Performance on 3 - Nash Ensemble - Beethoven, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky

Presented by Martin Handley. From the Wigmore Hall in London, the Nash Ensemble with a recital full of Russian flavour, which starts however with Beethoven's Ghost trio - featuring its eerie second movement. Then, Shostakovich's Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok, which he wrote for Galina Vishnevskaya - performed here by Susan Griton. Next comes a not-often performed set of apprentice pieces by Tchaikovsky, followed by the last work: Shostakovich's Piano Quintent in G minor, one of his best loved chamber compositions. Presented by Martin Handley. BEETHOVEN: Piano Trio in D, Op. 70 No. 1 'Ghost' SHOSTAKOVICH: Seven Romances on Poems of Alexander Blok, Op. 127 TCHAIKOVSKY: Student Pieces for piano, harp and strings SHOSTAVKOVICH: Piano Quintet in G minor Op. 57 Susan Gritton, soprano Nash Ensemble.