Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. No. 1 in E flat major: 1. Adagio assai - attacca:
2. No. 1 in E flat major: 2. Allegro con spirito
3. No. 1 in E flat major: 3. Tema. Cantabile - Variazioni 1-VI - Tema. Allegretto
4. No. 2 in D major: 1. Allegro moderato
5. No. 2 in D major: 2. Andante con moto
6. No. 2 in D major: 3. Rondo. Allegro
7. No. 3 in C major: 1. Allegro vivace
8. No. 3 in C major: 2. Adagio con espressione
9. No. 3 in C major: 3. Rondo. Allegro

Disc 2:

1. 1. Allegro
2. 2. Adagio
3. 3. Tema andante con Variazioni
4. 1. Allegro moderato
5. 2. Poco Adagio, quasi Andante
6. 3. Rondo. Allegro moderato
7. 1. Allegro con brio
8. 2. Adagio
9. 3. Rondo. Allegro

Disc 3:

1. 1. Grave - Allegro, ma non troppo
2. 2. Andante cantabile
3. 3. Rondo. Allegro, ma non troppo
4. 1. Entrada. Allegro
5. 2. Tempo ordinario d'un Minuetto
6. 3. Allegro molto
7. 4. Andante con Variazioni
8. 5. Allegro scherzando e vivace
9. 6. Adagio - Allegro vivace e disinvolto

Disc 4:

1. 1. Allegro con brio
2. 2. Adagio
3. 3. Tema. "Pria ch'io l'impegno". Allegretto - Allegro
4. 1. Adagio - Allegro con brio
5. 2. Adagio cantabile
6. 3. Tempo di Menuetto
7. 4. Tema. Andante con Variazioni
8. 5. Scherzo. Allegro molto e vivace
9. 6. Andante con moto alla Marcia - Presto

Disc 5:

1. 1. Allegro
2. 2. Adagio molto espressivo
3. 3. Scherzo. Allegro
4. 4. Presto
5. Praeludium
6. Fuge
7. No. 1 in E flat major
8. No. 2 in G major
9. No. 3 in C major
10. No. 4 in F major
11. No. 5 in D major
12. No. 6 in G major
13. Allegro
14. Allegretto
15. No. 1 in D major
16. No. 2 in D major
17. No. 3 in D major
18. No. 4 in D minor
19. No. 5 in D major
20. No. 6 in D major

Disc 6:

1. 1. Air écossais: "The Cottage Maid". Tema. Andantino quasi Allegretto - Var. I-II - Var III. Allegr
2. 2. Air écossais: "Von edlem Geschlecht war Shinkin". Tema. Allegretto scherzoso - Var. I-II - Var.
3. 3. Air autrichien: "A Schüsserl und a Reindl". Tema. Andantino - Var. I-IV - Var. V. Adagio sostenu
4. 4. Air écossais: "The Last Rose of Summer". Tema. Andante espressivo assai - Var. I-III
5. 5. Air écossais: "Chiling O'Guiry". Tema. Allegretto spiritoso - Var. I-II - Var. III. Allegro assa
6. 6. Air écossais: "Paddy Whack". Tema. Allegretto più tosto vivace - Var. I-IV
7. 1. Air tirolien: "I bin a Tiroler Bua". Tema. Moderato - Var. I-III - Var. IV. Allegro
8. 2. Air écossais: "Bonnie laddie, Highland Laddie". Tema. Allegretto, quasi vivace - Var. I-III - Va
9. 3. Volkslied aus Kleinrussland. Tema. Vivace - Var. I-IV - Var. V. Adagio sostenuto - Tempo I
10. 4. Air écossais: "St. Patrick's Day". Tema. Allegretto scherzoso - Var. I - Var. II. Poco adagio -
11. 5. Air tirolien: "A Madel, ja a Madel". Tema. Moderato - Var. I-II - Var. III. Maestoso - Allegro
12. 6. Air écossais: "Peggy's Daughter". Tema. Andante comodo - Var. I-III - Var. IV. Vivace
13. 7. Air russe: "Schöne Minka". Tema. Andante - Var. I-IV - Var. V. Andante moderato - Var. VI. Alleg
14. 8. Air écossais: "Oh, Mary at thy window be". Tema. Andantino quasi Allegretto - Var. I-III - Var.
15. 9. Air écossais: "Oh, Thou art the Lad of my Heart". Tema. Allegretto più tosto vivace - Var. I - V
16. 10. Air écossais: "The Highland Watch". Tema. Spiritoso e marziale - Var. I-II - Var. III. Più moto
17. Allegro con brio
18. Minuetto quasi Allegretto

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #92642 in Music
• Released on: 1997-12-09
• Number of discs: 6
• Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

The "Unknown" Beethoven...

I think it would not be wrong to say that most casual listeners of classical music know Beethoven mostly by his orchestral works--the symphonies, piano concertos, violin concerto, and overtures. Those who go a little deeper might know him by the piano sonatas, violin sonatas, and string quartets; however, this misses a significant portion of his oeuvre--and a major facet of his ethos and art: specifically, the chamber works and lieder: this is the "unknown" Beethoven.

This collection is absolutely the best, finest, and most excellent presentation of Beethoven's chamber works: the Horn Sonata; the Piano-Wind Quintet; the Serenade for Flute, Violin, and Viola; the Clarinet Trio; the Septet for mixed strings & winds; and the String Quintet.

Plus, some really nice esoterica: the early piano quartets; trio for piano, flute & bassoon; pieces for mandolin & piano; and pieces for flute & piano.

All of these works fall into Beethoven's First Period; yet, they must not be considered "juvenalia": Beethoven was the greatest artist/poet who ever lived, and his genius was manifest from his teenage years.

Simply Delightful!
This is a wonderful collection of Beethoven chamber music. The recordings are intimate, the musicianship is superb...the music is timeless. The piano concerti are the real highlights here; I don't think they can be any better, and the other selections are very pleasant. If you like Beethoven chamber music (and I can't imagine NOT liking it), then this set is highly recommended. Every now and then you come across a boxed set of recordings that you can listen to over and over. This is one such set.

Brilliant if sometimes odd rhythm and tempo
This CD, part of the magnus opus of Beethoven's works committed to CD is wonderfully brilliant and evocative of the renditions of the early 1950's.

Although there are the rare rhythmic, and very rare tempo peculiarities this must remain as one of the finest renditions of Beethoven's Chamber Works. This is of course to be expected from works produced by DDG.

A highly recommended set of CDs that should have pride of place in any serious collector of Beethoven's music and these CDs have the brilliant quality associated with the plastics produced by DDG.