String Quartets Nos, 1, 3, 4, : Maggini Quartet

EDMUND RUBBRA (1901-1986) String Quartets Vol. 2

String Quartet No. 1 in F minor, Op. 35
String Quartet No. 3, Op. 112
String Quartet No. 4, Op. 150

The Maggini Quartet

Recorded in Potton Hall, Westleton, Suffolk, UK from 1st to 3rd December, 2009

The Maggini Quartet’s Naxos recording of Edmund Rubbra’s String Quartet No. 2 (8.572286) was praised as ‘superbly integrated…undeniably a great success’ by Gramophone. His remaining three string quartets, heard here, mark Rubbra as a great, though still undervalued, English composer whose music boasts an inexhaustible sense of freshness, a richly hued emotional palette and an abiding sense of optimism. The Maggini Quartet’s Naxos recordings of English string quartets by composers from Alwyn to Walton have gained numerous awards, critical plaudits and nominations from Gramophone, Diapason and the Grammys. ( NAXOS )