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Music@Menlo LIVE Beethoven:
Center of Gravity
(four-disc boxed set) (2005)
This four-disc set commemorates the festival’s third season, Beethoven: Center of Gravity, a tribute to the profound influence of Ludwig van Beethoven on the history of Western music. (Individual discs from this set are also available for purchase.)
Selections
Piano Trio in E Major, Hob. XV: 28 | Joseph Haydn (22:22)
- David Finckel, Cello
- Derek Han, Piano
- Ian Swensen, Violin
Quintet for Horn and Strings in E-flat Major, K. 407 | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (16:25)
- Joseph Silverstein, Violin
- Ian Swensen, Violin
- Ronald Thomas, Cello
- William VerMeulen, Horn
- Geraldine Walther, Viola
Piano Trio in E-flat Major, op. 70, no. 2 | Ludwig van Beethoven (33:01)
- Jorja Fleezanis, Violin
- Gilbert Kalish, Piano
- Ralph Kirshbaum, Cello
Quintet for Strings in B-flat Major, op. 87 | Felix Mendelssohn (28:45)
- David Finckel, Cello
- Jorja Fleezanis, Violin
- Cynthia Phelps, Viola
- Ian Swensen, Violin
- Geraldine Walther, Viola
Septet for Winds and Strings in E-flat Major, op. 20 | Ludwig van Beethoven (40:36)
- Charles Chandler, Double Bass
- Dennis Godburn, Bassoon
- Anthony McGill, Clarinet
- Joseph Silverstein, Violin
- Ronald Thomas, Cello
- William VerMeulen, Horn
- Geraldine Walther, Viola
Piano Sonata no. 32 in c minor, op. 111 | Ludwig van Beethoven (26:28)
- Claude Frank, Piano
Piano Quintet in f minor, op. 34 | Johannes Brahms (38:09)
- Jorja Fleezanis, Violin
- Ralph Kirshbaum, Cello
- Cynthia Phelps, Viola
- Ian Swensen, Violin
- Wu Han, Piano
Piano Trio in D Major, op. 70, no. 1, Geistertrio ("Ghost" Trio) | Ludwig van Beethoven (26:33)
- Derek Han, Piano
- Ian Swensen, Violin
- Ronald Thomas, Cello
Grosses Quintett ("Grand Quintet") for Clarinet and Strings in B-flat Major | Carl Maria von Weber (24:25)
- Anthony McGill, Clarinet
- Miró Quartet
Dichterliebe (A Poet's Love) | Robert Schumann (28:04)
- Gilbert Kalish, Piano
- Christòpheren Nomura, Baritone
Artists
- Charles Chandler, Double Bass
- David Finckel, Cello
- Jorja Fleezanis, Violin
- Claude Frank, Piano
- Dennis Godburn, Bassoon
- Derek Han, Piano
- Gilbert Kalish, Piano
- Ralph Kirshbaum, Cello
- Anthony McGill, Clarinet
- Miró Quartet, String Quartet
- Christòpheren Nomura, Baritone
- Cynthia Phelps, Viola
- Joseph Silverstein, Violin
- Ian Swensen, Violin
- Ronald Thomas, Cello
- William VerMeulen, Horn
- Geraldine Walther, Viola
- Wu Han, Piano
Total Time: 4:46:34
Discs: 4
Price: $50.00
Year Recorded: 2005