Grieg: Chamber Music (3CD)

CD 1
Violin Sonata No.1 in F Op.8 (1865)
1 I. Allegro con brio 9’49
2 II. Allegretto quasi andantino 5’55
3 III. Allegro molto 9’19
Violin Sonata No.2 in G Op.13 (1867)
4 I. Allegro vivace 8’49
5 II. Allegretto tranquillo 6’30
6 III. Allegro con animato 5’19
Alexander Vinnitsky violin
Vladimir Ovchinnikov piano
7 Andante con moto for piano trio (1878) 10’17
Moscow Trio
Alexander Bonduriansky piano
Vladimir Ivanov violin ∙ Mikhail Utkin cello
Total time 56’20

CD 2
Violin Sonata No.3 in C minor Op.45
(1886–87)
1 I. Allegro molto ed appassionato 9’52
2 II. Allegretto espressivo alla romanza 7’17
3 III. Allegro animato 8’06
Alexander Vinnitsky violin
Vladimir Ovchinnikov piano
Cello Sonata in A minor Op.36 (1883)
4 I. Allegro agitato 9’14
5 II. Andante molto tranquillo 6’45
6 III. Allegro molto e marcato 12’02
Alexander Rudin cello
Vladimir Skanavi piano
Total time 53’19

CD 3
String Quartet No.1 in G minor Op.27 (1877–78)
1 I. Poco andante 13’09
2 II. Romanza: Andantino 6’21
3 III. Allegro molto marcato 6’54
4 IV. Presto al saltarello 9’46
String Quartet No.2 in F (unfinished) (1891)
5 I. Allegro vivace a gracioso 13’25
6 II. Allegro scherzando 7’10
Alexander Tchernov, Irina Popova violins
Igor Boguslavsky viola
Alexander Rudin cello
Total time 56’48