The Maggini Quartet has generally been ranked among the leading string quartets from the United Kingdom since its founding. While the group has performed and recorded standard-repertory works by Haydn, Schubert, and others, its chief focus has been early 20th century British music. Its concerts and recordings have thus focused on quartets by Vaughan Williams, Britten, Bliss, Bax, Moeran, Elgar, Walton, and of newer works, such as the Naxos quartets of Peter Maxwell Davies.
The Maggini Quartet was formed in 1988 and is based in London. The name of the group was taken from six...