Artist: The Nash Ensemble
Title: Shostakovich, Schoenberg: Chamber Works
Year Of Release: 2000
Label: Erato
Genre: Classical
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 02:14:18
Total Size: 619 Mb
Tracklist:01. Shostakovich - Piano Quintet in G minor - I. Prelude: Lento - Poco piu mosso - Lento [0:04:23.42]
02. Shostakovich - Piano Quintet in G minor - II. Fugue: Adagio [0:10:25.28]
03. Shostakovich - Piano Quintet in G minor - III. Scherzo: Allegretto [0:03:17.05]
04. Shostakovich - Piano Quintet in G minor - IV. Intermezzo: Lento [0:06:35.26]
05. Shostakovich - Piano Quintet in G minor - V. Finale: Allegretto [0:07:14.54]
06. Shostakovich - Waltzes for Flute, Clarinet and Piano - 1 Spring Waltz for clarinet and piano [0:02:04.47]
07. Shostakovich - Waltzes for Flute, Clarinet and Piano - 2 Waltz Scherzo for flute and piano [0:02:53.13]
08. Shostakovich - Waltzes for Flute, Clarinet and Piano - 3 Waltz for flute, clarinet and piano [0:02:33.67]
09. Shostakovich - Waltzes for Flute, Clarinet and Piano - 4 Waltz Charmaine for piccolo, clarinet and piano [0:02:16.45]
10. Shostakovich - Piano Trio No.2 in E minor - I Andante [0:08:25.63]
11. Shostakovich - Piano Trio No.2 in E minor - II Allegro non troppo [0:03:04.55]
12. Shostakovich - Piano Trio No.2 in E minor - III Largo [0:05:45.35]
13. Shostakovich - Piano Trio No.2 in E minor - IV Allegretto [0:10:48.65]
01. Schoenberg - Kammersymphonie op9 i - Langsam [0:05:46.02]
02. Schoenberg - Kammersymphonie op9 ii - Sehr rasch [0:02:08.20]
03. Schoenberg - Kammersymphonie op9 iii - Viel langsamer, aber doch fliessend [0:03:03.55]
04. Schoenberg - Kammersymphonie op9 iv - Viel langsamer [0:03:50.65]
05. Schoenberg - Kammersymphonie op9 v - Etwas bewegter [0:06:12.72]
06. Schoenberg - Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte [0:14:41.33]
07. Schoenberg - Verklaerte Nacht op4 i - Grave [0:02:52.00]
08. Schoenberg - Verklaerte Nacht op4 ii - Poco piu mosso [0:05:21.05]
09. Schoenberg - Verklaerte Nacht op4 iii [0:06:50.33]
10. Schoenberg - Verklaerte Nacht op4 iv - Adagio [0:09:10.25]
11. Schoenberg - Verklaerte Nacht op4 v - Adagio [0:04:43.50]
Performers:Thomas Allen - reciter
The Nash Ensemble
Shostakovich's introspective Piano Quintet is one of the composer's supreme achievements. Perhaps it was the subtle nod to Baroque forms as well as the Beethoven-like use of fugue that earned this piece a permanent place in the chamber repertoire. The Nash Ensemble, led by Marcia Crayford and Elizabeth Clayton, shines especially in the playful and colorful Scherzo.
The Waltzes for Flute, Clarinet and Piano are charming and delightful aperitifs, salon pieces at heart that never fail to entertain. The Piano Trio No. 2 of 1944 is a solemn work dedicated to the memory of a recently departed friend. With subtle hints of bi-tonality and a great use of pizzicato effects, the performance here captures the work's dark, eerie and moody character.
Schoenberg's Chamber Symphony is an intense work of the early modern school. Although it is not a twelve-tone work, its polyphonic style gives the work an intense character--and the recording by the Nash Ensemble is certainly one of the most riveting in the catalog.
'Verklarte Nacht' is a densely chromatic work with a passionate Wagnerian cast to it. The Nash Ensemble performs the better known chamber version and gives this work an emotional and dramatic reading.
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