Group

Melos Ensemble

The Melos Ensemble is a group of musicians who started in 1950 in London to play chamber music in mixed instrumentation of string instruments, wind instruments and others. Benjamin Britten composed the chamber music for his War Requiem for the Melos Ensemble and conducted the group in the first performance in Coventry.

They should not be confused with two other chamber groups of similar name, th…

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Artist details

Type
Group
Area
United Kingdom
Founded
1950
Labels
EMI Classics
London Records
Decca Records
Angel Records
L’Oiseau-Lyre
Last updated: March 3rd, 2019