with concentration in the playing and detail in the recording. —
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Special offer. Bliss - Chamber Music Volume 2
Nicholas Daniel (oboe), Martin Outram (viola), Peter Donohoe (piano)
Maggini Quartet
The Maggini Quartet and Peter Donohoe give a commanding performance of the Piano Quartet, locating an underlying toughness of argument and urgency of expression in both outer movements to make... —
