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Bliss: String Quartet No. 1

~ Maggini Quartet (Artist)
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1. String Quartet No.1
2. Conversations for flute, oboe, violin, viola and cello
3. String Quartet in A major (c.1915)

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Arthur Bliss remains an acquired taste for many lovers of English music, but this release from the Maggini Quartet will surprise many with how warm-hearted and winning he could be. The String Quartet in A from 1915--later withdrawn by Bliss--is lyrical and expressive, embracing the sound and spirit of folk song in the slow movement. The Magginis give it a deeply affectionate, committed performance, confirming the impression left by their immaculate Bax CD for Naxos.

The suite Conversations features not just the conventional inspirations of woodland scene and ballroom, but also a committee meeting which gets out of hand, and a busy Oxford Circus tube station in London. These are fun, witty, neatly characterised works, clearly influenced by Bliss's time in France after the Great War, and relished here by the five performers, not least by Nicholas Daniel and his rich, rounded cor anglais in the Soliloquy.

The String Quartet No.1 is more rhapsodic than deeply passionate, more astringent than outwardly attractive, pervaded at times by a darkness that hints at the fact it was composed early in the Second World War. Beautifully crafted, and played here with utter conviction and clean virtuosity, the rhythmic drive is irresistible. --Andrew Green


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