W. A. MOZART
Mozart: String Quintets Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / 3 CD Box Set - released 30/Aug/2010 ] The complete String Quintets is a enchanting body of chamber music, recorded here in a 3-disc set by the peerless Nash Ensemble. |
PYOTR TCHAIKOVSKY / ERICH KORGOLD
Tchaikovsky & Korngold: String Sextets Nash Ensemble / David Lloyd-Jones [ Hyperion / CD - released 15/Mar/2024 ] The teenage Korngold possessed a compositional fluency and maturity which belied his youth; in contrast, Tchaikovsky feared-wholly unjustifiably-his own creative powers to be on the wane when writing Souvenir de Florence. |
WILLIAM LLOYD WEBBER
Piano Music, Chamber Music and Songs The Nash Ensemble with John Mark Ainsley (tenor) Ian Brown (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] 'These modest miniatures reveal a composer who was able, not only to invent memorable ideas, but to do some artful things with them'- The Sunday Times |
ARNOLD BAX
Chamber Music The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 16/May/2005 ] 'Performances of exemplary quality' - The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
MAX BRUCH
Bruch: String Quintets & Octet The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 26/Mar/2017 ] "Together, these performances go to the top of a not exactly crowded field; in fact his disc needs to be heard by everyone who loves German Romantic chamber music." Gramophone Award Nomination 2017 - Chamber |
LENNOX BERKELEY
A Centenary Tribute The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Jun/2003 ] One of the comparatively few British composers to gain an international reputation, Lennox Berkeley was born in Boar's Hill, Oxford, on May 12th 1903. |
JOSEF SUK
Chamber Music (Incls Piano Quartet in A minor Op 1) The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 1/Sep/2012 ] 'The Nash Ensemble plays with all its customary skill and insight, highlighted by the remarkable pianism of Ian Brown' (Classic FM Magazine) |
JOAQUIN TURINA
Turina: Chamber Music (Incls Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 67) The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] The colourful folk melodies and rhythms of Spain knit seamlessly with twentieth-century French compositional sophistication in Joaquín Turina's chamber works. Born in Seville, Andalucia, the young composer went to study in Paris in 1905, where he was... |
WALTON
Chamber Music (Incls Piano Quartet & Violin Sonata) The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 5/Oct/2002 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (Nov 2002) |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Chamber Music: Phantasy Quintet / Violin Sonata in A minor / etc The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jun/2002 ] This disc is for those in awe of Vaughan Williams |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Arnold: Chamber Music Vol 3 (Includes Quintet for Flute, Violin, Viola, Horn and Bassoon Op 7 & Three Shanties for Wind Quintet Op 4) The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 5/Feb/2001 ] "This set may one day be equalled but it is unlikely to be bettered, and it deserves classic status." International Record Review Feb 2001 |
POULENC
Poulenc: The Complete Chamber Music The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 30/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - 'Thirteen pieces lovingly brought to life by the Nash Ensemble. For once, the word 'jewel-box' for the CD container sounds about right.' (BBC CD Review) |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Metamorphosen / Piano Quartet The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Mar/2007 ] 'The music's autumnal soulfulness suits the Nash Ensemble's house style to near-perfection... The same classy artistry shines through their performances of the string sextet prelude to Strauss's last opera Capriccio, and of the much earlier Piano... |
ARENSKY / TANEYEV
Arensky / Taneyev: Piano Quintets Piers Lane (piano), Goldner String Quartet [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Sep/2013 ] "Lane's light-fingered ascents and rapid scalic plunges are perfectly complemented by the Goldners' feather-light string playing." BBC Music |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Quintet and Violin Sonata The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion Helios / CD - released 6/Oct/2007 ] 'As ever the playing of the Nash Ensemble evinces consummate refinement and total dedication; their heartwarmingly eloquent reading communicates strongly...No true Elgarian could fail to derive considerable satisfaction from such effortlessly... |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saens: Chamber Music The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 10/Jun/2005 ] "The three late woodwind sonatas are far from being fossilised; and are here given fluent, affectionate performances…full blooded performances, packed with energy and colour…altogether a wonderful pair of discs." Five Stars BBC Music |
CLARA SCHUMANN / FANNY MENDELSSOHN
Schumann (C) & Mendelssohn (Fanny): Piano Trios & String Quartet The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/May/2020 ] A release which celebrates the talents and importance of the 'other' Mendelssohn and Schumann, who emerge from the shadows of their illustrious family names in a blaze of triumphant chamber music. |
BEETHOVEN
String Quintet in E flat major, Op 4 / String Quintet in C major, Op 29 The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / CD - released 2/Feb/2009 ] Britain's most versatile chamber ensemble turns its attention to two works from seminal moments in Beethoven's career. |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Vaughan Williams - The Early Chamber Music The Nash Ensemble [ Hyperion / 2 CD - released 26/Nov/2002 ] 'This revelatory collection of early chamber works by the giant of the 20th-century English style is fascinating and captivating' (The Scotsman) |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: String Quintet in C minor, Op 104 / Piano Quartet in E flat Op 16 / etc The Nash Ensemble, with Ian Brown (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] The Nash Ensemble continues its critically acclaimed survey of Beethoven's rarer chamber music in an intriguing new disc. |