Chamber music
As pianist in the Joachim Trio, John Lenehan made six highly praised CDs in the 1990s. He has also recorded a disc of chamber music by Bliss as pianist in the Nash Ensemble and, most recently, Vaughan Williams with the newly formed London Soloists Ensemble (see latest news).
The Joachim Trio's first disc (of both trios by Camille Saint-Saens) was a Gramophone "Editors Choice" in 1993 earning "the strongest recommendation".
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The Joachim's subsequent Ravel/Debussy pairing is still compared to the very best - the American Record Guide writing in 2009 compared all available versions of the Ravel Trio and concluded that "a number of us think it the best because of the sustaining power, the intensity, the refined tone colours and atmosphere."
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Dvorak's four piano trios followed next. Volume 1 was BBC Music Magazine pick of the month and Classics Today" reviewing volume 2 enthused "the ensemble’s beautifully rounded tone should be the stuff of envy for other trios."
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The Joachim Trio made two further recordings - another of Czech trios, this time by Smetana, Suk and Novak ("A strikingly idiomatic performance" reported Gramophone) and an ASV disc which was nominated for a Gramophone award.
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