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Piano quartet

piano quintett ; septet ; sonata for oboe & piano ; sonata for clarinet & piano ; sonata for basson & piano ; caprice ; tarentelle
Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Saint-Saëns, Camille; The Nash Ensemble
Verfasser*innenangabe: Saint-Saëns. The Nash Ensemble
Jahr: 2005 (2004)
Verlag: London, Hyperion Records Ltd.
Mediengruppe: Compact Disc
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This exciting new double album from The Nash Ensemble presents an enchanting programme of chamber music by Camille Saint-Saëns, that quintessential figure of nineteenth-century French music-making. At the heart of the set come the Piano Quartet and Piano Quintet, composed in 1875 and 1855, respectively. The quintet exudes a youthful confidence and swagger, the piano part leading the way, while the quartet quickly established itself as a staple of the repertory. Saint-Saëns was a passionnate promoter of his own music – being all too aware that the name of a contemporary composer on a concert bill represented the kiss of death – and brought about many performances of his own works (and those of his contemporaries, establishing the Société Nationale de Musique in 1871 for this purpose). One result of this passion for which we must be especially grateful was that Saint-Saëns frequently wrote for the ‘forces available’, and this set opens with a rare septet for trumpet, string quintet and piano (the result of a playful commission from a chamber music society known as ‘La Trompette’), a jaunty work embracing seventeenth-century dance forms within a neoclassical style (perhaps fortunately, the composer appears never to have fulfilled his original promise to the society to compose a piece for guitar and thirteen trombones). In the last year of his life Saint-Saëns set out to compose sonatas for each of the main woodwind instruments and piano. Those for cor anglais and flute were never written, but the sonatas for oboe, bassoon and clarinet here join with a tarantella (for flute, clarinet and piano) and a caprice (delightfully combining Danish and Russian themes and the sonorities of flute, oboe, clarinet and piano) to conclude the programme. 'These are full-blooded performances, packed with energy and colour, and every corner is turned under complete control' (BBC Music Magazine). '…this is a set of sheer delight: let's hear it for imaginative conservatism' (Gramophone). 'It is a charming collection, beautifully played; this is precisely the repertoire in which the Nash excels … The opening cantilena of the Oboe Sonata is positively rapturous … just as the mysterious fugal introduction to the finale of the early Piano Quintet [is] fabulously played by cellist Paul Watkins and violist Lawrence Power' (The Guardian). 'A legend in his own lifetime, Saint-Saëns tantalises us with distinctive, lively and imaginative pieces, explored and played with terrific vivacity and style' (Classic FM Magazine). FonoForum 12 / 05: "Das glänzend disponierte Nash-Ensemble hat das individuelle Profil der einzelnen Stücke nuanciert herausgearbeitet." (Quelle: www.jpc.de)

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Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Saint-Saëns, Camille; The Nash Ensemble
Verfasser*innenangabe: Saint-Saëns. The Nash Ensemble
Jahr: 2005 (2004)
Verlag: London, Hyperion Records Ltd.
Enthaltene Werke: 1. Septet in E flat major, Op. 65 [EST: Septette op. 65], 2. Tarentelle in A minor, Op. 6 [EST: Tarentellen op. 6], 3. Bassoon sonata in G major, Op. 168 [EST: Sonaten, Fg Kl Op. 168], 4. Piano quartet in B flat major, Op. 41 [EST: Quartette, Vl Va Vc Kl op. 41], 5. Piano quintet in A minor, Op. 14 [EST: Quintette, Vl 1 2 Va Vc Kl op. 14], 6. Oboe sonata in D major, Op. 166 [EST: Sonaten, Ob Kl, R 146], 7. Clarinet sonata in E flat major, Op. 167 [EST: Sonaten, Klar Kl, R 147], 8. Caprice sur des airs danois et russes, Op. 79
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Beschreibung: 2 CDs (133:44 Min.) : DDD
Beteiligte Personen: Suche nach dieser Beteiligten Person Brown, Ian; Thorsen, Marianne; Power, Lawrence; Watkins, Paul; Davies, Philippa
Fußnote: Interpr.: The Nash Ensemble (Brown, Ian [Kl]. David, Mark [Trp]. Thorsen, Marianne [Vl]. Adams, David [Vl]. Power, Lawrence [Va]. Watkins, Paul [Vc]. McTier, Duncan [Kb]. Davies, Philippa [Fl]. Hosford, Richard [Klar]. Leveaux, Ursula [Fg]. Nabarro, Benjamin [Vl]. Hulse, Gareth [Ob]). - Bestellnr.: CDA67431/2
Mediengruppe: Compact Disc