The Nash Ensemble’s high voltage interpretation [of the Third Quartet] serves the music well, having tremendous physical impact and bringing an unusual, urgent intensity… The Nash Ensemble triumphantly surmounts all the technical challenges while projecting absolute enjoyment of and devotion to the music.

The Nash Ensemble dig into Dohnányi’s Serenade (1902) with gusto, relishing the music’s myriad felicities...their performance is rife with character and incident...The Nash’s performance of the Third String Quartet (1926) is more impressive still...If you’ve never taken to Dohnányi’s music before, these performances should win you over. If you’re already a convert, you’ll want this.

Both pieces require virtuosic ensemble playing, spiced with a mischievous sense of fun. The Nash have both in abundance in this warm-hearted, generous recording. Give it a try.

Captured in exemplary sound, the musicians of the Nash Ensemble hurl themselves into the fray with captivating alacrity, relishing Dohnányi’s stylistic twists and turns with an infectious bravado that is impossible to resist.