Works on This Recording
1.
Quartet for Strings in B flat major, Op. 76 no 4/H 3 no 78 "Sunrise": Adagio by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Gerhard Schulz (Violin),
Günter Pichler (Violin),
Valentin Erben (Cello),
Thomas Kakuska (Viola)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Alban Berg String Quartet
Period: Classical
Written: 1797; Vienna, Austria
Length: 5 Minutes 47 Secs.
2.
Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, B 160/Op. 65: 3rd movement, Largo by Frédéric Chopin
Performer:
Jacqueline Du Pré (Cello),
Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1845-1846; Paris, France
Length: 4 Minutes 0 Secs.
3.
Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in B flat major, D 898/Op. 99: 2nd movement, Andante by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Jean-Philippe Collard (Piano),
Augustin Dumay (Violin),
Frédéric Lodéon (Cello)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1828; Vienna, Austria
Length: 6 Minutes 55 Secs.
4.
Sonata for Clarinet and Piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120 no 1: 2nd movement, Andante un poco adagio by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Mikhail Pletnev (Piano),
Michael Collins (Clarinet)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1894; Austria
Length: 5 Minutes 36 Secs.
5.
Septet in E flat major, Op. 20: 2nd movement, Adagio cantabile by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Christopher Van Kampen (Cello),
Rodney Slatford (Double Bass),
Roger Chase (Viola),
Marcia Crayford (Violin),
Frank Lloyd (French Horn),
Michael Collins (Clarinet),
Brian Wightman (Bassoon)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Nash Ensemble
Period: Classical
Written: 1800; Vienna, Austria
Length: 8 Minutes 45 Secs.
6.
Quartet for Strings no 17 in B flat major, K 458 "Hunt": 3rd Movement, Adagio by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Valentin Erben (Cello),
Thomas Kakuska (Viola),
Gerhard Schulz (Violin),
Günter Pichler (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Alban Berg String Quartet
Period: Classical
Written: 1784; Vienna, Austria
Length: 7 Minutes 6 Secs.
7.
Märchenerzählungen for Clarinet, Viola and Piano, Op. 132: no 3, Ruhiges Tempo mit zartem Ausdruck by Robert Schumann
Performer:
Cecil Aronowitz (Viola),
Gervase de Peyer (Clarinet),
Lamar Crowson (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Melos Ensemble London
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853; Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 49 Secs.
8.
Sonata for Violin and Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Spring": 2nd movement, Adagio molto espressivo by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Daniel Barenboim (Piano),
Pinchas Zukerman (Violin)
Period: Classical
Written: 1800-1801; Vienna, Austria
Length: 6 Minutes 50 Secs.
9.
Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat major, K 452: 2nd movement, Larghetto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Lamar Crowson (Piano),
Peter Graeme (Oboe),
Neill [French Horn] Sanders (French Horn),
Gervase de Peyer (Clarinet),
William Waterhouse (Bassoon)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Melos Ensemble London
Period: Classical
Written: 1784; Vienna, Austria
Length: 8 Minutes 49 Secs.
10.
Quartet for Strings no 1 in C minor, Op. 51 no 1: 2nd movement, Romanze by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Corina Belcea (Violin),
Laura Samuel (Violin),
Krzysztof Chorzelski (Viola),
Alasdair Tait (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Belcea String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1865-1873; Austria
Length: 6 Minutes 55 Secs.
11.
Phantasiestücke (3) for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73: no 1, Zart und mit Ausdruck by Robert Schumann
Performer:
Lamar Crowson (Piano),
Gervase de Peyer (Clarinet)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Melos Ensemble London
Period: Romantic
Written: 1849; Germany
Length: 3 Minutes 47 Secs.
12.
Serenade for Violin, Viola and Cello in D major, Op. 8: Adagio by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Dmitri Sitkovetsky (Violin),
Gérard Caussé (Viola),
David Geringas (Cello)
Period: Classical
Written: Vienna, Austria
Length: 6 Minutes 46 Secs.
Notes: Composition written: Vienna, Austria (1796 - 1797).
13.
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581: 2nd movement, Larghetto by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performer:
Jacqueline Shave (Violin),
Nicholas Carpenter (Clarinet),
Katie Wilkinson Khoroshunin (Viola),
Patrick Kiernan (Violin),
Anthony Pleeth (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Brindisi String Quartet
Period: Classical
Written: 1789; Vienna, Austria
Length: 7 Minutes 33 Secs.
14.
Quartet for Strings no 4 in E minor, Op. 44 no 2: Andante by Felix Mendelssohn
Performer:
Manuel Fischer-Dieskau (Cello),
Christoph Poppen (Violin),
Harald Schoneweg (Violin),
Hariolf Schlichtig (Viola)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cherubini String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1837; Germany
Length: 5 Minutes 55 Secs.
15.
Quartet for Strings in G minor, Op. 10: 3rd movement, Andantino doucement expressif by Claude Debussy
Performer:
Corina Belcea (Violin),
Laura Samuel (Violin),
Krzysztof Chorzelski (Viola),
Alasdair Tait (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Belcea String Quartet
Length: 7 Minutes 23 Secs.
16.
Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 108: 2nd movement, Adagio by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Kyung-Wha Chung (Violin),
Peter Frankl (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886-1888; Austria
Length: 4 Minutes 1 Secs.
17.
Quartet for Strings no 1 in D major, Op. 11: 2nd movement, Andante cantabile by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performer:
Lesley Robertson (Viola),
Marina Hoover (Cello),
Geoff Nuttall (Violin),
Barry Shiffman (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
St. Lawrence String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: Russia
Length: 7 Minutes 43 Secs.
Notes: Composition written: Russia (1871).
Composition revised: Russia (1888).
18.
Quartet for Strings no 10 in E flat major, D 87/Op. 125 no 1: 3rd movement, Adagio by Franz Schubert
Performer:
Valentin Berlinsky (Cello),
Dimitri Shebalin (Viola),
Andrei Abramenkov (Violin),
Mikhail Kopelman (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Borodin String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1813; Vienna, Austria
Length: 6 Minutes 44 Secs.
19.
Quartets (6) for Strings, Op. 3: no 5 in F major - Andante cantabile "Serenade" by Roman Hoffstetter
Performer:
Valentin Erben (Cello),
Gerhard Schulz (Violin),
Günter Pichler (Violin),
Thomas Kakuska (Viola)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Alban Berg String Quartet
Period: Classical
Written: by 1777; Germany
Length: 5 Minutes 19 Secs.
Notes: This work was previously attributed to Franz Joseph Haydn.
20.
Songs (5), Op. 49: no 4, Wiegenlied by Johannes Brahms
Performer:
Adela Peña (Violin),
Erika Nickrenz (Piano),
Sara Sant'Ambrogio (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Eroica Trio
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Austria
Length: 1 Minutes 47 Secs.
Notes: Arranger: Sara Sant'Ambrogio.
21.
Trio Sonata for Violin, Cello and Basso Continuo in C minor, RV 83: Largo by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:
Erika Nickrenz (Piano),
Sara Sant'Ambrogio (Cello),
Adela Peña (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Eroica Trio
Period: Baroque
Written: Venice, Italy
Length: 3 Minutes 25 Secs.
22.
Seven last words of Christ on the Cross, Op. 51/H 3 no 50-56: Sonata VII: Largo (Pater, in manus tua by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:
Klaus Kämper (Cello),
Christoph Poppen (Violin),
Harald Schoneweg (Violin),
Hariolf Schlichtig (Viola)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Cherubini String Quartet
Period: Classical
Written: 1787; Eszterhazá, Hungary
Length: 10 Minutes 42 Secs.
23.
Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn in E flat major, Op. 16: 2nd movement, Andante cantabile by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Sergio Azzolini (Bassoon),
Bruno Schneider (French Horn),
Diethelm Jonas (Oboe),
Christian Zacharias (Piano),
Sabine Meyer (Clarinet)
Period: Classical
Written: 1796; Vienna, Austria
Length: 6 Minutes 41 Secs.
24.
Trio for Piano, Clarinet/Violin and Cello no 4 in B flat major, Op. 11: 2nd movement, Adagio by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:
Ian Brown (Piano),
Michael Collins (Clarinet),
Christopher Van Kampen (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble:
Nash Ensemble
Period: Classical
Written: 1797; Vienna, Austria
Length: 5 Minutes 7 Secs.
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( 2 Customer Reviews )
Relaxing music June 29, 2013
By Keith Klockau (Kansas City, MO) See All My Reviews
"I still prefer the whole chamber music pieces; but isolated movements that are contemplative(as these are) are great for getting ready for sleep"
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