Artist: VA
Title Of Album: The Westminster Legacy, Vol.1: Chamber Music Collection
Year Of Release: 2012
Label: Westminster
Genre: Classical
Quality: APE (*mage + .cue,covers)
Time: 59 CDs, 60:15:42 min
Full Size: 11 Gb (+1%rec.)
If you’re a lover of chamber music then you can’t do any better than this amazing 59 CD set. The overall price is steep but it averages out to be less than $5 per CD. Couple that with the truly legendary performances offered here and you have an incredible bargain that will not be around for long. The Westminster record label (1949-1965) was justly famous for it’s “Natural Balance” recorded sound which was primarily the combined effort of producer Dr. Kurt List and engineer Karl Wohlleitner. Centered in Vienna, they had access to some of the finest chamber musicians in the world through the city’s various orchestras. They were also able to spot up and coming talent like conductor-pianist Daniel Barenboim and guitarist/lutenist Julian Bream. During the 1950s they were unrivalled in their chamber music output both in quantity and quality. This set, manufactured in Korea, contains several of those performances.
Performances by the Barylli and Vienna Konzerthaus string quartets featuring the music of Mozart, Beethoven & Schubert make up the bulk of the offerings. For a complete listing, just Google “Westminster Legacy: Chamber Music”. You not only can find a list of all the pieces but if you click on images, you can see the reproductions of the original album covers. Back in 2002 Deutsche Grammophon acquired the rights to the Westminster back catalogue and released a number of them as single, digitally remastered CDs. They were mostly orchestral works (Westminster is also issuing a 64 disc set devoted to orchestral recordings) but the few chamber works issued were gems. Now many more of them are available for the discerning chamber music lover or the enthusiastic beginner who want the bread and butter of the chamber music repetoire. Many of these performances are a little slower than what you hear today but they get to the heart and soul of the music. So grab this incredible bargain before it’s gone, it’s absolutely unbelievable!
CDs:
CD 1: Quintet in A Major opus 114 “The Trout” for Piano and Strings
CD 2: C Major Quintet opus 163
CD 3: Octet. op. 166
CD 4: Rondo for solo Violin & String Qurtet, A Maj. / Trio movement in B flat Maj.
CD 5: Octet in E flat major, Opus 103 / Wind Trio in C major, Opus 87 / Rondino in E flat major / Variations on Mozart’s “Reich mir die Hand mein Leben” in C major
CD 6: Septet in E flat op.20 / Sextet in E flat op.71
CD 7: Eine kleine Nachtmusik in G major, K. 525 / Divertimento No. 17 in D major, K. 334
CD 8: Violin and Piano Sonata in G major, K. 301 / Violin and Piano Sonata in E minor, K. 304 / Violin and Piano Sonata in F major, K. 377 / Violin and Piano Sonata in A major, K. 305 / Violin and Piano Sonata in E flat major, K. 58
CD 9: Violin and Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 296 / Violin and Piano Sonata in G Major, K. 379 / Violin and Piano Sonata in B flat Major, K. 454
CD 10: Sonatas for Violin and Piano
CD 11: Oboe Quartet K. 370 / Flute Quartet No.1 K. 285 / Ein musikalischer Spass
CD 12: Mozart: Clarinet Quintet in A major K 581 / Brahms: Clarinet Quintet in B minor op 115
CD 13: Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in F minor opus 120, No. 1 / Sonata for Clarinet and Piano in E flat major opus 120, No. 2 / Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano in E flat major opus 40
CD 14: String Quintet in F major, op. 88 / String Sextet in G major, op. 36
CD 15: Piano Quintet in F minor, op. 34 / String Sextet in B flat major, op. 18
CD 16: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, op. 25 / Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, op. 26 / Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, op. 60
CD 17: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, op. 25 / Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, op. 26 / Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, op. 60
CD 18: Schumann: M?rchenerz?hlungen for Piano, Clarinet and Viola op. 132 / Mendelssohn: Zwei Konzertst?ck for Basset Horn, Clarinet and Piano op. 113 and 114 / Brahms: Trio for Cello, Clarinet and Piano op. 114
CD 19: Quintet in E flat major, op. 44 / Piano Quartet in E flat major, op. 47
CD 20: Piano Quintet in A major, op. 81 / String Quartet in A flat major, op. 105
CD 21: Borodin: String Quartet, A major / Dvorak: Strig Quintet, G major Op. 77
CD 22: Glinka: Trio Path?tique / Rimsky-Korsakov: Quintet / Strauss: Suite for wind group, Serenade
CD 23: Schmidt: Quintet for Piano and Strings in G major / Respighi: Il Tramonto, Quartetto Dorico per Archi
CD 24: Jan??ek: concertino for 2 Violins, Viola, Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon and Piano: Dumka for Violin and Piano; Sonata for Violin and Piano / Martin?: Concerto for String Quartet and Orchestra
CD 25: String Quartet no. 1 in B-flat major, D. 18 / String Quartet no. 2 in C major, D. 32 / String Quartet no. 3 in B-flat major, D. 36
CD 26: String Quartet no. 4 in C major, D. 46 / String Quartet no. 5 in B-flat major, D. 68 / String Quartet no. 6 in D major, D. 74
CD 27: String Quartet in D major, D. 94 / String Quartet in B-flat major, D. 112 / String Quartet in E-flat major, D. 87
CD 28: String Quartet no. 9 in G minor, D. 173 / String Quartet no. 11 in E major, D. 353
CD 29: String Quartet in A minor D. 804 / String Quartet in D minor D. 810
CD 30: String Quartet no. 12 in C minor, D. 703 / String Quartet no. 15 in G major, D. 887
CD 31: String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 6 / String Quartet in C Major, Op. 64, No. 1 / String Quartet in B Flat Major, Op. 64, No. 3
CD 32: String Quartets in B minor, op. 64, no. 2 / in D major, op. 64, no. 5 (the lark) / in G major, op. 64, no. 4
CD 33: String Quartet in D major, Opus 76, No. 5 / String Quartet in C major, Opus 76, No. 3 / String Quartet in B flat major Opus 76, No. 4
CD 34: String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76 No. 1 / String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76 No. 2 / String Quartet in E Flat Major, Op. 76 No. 6
CD 35: String Quartets: G major, K. 80, D major K. 136, B flat major, K.137, F major, K. 138 / String Quintet B flat major, K. 46
CD 36: Quartet no. 2 in D major, K. 155 / Quartet no. 3 in G major, K. 156 / Quartet no. 4 in C major, K. 157 / Quartet no. 5 in F major, K. 158
CD 37: String Quartets: B flat major, K. 159, E flat major, K. 160, F major, K. 168, A major, K. 169
CD 38: String Quartets: C major, K. 170, E flat major, K. 171, B flat major, K. 172, D minor, K. 173
CD 39: Quartet no. 20 in D major, K. 499 / Quintet in C minor, K.406, Quintet in B flat major, K. 174
CD 40: String Quartet in C major K465 / String Quartet in D minor K421
CD 41: String Quartet, E flat, K. 428 / String Quartet, B flat, K. 458
CD 42: String Quartet in F major K590 / String Quartet in A major K464
CD 43: String Quartet in D major K. 575 / String Quartet in B flat major K. 589 / String Quartet in G major K. 387
CD 44: Quintet, C Major, K, 515 / Quintet, D Major, K. 593
CD 45: Quintet in G minor K 516, in E flat major K614
CD 46: String Quartet in F major, op. 18, no. 1 / String Quartet in G major, op. 18, no. 2 / String Quartet in D major, op. 18, no. 3
CD 47: String Quartet in C minor, op. 18, no. 4 / String Quartet in a major, op. 18, no. 5 / String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 18, no. 6
CD 48: String Quartet in F major, op.59, No. 1 (Rasumovsky no.1) / String Quintet in C major, op. 29
CD 49: Quartet No. 8 in E Minor, Op. 59, No. 2 (Rasumovsky No. 2) / Quartet No. 9 in C Major, Op. 59, No. 3 (Rasumovsky No. 3)
CD 50: Quartet No. 10 in E flat Major, Op. 74 / Quartet No. 12 in E flat Major, Op. 127
CD 51: Quartet in F minor, op. 95 / Quartet in A minor, op. 132
CD 52: String Quartet in B flat major opus 130 / Gro?e Fuge in B flat major opus 133
CD 53: Quartet in C sharp minor, op. 131 / Quartet in F major, op. 135
CD 54: String Quartets op. 59 - Disc 1
CD 55: String Quartets op. 59 - Disc 2
CD 56: String Quartet no.10 in E flat major op. 74 / String Quartet no.12 in E flat major op. 127 / String Quartet no.15 in a minor op. 132 - Disc 1
CD 57: String Quartet no.10 in E flat major op. 74 / String Quartet no.12 in E flat major op. 127 / String Quartet no.15 in a minor op. 132 - Disc 2
CD 58: Piano Sonatas
CD 59: Diabelli Variations / Moonlight Sonata
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