Chamber, Quartets, String Quartets, Vaughan Williams (composer)
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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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Special offer. Ina Boyle: String Quartet
Recommendedplus works by Vaughan Williams, Moeran & Ireland
Piatti Quartet
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Winner 2023
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These suave new performances are beautifully inflected and sensitively blended, if a trifle bland…If the notion of owning the full trilogy appeals, then these warmly recorded performance wont’... —
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Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea
RecommendedIngrid Attrot (soprano), Lynne Dawson (soprano), Linda Finnie (mezzo-soprano), Pamela Helen Stephen (mezzo-soprano) & Karl Daymond (baritone), Philip Dukes (viola)
Northern Sinfonia, The Sinfonia Chorus, Richard Hickox
A one-act opera based on the play of the same name, Riders to the Sea is a straightforward tragedy that pits helpless humans against the remorseless sea of Galway Bay. Richard Hickox leads the... —
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Presto Favourites, Recommended Recording
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Special offer. A Portrait of Vaughan Williams
Michael Bochmann (violin), Margaret Campbell (flute), Colin Lilley (flute), Audrey Douglas (harp), Maurice Bourgue (oboe), Susan Lynn (violin), Pierre Joubert (violin), Helen Roberts (viola), Thomas Waddington (cello), Timothy Mirfin, Peter Gritton, Ian Barratt, David Le Monnier, Paul Martin, Jonathan...
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Roughly contemporary with the Fifth symphony, the Second Quartet is vintage VW, while the Phantasy Quintet breathes the air of the Tallis Fantasia. Both unfairly neglected works are performed... —
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The Tippett Quartet play this music with more than the requisite enthusiasm and insight, and the power and intimacy of their music-making is well caught by the recording team. I certainly haven’t... —
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...this music all tells us about Vaughan Williams' development, and that while he hadn't yet found the sounds and idiosyncrasies which made him unique (and to some people uniquely annoying),... —
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New. Ravel: String Quartet - Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge & String Quartet No. 1
Howard Shelley (piano), Philip Langridge (tenor), Britten Quartet
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