Special offer. St Petersburg
London Conchord Ensemble
Four succeeding generations of St Petersburg's finest...are represented on this highly entertaining disc of chamber music, played with style and verve by the London Conchord Ensemble. Chief...
Special offer. St Petersburg
London Conchord Ensemble
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Four succeeding generations of St Petersburg's finest...are represented on this highly entertaining disc of chamber music, played with style and verve by the London Conchord Ensemble. Chief...
About
Brings together works by four composers at the forefront of the musical life of St Petersburg at a time when the city was the centre of Russian musical culture.
Balakirev’s Octet has no other current modern recording.
London Conchord Ensemble is one of London’s most versatile chamber ensembles; their tour schedule includes a recital at Wigmore Hall with Dame Felicity Lott.
“The Ensemble clicks perfectly, the playing seemingly effortless and a regard for precision never stifling the musicians’ natural feeling for life and breath.” BBC Music Magazine.
Contents and tracklist
Awards and reviews
25th April 2010
Four succeeding generations of St Petersburg's finest...are represented on this highly entertaining disc of chamber music, played with style and verve by the London Conchord Ensemble. Chief among the delights is Glazunov's string quintet in A minor, a gloriously carefree and sunny piece
7th May 2010
this disc unearths some real rarities, which the Conchord Ensemble plays with an aplomb, sensibility and purposefulness that suggest a genuine enthusiasm rather than mere disinterment for the sake of being different.
