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The Nash Ensemble|Tchaikovsky, Korngold: String Sextets

Tchaikovsky, Korngold: String Sextets

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The subtitle of Tchaikovsky's String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70, "Souvenir de Florence," suggests that it is among the composer's lighter works, but really, only its elegant third movement, which apparently occurred to the composer during an Italian sojourn, fits that characterization. As for the rest, Tchaikovsky labored over the music for several years, putting it aside and taking it up again. The sextet has an intensity peculiar to late Tchaikovsky, plunging in on an unresolved chord right at the outset as if the troubled dialogue it embodies were already underway before the music began. The Nash Ensemble captures the way Tchaikovsky's chamber music seems to strive toward symphonic dimensions (the Piano Trio in A minor is another good example) but then is confined with great tension to the smaller format. Listen to the passage about two minutes into the finale, where the texture contracts to a single note and then begins to expand again; it is masterfully handled. The String Sextet in D major, Op. 10, of the 17-year-old Erich Wolfgang Korngold, a work that did not receive its premiere recording until the 1980s, is even more heated, perhaps the chamber work Mahler would have written if he had written one. The traces of early Schoenberg are also heard in the work, and once again, the Nash Ensemble's performance is full-blooded and forceful. This is a major late Romantic chamber release, with unidiomatic church sound among the very few weaknesses. This album hit classical best-seller charts in early 2024.

© James Manheim /TiVo

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Sextet in D Minor, Op. 70, TH 118 "Souvenir de Florence" (Pyotr Illitch Tchaïkovski)

1
I. Allegro con spirito
00:10:30

Oscar Torres, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephanie Gonley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Perry, Producer, Executive Producer - Andrew Keener, Producer, Recording Producer - Rachel Roberts, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Lars Anders Tomter, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Brendel, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - The Nash Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Stone, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gemma Rosefield, Cello, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2024 Hyperion Records Limited

2
II. Adagio cantabile e con moto
00:10:01

Oscar Torres, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephanie Gonley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Perry, Producer, Executive Producer - Andrew Keener, Producer, Recording Producer - Rachel Roberts, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Lars Anders Tomter, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Brendel, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - The Nash Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Stone, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gemma Rosefield, Cello, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2024 Hyperion Records Limited

3
III. Allegretto moderato
00:06:47

Oscar Torres, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephanie Gonley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Perry, Producer, Executive Producer - Andrew Keener, Producer, Recording Producer - Rachel Roberts, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Lars Anders Tomter, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Brendel, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - The Nash Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Stone, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gemma Rosefield, Cello, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2024 Hyperion Records Limited

4
IV. Allegro vivace
00:07:17

Oscar Torres, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephanie Gonley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Perry, Producer, Executive Producer - Andrew Keener, Producer, Recording Producer - Rachel Roberts, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Lars Anders Tomter, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Brendel, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - The Nash Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Stone, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gemma Rosefield, Cello, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2024 Hyperion Records Limited

String Sextet in D Major, Op. 10 (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)

5
I. Moderato – Allegro
00:10:55

Oscar Torres, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephanie Gonley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Perry, Producer, Executive Producer - Andrew Keener, Producer, Recording Producer - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer - Rachel Roberts, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Lars Anders Tomter, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Brendel, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - The Nash Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Stone, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gemma Rosefield, Cello, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2024 Hyperion Records Limited

6
II. Adagio
00:10:27

Oscar Torres, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephanie Gonley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Perry, Producer, Executive Producer - Andrew Keener, Producer, Recording Producer - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer - Rachel Roberts, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Lars Anders Tomter, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Brendel, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - The Nash Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Stone, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gemma Rosefield, Cello, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2024 Hyperion Records Limited

7
III. Intermezzo. Moderato, con grazia
00:07:00

Oscar Torres, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephanie Gonley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Perry, Producer, Executive Producer - Andrew Keener, Producer, Recording Producer - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer - Rachel Roberts, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Lars Anders Tomter, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Brendel, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - The Nash Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Stone, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gemma Rosefield, Cello, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2024 Hyperion Records Limited

8
IV. Finale. Presto
00:07:08

Oscar Torres, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Stephanie Gonley, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Simon Perry, Producer, Executive Producer - Andrew Keener, Producer, Recording Producer - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Composer - Rachel Roberts, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Lars Anders Tomter, Viola, AssociatedPerformer - Adrian Brendel, Cello, AssociatedPerformer - The Nash Ensemble, Ensemble, MainArtist - Jonathan Stone, Violin, AssociatedPerformer - Gemma Rosefield, Cello, AssociatedPerformer

℗ 2024 Hyperion Records Limited

Album review

The subtitle of Tchaikovsky's String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70, "Souvenir de Florence," suggests that it is among the composer's lighter works, but really, only its elegant third movement, which apparently occurred to the composer during an Italian sojourn, fits that characterization. As for the rest, Tchaikovsky labored over the music for several years, putting it aside and taking it up again. The sextet has an intensity peculiar to late Tchaikovsky, plunging in on an unresolved chord right at the outset as if the troubled dialogue it embodies were already underway before the music began. The Nash Ensemble captures the way Tchaikovsky's chamber music seems to strive toward symphonic dimensions (the Piano Trio in A minor is another good example) but then is confined with great tension to the smaller format. Listen to the passage about two minutes into the finale, where the texture contracts to a single note and then begins to expand again; it is masterfully handled. The String Sextet in D major, Op. 10, of the 17-year-old Erich Wolfgang Korngold, a work that did not receive its premiere recording until the 1980s, is even more heated, perhaps the chamber work Mahler would have written if he had written one. The traces of early Schoenberg are also heard in the work, and once again, the Nash Ensemble's performance is full-blooded and forceful. This is a major late Romantic chamber release, with unidiomatic church sound among the very few weaknesses. This album hit classical best-seller charts in early 2024.

© James Manheim /TiVo

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