Onslow: String Quintets, Vol. 4 – Nos. 23 & 31 Classical Chamber Naxos

Onslow: String Quintets, Vol. 4 – Nos. 23 & 31

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Onslow: String Quintets, Vol. 4 – Nos. 23 & 31

Label Catalogue Number:
8.574187

Running Time: 00:58:58

Release Date: April 2021
Originally recorded in 2020

Genre:
Classical
Chamber

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Georges Onslow is best known for a body of chamber music that follows the musical lineage of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. A master of the quintet medium, Onslow offered variations of ensemble to players, the two presented here being cast for string quartet and double bass. The tempestuous Quintet No. 23 in A minor is charged with almost ceaseless nervous energy and Schubertian lyricism; the mature Quintet No.31 in A major is both subtle and elegant, with a brilliant assemblage of details such as walking bass and violin-cello duets.

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"Attractive and lyrical playing in latest volume of late Classical quintets."

Robin Stowell The Strad - July 2021

“… The two quintets are elegantly sweeping and powerful in the faster movements, while the slower movements are played imaginatively and atmospherically. The performers demonstrate a good sense of color, lyricism and tonal balance.” ****

Remy Franck – Pizzicato.com.lu – 19 April 2021

"... These are beautifully crafted, serious works justifying Onslow's high reputation in his time."

Stephen Pettitt - SundayTimes (Culture magazine) - 18 April 2021

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