01. - 06. Antonin Dvorak - Piano Trio in E minor, op.90 'Dumky' [30'26]
07. - 10. Antonin Dvorak - Piano Quintet in A major, op.81 [39'48]
Disc 2
01. - 04. Camille Saint-Saens - Piano Trio in E minor, op.18 [27'18]
05. - 08. Camille Saint-Saens - Septet in E-flat major, op.65 [17'33]
09. - 22. Camille Saint-Saens - Le Carnaval des animaux [21'51]
The Nash Ensemble (Ian Brown & Susan Tomes- piano; Marcya Crayford & Jeremy William- violin; Roger Chase- viola; Christpher van Kampen- cello; Rodney Slatford- double-bass; William Bennett- flute; Michael Collins- clarinet; Paul Archibald- trumpet; David Corkhill & Terry Emery- percussion)
Virgin 5615162 (recorded March 1988; this CD release 1998)
(flac and scans)
Recording venue: All Saints' Church, Petersham
Recording engineer: Trygg Tryggvason; Produder: Martin Compton
Here's a fine twofer of popular chamber works by Dvorak and Saint-Saens in expert performances by The Nash Ensemble - brilliant and wonderfully polished. Ian Brown and Christopher van Kampen are outstanding in the Dvorak Quintet.
This performance of Carnival of the Animals is particularly vivacious and sparkling with Ian Brown being joined by Susan Tomes, from the Florestan Trio, as the piano duo.
The recording offers a natural concert hall acoustic with the veteran engineer Trygg Tryggvason working his usual magic.