The Magginis… display a more subtle variety of vibrato, generally lightening the texture but tightening the screw more effectively at moments of tension.

Inquisitive readers can rest assured that the Maggini's performance are as deeply pondered as they are powerfully communicative: theirs is music-making of entrancing skill, cogent drive and tangible dedication. Boasting sound and balance of impressive realism, in addition to lucid notes by John Belcher of the Rawsthorne Trust and the composer himself, it's got to be one of my discs of the year.

Those last two works [the Second and Third Quartets] increasingly demonstrate the influence of Bartok, without disturbing the distinctive clarity of Rawsthorne's musical idiom. Ideal performances, vividly recorded.