Album Notes

Ludwig van Beethoven

Beethoven was a supremely well-informed virtuoso of the piano. In his Quintet in E-Flat, Opus 16, the hallmarks of his best work are present in abundance: lyricism, good tunes beautifully ornamented and varied, mastery of form, consummate use of dynamics and a panoply of rewarding music for each instrumentalist.

With the Septet in E-Flat, Beethoven abandons the march. Otherwise the movements are the same six perfected by Mozart. Beethoven's success in winning his patron's affection with this piece was so great that the work eclipsed everything else he wrote through the end of his lifetime, a source of much regret for the composer.

The popular appeal and musical mastery of Beethoven's work are finely captured in these recordings.


Artists:
Meg Bachman Vas, piano
Matthew Dine, oboe
David Krakauer, clarinet
A. Robert Johnson, horn
Jeffrey Marchand, bassoon
Todd Phillips, violin
Ah Ling Neu, viola
Melissa Meell, 'cello
Gail Kruvand, contrabass

Track List:

Quintet in E-flat, Opus 16
1. Grave; Allegro ma non troppo
2. Andante Cantabile
3. Rondo Allegro ma non troppo

Septet in E-flat, Opus 20
4. Adagio; Allegro con brio
5. Adagio Cantabile
6. Tempo di Minuetto
7. Tema con Variazioni: Andante
8. Scherzo: Allegro molto e Vivace
9. Andante con moto alla Marcia; Presto

Total playing time 68:04

New York Philomusica Records
NYPm30004

Manufactured by:
New York Philomusica Records,
105 West 73rd Street
New York, NY 10023

A. Robert Johnson, Executive Producer
An Elite Recordings NYC Production:
producing - engineering Marc Aubort, Joanna Nickrenz

Cover Design: Morton Millen
Piano Technician: Alexander Ostrovsky