[ Warner Classics / 11 CD Box Set ]
Release Date: Saturday 5 October 2019
Intimate and inspiring communication is of the essence in chamber music. Here Beethoven's characteristically masterly works in the genre are interpreted by musicians who defined their era as star soloists and were also close collaborators and friends: Barenboim, du Pré, Perlman, Zukerman, Harrell and others. Dating from the years around 1970 and from the early 1990s, these recordings do full justice to the spirit and scope of Beethoven's genius.
"The result is music-making of rare concentration, spontaneity and warmth." (Penguin Guide)
CD 1:
3 Violin Sonatas Op.12
(with Pinchas Zukerman, violin)
CD 2:
Violin Sonata Op.23,
Violin Sonata Op.24 ('Spring'),
Violin Sonata Op.30 No.1
(with Pinchas Zukerman, violin)
CD 3:
Violin Sonatas Op.30. Nos.2 & 3,
Violin Sonata Op.96
(with Pinchas Zukerman, violin)
CD 4:
Violin Sonata Op.47 ('Kreutzer')
Clarinet Trio 'Gassenhauser'
Piano Quintet
(with Gervase de Peyer, clarinet)
CD 5:
2 Cello Sonatas Op.5, Cello Sonata Op.69
(with Jacqueline du Pré, cello)
CD 6:
Cello Sonatas Op.102,
Variations WoO45/46 & Op.66
(with Jacqueline du Pré, cello)
CD 7:
String Trios 1 & 2 'Serenade'
(with Lynn Harrell, cello)
CD 8:
String Trios 3 - 5
(with Lynn Harrell, cello)
CD 9:
2 Piano Trios Op.1, Variations Op.44
CD 10:
Piano Trio Op.1 No.3,
Piano Trio Op.97 ('Archduke'),
Allegretto WoO 39, Allegretto Hess 48
CD 11:
Piano Trios Op.70 No.1 ('Ghost') & Op.70 No.2,
'Kakadu' Variations Op.121a