Debussy - The Nash Ensemble
CDA68463 (Hyperion Records, CD)
FIRST RELEASE (10 January 2025)
Tracks: 14
Booklet pages: 18
℗ 2025 Hyperion Records Ltd
© 2025 Hyperion Records Ltd
Main country of recording: United Kingdom
Reviewer: Gerald Fenech
Review of Debussy - The Nash Ensemble published on 21 January 2025
The Nash Ensemble:
Philippa Davies, flute (tracks 1 and 5-7)
Gareth Hulse, oboe (track 1)
Richard Hosford, clarinet (track 1)
John McDougall, bassoon (track 1)
Richard Watkins, horn (track 1)
Stephanie Gonley, violin (track 2)
Alasdair Beatson, piano (track 2)
Benjamin Nabarro, violin (tracks 1 and 11-14)
Jonathan Stone, violin (tracks 1 and 11-14)
Lars Anders Tomter, viola (tracks 11-14)
Lawrence Power, viola (tracks 1 and 5-7)
Adrian Brendel, cello (tracks 1 and 8-14)
Simon Crawford-Phillips, piano (tracks 8-10)
Graham Mitchell, double bass (track 1)
Lucy Wakeford, harp (tracks 1 and 5-7)
Richard Benjafield, crotales (track 1)
Claude Debussy, arranged by David Walter (born 1958):
1 Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune, L 87
Claude Debussy:
2-4 Violin Sonata in G minor, L 148
5-7 Sonata for flute, viola and harp, L 145
8-10 Cello Sonata in D minor, L 144
11-14 String Quartet in G minor, L 91
Debussy chamber music from The Nash Ensemble, currently celebrating its sixtieth anniversary season, including not only the string quartet and the three extant sonatas, but also an arrangement of the Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune for twelve instruments.
Recorded 10-11 December 2023 in All Saints' Church, East Finchley, London UK (tracks 1-10) and on 28 February 2024 in Henry Wood Hall, London UK (tracks 11-14).