Browse: Chamber, Quintets, Onslow (composer)

Here are two of the 34 string quintets written by George Onslow (1784-1853), a composer greatly admired by Schumann. And these are genial, enjoyable works, in lively performances by the Elan... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2019, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Onslow delights us again and so does the inspirational Hummel. With their gut strings and the lighter bass register of the fortepiano blending perfectly with the double bass, the Nepomuks remove... — Gramophone Magazine, August 2007 More…

Their playing evokes the spirited conversation, lightness of touch and soulful hinted darkness in the Schubertian, early-Romantic E flat Quintet, as well as the vivid interchanges of the more... — BBC Music Magazine, December 2017, 4 out of 5 stars More…

These five players make a beguiling case for this music. Their ensemble sound is attractive: it is warm and slightly inward which, combined with the small-room acoustic, makes for a real chamber-music... — Gramophone Magazine, December 2016 More…