Smetana and Debussy String Quartets

The Medici String Quartet formed in 1971whilst its members were studying at the Royal Academy of Music, they were coached by Sydney Griller. Their reputation firmly established both at home and aboard in considerable breadth of repertoire. They studied a wide range of standard masterpieces while resident quartet at the University of York, but also were had an unrivalled reputation as champions of British Music and gave many important first performances to their credit. They also had a particular affinity with Czech masters, which reflected in their recordings of works by Janacek and Smetana. The Medici Quartet disbanded in 2007 when Paul Robertson the founder and leader of the quartet for over forty years became seriously ill. These reissue from the Quartet’s Nimbus recordings made in the 1980’s join their other releases including the Beethoven Complete String Quartets (NI 1785), and works by Janáček & Fauré (NI5379) and Smetana & Debussy (NI 5389).