British String Quartets

Maggini Quartet

8.502021

The string quartet is at the very heart of 20th-century British music, encompassing some of the quintessential works of the chamber music repertory. This compendium features fine examples of the genre, revealing the precocious talents of Benjamin Britten and John Ireland, the quicksilver craftsmanship of Frank Bridge and Alan Rawsthorne, the ‘captured sunshine’ of Edward Elgar’s writing and the evocative pastoral renderings of Arthur Bliss and Arnold Bax. Although the musical styles of each of the composers featured in this collection are unique, their contributions are unified by an innate understanding and mastery of the string quartet form.

Works:

• Alwyn: Novelette
• Alwyn: String Quartet No. 1 in D minor
• Alwyn: String Quartet No. 2 (Spring Waters) (c. 1978)
• Alwyn: String Quartet No. 3 (c. 1985)
• Arnold: Phantasy for String Quartet “Vita Abundans” (1941)
• Arnold: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 23
• Arnold: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 118
• Bax: Adagio ma non troppo 'Cathaleen-ni-Hoolihan', from String Quartet in E major
• Bax: Lyrical Interlude for string quintet
• Bax: String Quartet No. 1 in G major
• Bax: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
• Bax: String Quartet No. 3 in F major
• Berkeley, L: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 6 (1935)
• Berkeley, L: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 15
• Berkeley, L: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 76 (1970)
• Bliss: Clarinet Quintet
• Bliss: Conversations for Flute, Oboe, Violin, Viola and Cello
• Bliss: String Quartet in A major
• Bliss: String Quartet No. 1 in B flat major
• Bliss: String Quartet No. 2 in F minor
• Bridge: An Irish Melody, "Londonderry Air"
• Bridge: Novelletten
• Bridge: Phantasie in F minor for string quartet
• Bridge: Phantasy in F sharp minor for piano quartet
• Bridge: String Quartet No. 1 in E minor 'Bologna'
• Bridge: String Quartet No. 2 in G minor
• Bridge: String Quartet No. 3
• Bridge: String Quartet No. 4
• Bridge: Three Idylls
• Bridge: Three Pieces
• Britten: Alla Marcia
• Britten: Quartettino
• Britten: Simple Symphony, Op. 4
• Britten: String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 25
• Britten: String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36
• Britten: String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94
• Britten: Three Divertimenti
• Elgar: Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84
• Elgar: String Quartet in E minor, Op. 83
• Ireland: String Quartet No. 1 in D minor
• Ireland: String Quartet No. 2 in C minor
• Ireland: The Holy Boy
• Moeran: String Quartet No. 1 in A minor
• Moeran: String Quartet No. 2 in E flat major
• Moeran: String Trio in G major (1931), R.59
• Rawsthorne, A: String Quartet No. 1 'Theme & Variations'
• Rawsthorne, A: String Quartet No. 2
• Rawsthorne, A: String Quartet No. 3
• Rawsthorne, A: Theme and Variations for Two Violins
• Rubbra: Amoretti
• Rubbra: Ave Maria Gratia Plena
• Rubbra: Piano Trio in One Movement op.68
• Rubbra: String Quartet No.1 in F minor op.35
• Rubbra: String Quartet No.2 in E flat op.73
• Rubbra: String Quartet No.3 op.112
• Rubbra: String Quartet No.4 op.150
• Vaughan Williams: Phantasy Quintet
• Vaughan Williams: String Quartet No. 1 in G minor
• Vaughan Williams: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
• Walton: Piano Quartet
• Walton: String Quartet in A Minor

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30.08.19

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