Band
Nash Ensemble
Albums
80
Members
27
Active
1964–present
Origin
United Kingdom
Biography
The Nash Ensemble of London is an acclaimed English chamber ensemble. It was founded by Artistic Director Amelia Freedman and Rodney Slatford in 1964, while they were students at the Royal Academy of Music, and was named after the Nash Terraces around the Academy. The Ensemble has won awards from the Edinburgh Festival Critics and the Royal Philharmonic Society, as well as a 2002 Gramophone Award for contemporary music. In addition to their classical repertoire, the Ensemble performs works by numerous contemporary composers, including Richard Rodney Bennett, Harrison Birtwistle, Elliott Carter, Henri Dutilleux and Peter Maxwell Davies, and has given premier performances of more than 200 works.
Discography
Phantasy Piano Quartet / Cello Sonata / Violin Sonata / Folk Tunes for String Quartet
Since Brass, Nor Stone…
The Moth Requiem
Herrmann / Gershwin / Waxman / Copland
String Octet / String Quintets
String Quartet no. 3 / Serenade for String Trio / Sexter for Piano, Clarinet, Horn & String Trio
Poetry Nearing Silence
Clara Schumann: Piano Trio / Fanny Mendelssohn: Piano Trio / String Quartet
The Gardener of Aleppo and other Chamber Works
String Quartet no. 2, op. 10 / Romance op. 85 / Four Pieces, op. 70 / Piano Trio, op. 5
BBC Music, Volume 30, Number 7: Verklärte Nacht / Pierrot lunaire
Chamber Works
Piano Trio & Sextets
Tchaikovsky: Souvenir de Florence / Korngold: String Sextet
Prélude à l’après‐midi d’un faune / Sonatas ‘pour divers instruments’ / String Quartet
Ravel
Clarinet Trio, K. 498 / Adagio and Rondo K. 617 / Oboe Quartet, K. 370 / Horn Quintet K. 407
Le Bal Masque / Le Bestiaire / Sextet / Trio
Les Chansons de Bilitis / Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp / Violin Sonata / Cello Sonata / Syrinx
Septet in A minor for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, Violin, Violoncello and Piano, op. 147 / Quintet in C minor for Flute, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Piano, op. 52