STRAUSS,R.: Complete Chamber Music (9CD)

CD 1
Two Pieces (1886)
1 Serenade in G AV168 5’23
2 Festival March in D AV178 5’49
Two Pieces (1893)
3 Arabian Dance in D minor AV182 No.1 1’48
4 Liebesliedchen in G AV182 No.2 6’01
 
Piano Quartet in C minor Op.13 (1885)
5 I. Allegro 11’04
6 II. Scherzo: Presto – Molto meno mosso 7’30
7 III. Andante 9’06
8 IV. Finale: Vivace 10’45
 
Total time 57’49
 
CD2
1 Das Schloß am Meere AV92 (1899) 5’30
2 Hochzeitspräludium AV108 (1924) 3’39
 
Enoch Arden Op.38 (1897)
3 Parts 1 & 2 53’08
 
Total time 62’31
 
CD3
Horn Concerto No.1 in E flat Op.11 (1882–3) (version for horn and piano)
1 I. Allegro 5’24
2 II. Andante cantabile con variazioni 5’23
3 III. Rondo: Allegro 5’05
 
Horn Concerto No.2 in E flat AV132 (1942) (version for horn and two pianos)
4 I. Allegro 7’51
5 II. Andante 4’46
6 III. Allegro molto 5’32
 
7 Andante in C for horn and piano AV86a (1888) 4’49
8 Serenade in E flat Op.7 (1881) (version for piano) 7’16
9 Fugue for piano four-hands AV81/177 (1884) 6’00
10 Gavotte for piano AV57 ‘Aus alter Zeit’ (1879) 4’10
 
Total time 57’23
 
 
CD4
Suite for winds Op.4 (1884) (version for piano four-hands)
1 I. Allegretto 6’29
2 II. Romanze 6’10
3 III. Gavotte 4’39
4 IV Introduction and Fugue: Andante cantabile – Allegro con brio 7’11
 
Aus Italien – Symphonic Fantasy Op.16 (1886) (version for piano four-hands)
5 I. Auf der Campagna 10’07
6 II. In Roms Ruinen 10’31
7 III. Am Strande von Sorrent 12’52
8 IV. Neapolitanisches Volksleben 8’48
 
67’59
 
CD5
Violin Concerto in D minor Op.8 (1882) (version for violin and piano)
1 I. Allegro 14’55
2 II. Lento ma non troppo 6’13
3 III. Rondo: Prestissimo 8’38
 
4 Allegretto in E AV149 (1948) 1’36
 
‘Daphne’-Etude in G Op.82 AV141 for solo violin (1945)
5 Andante nach einem Motiv aus ‘Daphne’ 1’43
 
Violin Sonata in E flat Op.18 (1887)
6 I. Allegro ma non troppo 12’07
7 II. Andante 9’05
8 III. Allegro molto 8’54
 
Total time 63’14
 
CD6
Cello Sonata in F Op.6 (1881–3)
1 I. Allegro con brio 9’50
2 II. Andante ma non troppo 8’06
3 III. Finale: Allegro vivo 8’42
 
4 Romance in F AV75 (1883) 7’38
5 Variations on a Bavarian folk song ‘Das Dirndl is harb auf mi’ (1882) 7’07
6 Quartettsatz in E flat AV211 (1879): Allegro moderato 1’39
 
String Quartet in A Op.2 (1880)
7 I. Allegro 8’45
8 II. Allegro molto 4’57
9 III. Andante cantabile, molto espressivo 10’18
10 IV. Finale 8’19
 
Total time 75’25
 
CD7
5 Klavierstücke Op.3 (1880–81)
1 1. Andante in B flat 4’45
2 2. Allegro vivace scherzando in E flat minor 2’58
3 3. Largo in C minor 7’43
4 4. Allegro molto in A flat 3’42
5 5. Allegro marcatissimo in D flat 4’58
 
Stimmungsbilder Op.9 (1883–4)
6 1. Auf stillem Waldpfad 4’28
7 2. An einsamer Quelle 4’32
8 3. Intermezzo 3’19
9 4. Träumerei 2’15
10 5. Heidebild 4’24
 
Piano Sonata in B minor Op.5 (1880–81)
11 I. Allegro molto appassionato 8’56
12 II. Adagio cantabile 5’22
13 III. Scherzo: Presto 2’28
14 IV. Allegretto vivo 7’33
 
Total time 68’42
 
CD8
Symphony No.2 in F minor Op.12 (1883–4) (version for piano four-hands)
1 I. Allegro ma non troppo 14’06
2 II. Scherzo: Presto 6’25
3 III. Andante cantabile 9’59
4 IV. Finale: Allegro assai, molto appassionato 12’13
 
Serenade in E flat Op.7 (1881) (version for piano four-hands)
5 Andante 9’29
 
4 Marches (1905–7)
6 Parade March No.1 in E flat 3’19
7 Parade March No.2 in D flat AV98 4’10
8 Presentation March in D flat AV99 2’06
9 Military Festival March in E flat AV100 7’00
 
Total time 69’16
 
CD9
Capriccio Op.85 (1941) dedicated to ‘my friend and collaborator, Clemens Krauss’
1 Dances: Passepied – Gigue – Gavotte 6’01
 
Piano Trio No.1 in A AV37 (1877–8)
2 I. Allegro moderato 4’27
3 II. Adagio 3’51
4 III. Tempo di Menuetto ma non lento 2’30
5 IV. Allegro vivace 4’30
 
6 Romance AV61 (1879) (version for clarinet and piano) 8’18
7 Romance AV75 (1883) (version for cello and piano) 9’20
8 Introduction and Theme AV52 (1878) 9’56
 
Piano Trio No.2 in D AV53 (1878)
9 I. Allegro moderato 5’36
10 II. Andante cantabile ma non troppo 5’07
11 III. Scherzo: Allegro assai 4’59
12 IV. Finale: Lento assai – Allegro vivace 8’25
 
Total time 73’38
 
Johannes Ritzkowsky horn
Wolfgang Sawallisch piano
Barton Weber piano & piano four-hands
Gitti Pirner piano & piano four-hands
Begonia-Uriarte Mrongovius piano four-hands & harmonium
Karl-Hermann Mrongovius piano four-hands & harmonium
Ernö Sebestyen violin
Sinnhoffer-Quartett
Peter Wöpke cello
Wiener Streichtrio
Anna Kandinskaya violin
Sebastian Hess cello
Karl-Heinz Steffens clarinet
Wen-Sinn Yang cello