The Piano Quintet here might well be by Brahms and the Clarinet Quintet could as easily be by Dvorák. But when you think about it, could there possibly be any higher compliments one could pay to a late nineteenth century composer, especially to a young composer of mixed race from London? Samuel Coleridge-Taylor fully deserves those compliments and more. As this 2007 Hyperion disc by the Nash Ensemble amply demonstrates, his early chamber music has the brilliance of Brahms and the energy of Dvorák, plus a highly ...
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The Piano Quintet here might well be by Brahms and the Clarinet Quintet could as easily be by Dvorák. But when you think about it, could there possibly be any higher compliments one could pay to a late nineteenth century composer, especially to a young composer of mixed race from London? Samuel Coleridge-Taylor fully deserves those compliments and more. As this 2007 Hyperion disc by the Nash Ensemble amply demonstrates, his early chamber music has the brilliance of Brahms and the energy of Dvorák, plus a highly individualistic gift for melody that rivals Schubert's. Superbly played by all concerned, the Nash Ensemble presents a well-rounded portrait of the artist as a young man. Coleridge-Taylor wrote the big four-movement Piano Quintet when he was 18 and the work shows more than promise; it shows amazing accomplishment. The Clarinet Quintet from his 20th year is even more astonishing: a bigger, bolder four-movement work written with skill, subtlety, and a solid stream of singing lyricism.Success found...
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