Description
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'.
The Nash Ensemble brings passion and conviction to both.
"The six players here play with such a shared vision and feeling for these works that you would think they had been playing sextets together all their career" – MusicWeb International
FERDINAND RIES Piano Trios & Sextets CDA68380
"All these works should be in the mainstream chamber repertoire."
- BBC Music Magazine
"Performances of the exemplary standard customarily expected from The Nash Ensemble."
- Gramophone Magazine
MAX BRUCH Piano Trio & other chamber music CDA68343
"These are performances to make you realise that you've underestimated Bruch - and to leave you very happily corrected."
- Gramophone Magazine
"The Nash Ensemble's performances are first-rate" – BBC Music Magazine, 5 STARS