Dohnanyi: String Quartet No.3, Serenade Op.10 - Nash Ensemble

‘It’s a gloriously overripe, at times rapturous interpretation [of the Sextet], and I’m smitten by it. 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’ (Gramophone)

‘Few record companies seem to be holding such a candle for Dohnányi’s chamber music as Hyperion … The Nash Ensemble triumphantly surmounts all the technical challenges while projecting absolute enjoyment of and devotion to the music’ (BBC Music Magazine)

Serenade for string trio in C major Op 10[19'59]
1
Marcia: Allegro[2'02]
2
Romanza: Adagio non troppo[3'32]
3
Scherzo: Vivace[4'27]
4
Tema con variazioni: Andante con moto[5'48]
5
Finale: Rondo[4'10]

String Quartet No 3 in A minor Op 33[25'28]
6
Allegro agitato e appassionato[10'31]
7
Andante religioso con variazioni[9'38]
8
Vivace giocoso[5'19]

Sextet for piano, clarinet, horn and string trio in C major Op 37[30'35]
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Allegro appassionato[11'41]
10
Intermezzo: Adagio[6'00]
11
Allegro con sentimento –[7'06]
12
Finale: Allegro vivace, giocoso[5'48]

The music of Dohnányi (admired by figures as disparate as Brahms and Bartók) embodies virtues of taste, humour, impeccable control of form and beauty of style; all qualities relished by The Nash Ensemble in wonderful new recordings which can only assist with this composer’s continuing rehabilitation.