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The Most Relaxing Chamber Album In The World...ever!


Release Date: 10/04/2005 
Label:  Emi Classics   Catalog #: 33603   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Franz Joseph HaydnFrédéric ChopinFranz SchubertJohannes Brahms,   ... 
Performer:  Gerhard SchulzGünter PichlerValentin ErbenThomas Kakuska,   ... 
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Alban Berg String QuartetNash EnsembleMelos Ensemble London,   ... 
Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 2 Hours 31 Mins. 

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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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