Shostakovich / Prokofiev / Seiber: Chamber Music

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SHOSTAKOVICH / PROKOFIEV / SEIBER
Shostakovich / Prokofiev / Seiber: Chamber Music
Melos Ensemble of London, with Peter Pears (narrator) & the Dorian Singers

[ Decca ABC Eloquence / CD ]

Release Date: Thursday 20 May 2010

"(Shostakovich) We all know that the Melos Ensemble is a virtuoso group, but I have never heard them give a clearer demonstration of sheer musicality than this." (Gramophone)

"in its fairly light-hearted way [Prokofiev] mixes his tuneful humour with a degree of bitterness and sarcasm and a dash of the grotesque, to form this agreeable work, very well played and vividly recorded....A fascinating collector's piece in every way." (Penguin Guide)

Tracks:

Prokofiev:
Quintet in G minor, Op. 39 for Oboe, Clarinet, Violin, Viola and Double-bass

Seiber:
Three Fragments from 'A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'

Peter Pears (narrator)
Dorian Singers, Matyas Seiber

Shostakovich:
Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57