RUBBRA String Quartet No. 2 / Amoretti / Ave Maria Gratia Plena / Piano Trio in 1 Movement

C. Daniels, M. Roscoe, Maggini String Quartet

Naxos 8.572286

Edmud Rubbra (1901-1986) is one of the most distinctive and serious British composers of his time, his personal voice always evident.

The piano trio and string quartet here are good, strong examples of his always thoughtful music and are given dedicated and searching new performances, recorded in January 2009 at Potton Hall.

Charles Daniels has a distinctive tenor voice and gives committed accounts of the Spencer Sonnets (1935) and the two Marian songs, dating from 1922 & 1951 respectively.

A worthy release, possibly unremittingly serious for some tastes, but the main works are certainly worth having.

Peter Grahame Woolf

Also recommended RUBBRA Chamber Music from the Endymion Ensemble. PGW