Maggini Quartet - Ireland: String Quartets (2006)

Tracklist

01. String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor: I. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor: II. Molto allegro
03. String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor: III. Andante moderato
04. String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor: IV. Finale - Vivace
05. Preludes: No. 3. The Holy Boy (arr. string quartet)
06. String Quartet No. 2 in C Minor: I. Allegro moderato
07. String Quartet No. 2 in C Minor: II. Nocturne - Andante
08. String Quartet No. 2 in C Minor: III. Scherzo - Presto
09. String Quartet No. 2 in C Minor: IV. Poco allegro - Grazioso - Meno mosso - Allegretto - Allegretto semplice - L'isteso tempo - Vivace

The English composer John Ireland drew his inspiration from his country’s heritage, its poetry and its landscapes. He emerged as a celebrated composer towards the end of World War I, having destroyed almost all of his student works, but not the two String Quartets featured on this disc. Both are modelled after the late quartets of Beethoven and Brahms. The Holy Boy, one of Ireland’s most popular works, was written on Christmas Day, 1913, and is here adapted for string quartet, one of several arrangements of the work by the composer.

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