The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, live 1982

The Emerson Quartet
Walter Trampler, second viola

Wolfgang Mozart: String Quintet in g, K. 516
Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet in C, op. 59/3, “Rasumovsky”
George Crumb: Vox balaenae (Voice of the Whale)

For many decades now, the CMSLC has been a somewhat fluid group of musicians, originally all members of the New York Philharmonic, that the Lincoln Center draws from each season to perform chamber works involving a wide range of instruments. This evening, most likely from the 1982 season, assembled five strings, a flute, and a piano to present one piece each from the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, all surprisingly well suited to each other.

aircheck 27 April 1983 2100h KUSC-FM, Los Angeles
(Por si la palabra «aircheck» no se traduce bien, sabed que significa una grabación sacada de la radio, a veces de un evento difundido en vivo, más comúnmente de un evento grabado en vivo para emitirse otro día. De costumbre los airchecks se identifican por las siglas de la radiodifusora y la fecha de emisión.)


Emerson Quartet at Lincoln Center
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Claudio Arrau in recital 15 August 1982

Beethoven: Sonata in E-flat major, op. 81a, "Les Adieux"
Liszt: Sonata in b minor
Beethoven: Sonata in f minor, op. 57, "Appassionata"
Liszt: Après un lecture de Dante (Fantasia quasi Sonata)

Arrau claimed direct musical descent from Liszt and Beethoven, for whose works his rich, powerful sound was ideally suited. This program was selected to show off that relationship. Recorded live at the Salzburger Große Festspielhaus in Austria as the fourth recital of the Salzburg Festival 1982.

Claudio Arrau in recital 15 August 1982
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Claudio Arrau plays Beethoven: Sontas #3 and #8 ("Pathétique")

Sonata #3 for piano in C, op. 2/3
Sonata #8 for piano in c, op. 13, "Pathétique"

Digitally mastered, 1987. Arrau recorded the Beethoven sonatas several times throughout his life. He lived long enough so that his final recordings took advantage of the new digital technology. From his old age, Arrau left us with the insight that one of Beethoven's earliest and overlooked works can be every bit as interesting as the most famous nicknamed sonatas.

Arrau Beethoven 3 and 8
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Ilana Vered plays Waldstein and The Wanderer

Beethoven: Piano Sonata in C, op. 53, "Waldstein"
Schubert: Fantasy in C, D. 760, "The Wanderer"

Vared is an Israeli pianist (born 1943) who was active primarily in the 1970s, recording for a number of labels including Connoisseur Society and Decca. This particular recording was made in 1978 for the London "Phase 4" series.

Ilana Vered: Beethoven and Schubert
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Beethoven: chamber music by Tashi

Quintet for piano and winds in E-flat, op. 16
Trio in B-flat, op. 11

Tashi was the counterculture chamber group formed in order to play Messiaen's Quartet for the End of Time. They quickly achieved a reputation for turning in a polished, stylish performance of any piece that held their interest. Here they played some under appreciated early Beethoven so well you'd almost forget about the subsequent Sturm und Drang.

Beethoven: Quintet and Trio
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Beethoven: the Ninth x 2

Neither of these recordings is available through Amazon currently. Both are interesting.

Ludwig van Beethoven
Symphony No. 9 in d minor, op. 125 ("Choral")
Eugen Jochum, conductor
London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
Julia Hamari, mezzo-soprano
Stuart Burrows, tenor
Robert Holl, bass
Recorded February 1978 in Kingsway Hall, London

Bernard Haitink, conductor
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir
Hannelore Bode, soprano
Helen Watts, contralto
Horst Laubenthal, tenor
Benjamin Luxon, bass
Recorded in 1975
Released with the "Coriolan" and "Egmont" overtures recorded in 1976

Download Beethoven’s Symphony #9 as conducted by Bernard Haitink and by Eugen Jochum
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