Elgar: Quintet and Violin Sonata

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EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Quintet and Violin Sonata
The Nash Ensemble

[ Hyperion Helios / CD ]

Release Date: Saturday 6 October 2007

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'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 idiomatic music-making' (Gramophone)

'By any standards this is a major Elgar recording. I cannot recommend it too highly' (The Elgar Society Journal)

'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 idiomatic music-making' (Gramophone)

'My top recommendation … would remain the Hyperion recording of the Nash Ensemble, also with Ian Brown, which combines high-calibre individual playing with all the requisite nostalgic resonances' (BBC Music Magazine)

'Interpétation idéale' (Diapason, France)

Recorded in Henry Wood Hall, London, on 8-10 December 1992

Tracks:

Violin Sonata in E minor, Op 82
Piano Quintet in A minor, Op 84