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Shostakovich, Prokofiev & Seiber - Chamber Music | Australian Eloquence ELQ4802152

Shostakovich, Prokofiev & Seiber - Chamber Music

Label: Australian Eloquence

Cat No: ELQ4802152

Barcode: 0028948021529

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

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An undisputed masterpiece of the Russian repertoire - Shostakovich’s Piano Quintet - is joined by the little known Prokofiev Quintet, which had a vexed gestation, and a rarity from the Hungarian-born Matyas Seiber, who lived most of his life in Britain. In it, Peter Pears takes the role of narrator of passages from the James Joyce text. All recordings are released internationally on CD for the first time.

”(Shostakovich) We all know that the Melos Ensemble is a virtuoso group, but I have never heard them give a clearer demonstration of sheer musicality than this. There is plenty of power and brilliance when it is called for, but what is specially exciting is the intensity of expression that they get into the quieter passages-really inward playing, this, full of nuance but without any suggestion of exaggeration.”
 – Gramophone

“(Prokofiev) ... the Melos play it with such immense panache...” 
– Gramophone

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