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Schumann: Chamber Music

Richard Watkins (horn) & Ian Brown (piano), Lawrence Power (viola) & Ian Brown (piano), Richard Hosford (clarinet) & Ian Brown (piano), Richard Hosford (clarinet), Gareth Hulse (oboe) & Ian Brown (piano), Marianne Thorsen (violin) & Ian Brown (piano)

The Nash Ensemble

how thoroughly each one of these performers warms to his or her allotted task (perhaps 'role' would be a better word), though it's violinist Marianne Thorsen and pianist Ian Brown in the Sonata... — BBC Music Magazine, July 2012, 5 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 30th Apr 2012
Catalogue No: CDA67923
Label: Hyperion
Length: 79 minutes

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Schumann: Adagio and Allegro in A flat major, Op. 70

Work length9:09

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Richard Watkins (horn), Ian Brown (piano)
The Nash Ensemble

Schumann: Märchenbilder (4), Op. 113

Work length15:05

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Lawrence Power (viola), Ian Brown (piano)
The Nash Ensemble

I. Nicht schnell

Track length3:23

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II. Lebhaft

Track length4:04

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III. Rasch

Track length2:35

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IV. Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck

Track length5:03

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Schumann: Fantasiestücke, Op. 73

Work length10:30

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Richard Hosford (clarinet), Ian Brown (piano)
The Nash Ensemble

I. Zart und mit Ausdruck

Track length3:15

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II. Lebhaft, leicht

Track length3:17

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III. Rasch und mit Feuer

Track length3:58

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Schumann: Märchenerzählungen (4) for Clarinet, Viola & Piano, Op. 132

Work length15:44

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Richard Hosford (clarinet), Lawrence Power (viola), Ian Brown (piano)
The Nash Ensemble

I. Lebhaft, nicht zu schnell

Track length3:03

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II. Lebhaft und sehr markiert

Track length3:14

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III. Ruhiges Tempo, mit zartem Ausdruck

Track length4:38

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IV. Lebhaft, sehr markiert

Track length4:49

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Schumann: Romances (3), Op. 94

Work length11:55

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Gareth Hulse (oboe), Ian Brown (piano)
The Nash Ensemble

I. Nicht schnell

Track length3:17

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II. Einfach, innig – Etwas lebhafter

Track length4:05

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III. Nicht schnell

Track length4:33

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Schumann: Violin Sonata No. 1 in A minor, Op. 105

Work length16:48

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Marianne Thorsen (violin), Ian Brown (piano)
The Nash Ensemble

I. Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck

Track length8:00

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II. Allegretto

Track length3:43

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III. Lebhaft

Track length5:05

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Among Schumann’s inspired late chamber works is a collection of music for more unusual instruments, composed in a concentrated flurry of creativity between 1849 and 1853 and written specifically for particular players, and it is to these exquisite short works that the world-famous Nash Ensemble turns its impeccable collective musicianship.

While Schumann modelled his music specifically to the timbres of the instruments he wrote for—piano, violin, horn, clarinet and oboe—he also arranged these pieces for alternative instruments with an eye to maximizing sales. Here, however, the soloists from The Nash Ensemble present the works in their original scoring in what are bound to be definitive performances—the delicious Fantasiestücke for clarinet, and the fiery and lyrical Märchenbilder, which feature star British viola player Lawrence Power. Other delights include the Adagio and Allegro for horn, a brilliant showpiece, the Violin Sonata No 1, Drei Romanzen for oboe and piano and the Märchenerzählungen for clarinet, viola and piano.

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July 2012

how thoroughly each one of these performers warms to his or her allotted task (perhaps 'role' would be a better word), though it's violinist Marianne Thorsen and pianist Ian Brown in the Sonata who steal the show. It makes a superb finale to a disc that works equally well whether you sample individual pieces or savour it as a whole.

September 2012

affectionate and technically irreproachable performances...The five woodwind and string players of the Nash Ensemble respond ideally to this music - music which surely they have known and loved throughout ther playing lives - and Ian Brown is an ever-sensitive collaborative pianist...Unique and compelling from beginning to end.

May 2012

This is an admirably compilation of consistently fine performances of almost all of Schumann's shorter chamber music for one or two instruments and piano, and as such is most valuable as a collection...The performances throughout...are each beyond criticism. In particularly I admire also the slightly varied balance between the instruments...another fine record from this consistently first-class company.

29th April 2012

The Nash players are British chamber-music royalty, but it is always an especial pleasure to hear the voluptuous viola sound of Lawrence Power in such an eloquent dialogue with Ian Brown’s piano in the too rarely heard Märchenbilder...A gorgeous, unmissable disc of great, too infrequently heard chamber music.

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