Artist:
Nash Ensemble
Genre:
Classical
Total Time:
76:26
Record Label:
Hyperion Records
Purchasing Links:
MP3, Apple Music
Release Date
January 10, 2025
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Nash Ensemble
Genre:
Classical
Total Time:
76:26
Record Label:
Hyperion Records
Purchasing Links:
MP3, Apple Music
Release Date
January 10, 2025
"The Entertainment Factor is supported by its audience. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission."
Find out more about this album release after the jump.
Product Description: Debussy’s absolute mastery of instrumental color shines in this album from the Nash Ensemble. It starts with perhaps the French composer’s most famous orchestral work, Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune, arranged for a dozen musicians. The reduced scoring (by French oboist David Walter) highlights Debussy’s evocative use of woodwind, with atmospheric contributions by harp and chiming crotales. It also appears here as an unexpectedly effective preface to Debussy’s last completed work, the Violin Sonata, whose opening chords seem to offer a quizzical spin on the earlier work’s closing chords.
At the very heart of the album is the Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, played by the superb trio of Philippa Davis, Lawrence Power, and Lucy Wakeford. Again, they reveal the sensitively with which Debussy plays with their instruments’ timbres and innate character, most strikingly the husky viola’s expressiveness and range of color brought to the fore by Power.
After a riveting account of the Cello Sonata follows an outstanding performance of Debussy’s String Quartet—try the fleet and exhilarating second movement with its bouncy and unpredictable rhythms.
At the very heart of the album is the Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp, played by the superb trio of Philippa Davis, Lawrence Power, and Lucy Wakeford. Again, they reveal the sensitively with which Debussy plays with their instruments’ timbres and innate character, most strikingly the husky viola’s expressiveness and range of color brought to the fore by Power.
After a riveting account of the Cello Sonata follows an outstanding performance of Debussy’s String Quartet—try the fleet and exhilarating second movement with its bouncy and unpredictable rhythms.
TRACK LIST:
1 . Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, 87 .(Arr. Walter for Ensemble)
(08:45)
2 . Debussy: Violin Sonata in G Minor, 148: I. Allegro vivo (05:16)
3 . Debussy: Violin Sonata in G Minor, 148: II. Intermède. Fantasque et léger (04:16)
4 . Debussy: Violin Sonata in G Minor, 148: III. Finale. Très animé (04:27)
5 . Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp, 145: I. Pastorale. Lento, dolce rubato (06:40)
6 . Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp, 145: II. Interlude. Tempo di minuetto (05:49)
7 . Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp, 145: III. Finale. Allegro moderato ma risoluto (04:45)
8 . Debussy: Cello Sonata in D Minor, 144: I. Prologue. Lent, sostenuto et molto risoluto (04:42)
9 . Debussy: Cello Sonata in D Minor, 144: II. Sérénade. Modérément animé (03:17)
10 . Debussy: Cello Sonata in D Minor, 144: III. Finale. Animé, léger et nerveux (03:48)
11 . Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor, 91: I. Animé et très décidé (06:23)
12 . Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor, 91: II. Scherzo. Assez vif et bien rythmé (03:46)
13 . Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor, 91: III. Andantino, doucement expressif (07:25)
14 .Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor, 91: IV. Très modéré – Très mouvementé – Très animé (07:12)
2 . Debussy: Violin Sonata in G Minor, 148: I. Allegro vivo (05:16)
3 . Debussy: Violin Sonata in G Minor, 148: II. Intermède. Fantasque et léger (04:16)
4 . Debussy: Violin Sonata in G Minor, 148: III. Finale. Très animé (04:27)
5 . Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp, 145: I. Pastorale. Lento, dolce rubato (06:40)
6 . Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp, 145: II. Interlude. Tempo di minuetto (05:49)
7 . Debussy: Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp, 145: III. Finale. Allegro moderato ma risoluto (04:45)
8 . Debussy: Cello Sonata in D Minor, 144: I. Prologue. Lent, sostenuto et molto risoluto (04:42)
9 . Debussy: Cello Sonata in D Minor, 144: II. Sérénade. Modérément animé (03:17)
10 . Debussy: Cello Sonata in D Minor, 144: III. Finale. Animé, léger et nerveux (03:48)
11 . Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor, 91: I. Animé et très décidé (06:23)
12 . Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor, 91: II. Scherzo. Assez vif et bien rythmé (03:46)
13 . Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor, 91: III. Andantino, doucement expressif (07:25)
14 .Debussy: String Quartet in G Minor, 91: IV. Très modéré – Très mouvementé – Très animé (07:12)
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