Halffter: Chamber Music Vol. 3 (Anne-Marie North/ Antonio Cárdenas/ Beate Altenburg/ Bretón String Quartet/ Francisco José Segovia/ Iván Martín/ John Stokes) (Naxos: 8.572420)

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With its vibrant lightness of touch and warmth of expression, Rodolfo Halffter's music is both approachable and stimulating. Volume 3 of this series (volumes 1 and 2 are available on 8.572418 and 8.572419) brings his complete string quartets, each with its own power and expression, exploratory intellectual curiosity and impish wit. The composer's only Cello Sonata inhabits a world of neoclassical refinement with hints of Hispanic rhythm and melodic gesture, and Halffter's Spanish/Mexican idiom is second nature to the Madrid based Breton Quartet.