The Nash Ensemble plays Glazunov, Borodin & Arensky

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This well-planned album offers three complementary works linked both by the genial spirit of Borodin...[his Sextet] has considerable charm...Both movements are played here by the Nash Ensemble... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 2nd Apr 2012
Catalogue No: ONYX4067
Label: Onyx
Length: 65 minutes

Borodin: String Sextet in D Minor (unfinished)

Work length9:42

$2.00

$2.80

The Nash Ensemble

I. Allegro

Track length5:44

$1.00

$1.40

II. Andante

Track length3:58

$1.00

$1.40

Glazunov: String Quintet in A, Op. 39

Work length29:02

$5.50

$7.70

The Nash Ensemble

I. Allegro

Track length8:12

$1.50

$2.10

II. Scherzo: Allegro moderato

Track length5:57

$1.00

$1.40

III. Andante sostenuto

Track length7:28

$1.50

$2.10

IV. Finale: Allegro moderato

Track length7:25

$1.50

$2.10

Arensky: String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 35

Work length26:53

$4.50

$6.30

The Nash Ensemble

I. Moderato

Track length10:37

$1.50

$2.10

II. Theme. (Moderato) and Variations

Track length12:03

$2.00

$2.80

III. Finale: Andante sostenuto - Allegro moderato

Track length4:13

$1.00

$1.40

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After a highly acclaimed series of Brahms chamber music releases for ONYX, the Nash Ensemble turn their attention to 19th-century Russian repertoire.

Glazunov’s superbly crafted String Quintet in A of 1891 is coupled with Arensky’s Second Quartet with two cellos and Borodin’s unfinished Sextet for strings in D minor. The latter was written, according to the composer, in Mendelssohnian style ‘to please the Germans’ while he was in Heidelberg.

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July 2012

This well-planned album offers three complementary works linked both by the genial spirit of Borodin...[his Sextet] has considerable charm...Both movements are played here by the Nash Ensemble with relish and conviction...Top of the bill in every sense is Arensky's Quartet of 1894, presenting a hugely inventive variety of textures.

August 2012

An original and attractive record

August 2012

The Nash Ensemble give warm-hearted, lyrical readings of all these works, and there are too many highlights to mention.The engineering leaves nothing to be desired; the program, filling as it does three gaps in the average listener’s library, adds up to more than the sum of its parts. The cover design’s pretty terrific too. I could go on, but what more do you need to hear?

15th April 2012

The Nash Ensemble’s superior string players make a beautiful case for these not overfamiliar 19th-century Russian works.

19th April 2012

Gorgeously played by the Nash Ensemble.. while Glazunov's 1892 quintet is fluent and ingratiating if rather unmemorable. Like the rest of the disc, though, it's delivered with such energy and relish that hardly matters

METRO 11th June 2012

A delightful cherry-picking of 19th-century Russian chamber-repertoire...Their playing is characteristically sweet and bright, and they find the right balance between Russian folk-tune ponderousness and Slavic emotionalism.

27th April 2012

It’s the Arensky which actually contains the best-known music. Its central movement, arranged for string orchestra, has an independent life as the Variations on a theme of Tchaikovsky. The pieces are more focused on pleasure than profundity, and in these beautifully polished Nash Ensemble performances, fall agreeably, sometimes delectably, on the ear. The Arensky Variations are a delight in their original form.

The Nash Ensemble plays Glazunov, Borodin & Arensky

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