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Alan Murray, pianist / Studio Hollywood

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DUO PERFORMANCES

BEETHOVEN

The Sonatas for Violin & Piano

Sonata No. 1 for Violin & Piano in D major

Barbara Carlsen, violin [ i) 0:00 ii) 7:08 iii) 14:06 ]

Sonata No. 2 for Violin & Piano in A major

Joyce Balint, violin [ i) 0:00 ii) 5:17 iii) 11:42 ]

Sonata No. 3 for Violin & Piano in E-flat major

Samuel Cohen, violin [ i) 0:00 ii) 6:42 iii) 12:43 ]

Sonata No. 4 for Violin & Piano in A minor

Joyce Balint, violin [ i) 0:00 ii) 4:54 iii) 12:10 ]

Sonata No. 5 for Violin & Piano in F major ("Spring")

Kate Ashby, violin [ i) 0:00 ii) 11:15 iii) 16:57 iv) 18:25 ]

Sonata No. 6 for Violin & Piano in A major

Lori Horowitz, violin [ i) 0:00 ii) 8:13 iii) 15:22 ]

Sonata No. 7 for Violin & Piano in C minor

Lori Horowitz, violin [ i) 0:00 ii) 8:24 iii) 17:50 iv) 21:58 ]

Sonata No. 8 for Violin & Piano in G major

Jill Schultz, violin [ i) 0:00 ii) 5:13 iii) 14:35 ]

Sonata No. 9 for Violin & Piano in A major ("Kreutzer")

Samuel Cohen, violin [ i) 0:00 ii) 13:20 iii) 28:29 ]

Sonata No. 10 for Violin & Piano in G major

Larissa Blitz, violin [ i) 0:00 ii) 8:31 iii) 13:40 iv) 16:08 ]

The Sonatas for Cello & Piano

Sonata No. 1 for Cello & Piano in F major

Erika Boras-Tesi, cello [ i) 0:00 ii) 3:09 iii) 15:12 ]

Sonata No. 2 for Cello & Piano in G minor

Erika Boras-Tesi, cello [ i) 0:00 ii) 5:33 iii) 14:15 ]

Sonata No. 3 for Cello & Piano in A major

Teresa Kubiak, cello [ i) 0:00 ii) 10:14 iii) 16:30 iv) 18:09 ]

Sonata No. 4 for Cello & Piano in C major

Lisa Olsson, cello [ i) 0:00 ii) 2:57 iii) 7:19 iv) 9:53 ]

Sonata No. 5 for Cello & Piano in D major

Seth Jacobs, cello [ i) 0:00 ii) 7:35 iii) 15:58 ]

BRAHMS

The Sonatas for Violin & Piano

Sonata No. 1 for Violin & Piano in G major

Kate Ashby, violin [ i) 0:00 ii) 10:31 iii) 17:36 ]

Sonata No. 2 for Violin & Piano in A major

Joyce Balint, violin [ i) 0:00 ii) 8:37 iii) 15:07 ]

Sonata No. 3 for Violin & Piano in D minor

Samuel Cohen, violin [ i) 0:00 ii) 8:07 iii) 12:43 iv) 15:42 ]

Sonatensatz

Christopher Lee, violin

The Sonatas for Cello & Piano

Sonata No. 1 for Cello & Piano in E minor

Teresa Kubiak, cello [ i) 0:00 ii) 11:23 iii) 17:22 ]

Sonata No. 2 for Cello & Piano in F major

Maureen Kelly, cello [ i) 0:00 ii) 7:33 iii) 15:07 iv) 22:52 ]

Franck: Sonata for Violin & Piano

Lori Horowitz (violin)

i) Allegretto ben moderato (5:47)

ii) Allegro (8:41)

iii) Recitativo-Fantasia: ben moderato (6:58)

iv) Allegretto poco mosso (6:49)

Grieg: Sonata for Cello & Piano

Bernard Tamosaitis (cello)

i) Allegro agitato (9:50)

ii) Andante molto tranquillo (5:44)

iii) Allegro molto e marcato (12:06)

Prokofiev: Sonata No. 2 for Violin & Piano

Silvia Padegs Grendze (violin)

i) Moderato (8:27)

ii) Presto - poco piú mosso (5:34)

iii) Andante (4:01)

iv) Allegro con brio - poco meno mosso - Tempo I

Rachmaninoff: Sonata for Cello & Piano

Bernard Tamosaitis (cello)

i) Lento - Allegro moderato

ii) Allegro scherzando

iii) Andante

iv) Finale: Allegro mosso

Shostakovich: Sonata for Cello & Piano

Seth Jacobs (cello)

i) Allegro non troppo (8:51)

ii) Allegro (3:58)

iii) Largo (7:36)

iv) Allegro (4:53)

Schumann: Sonata No. 1 for Violin & Piano

Christopher Lee (violin)

i) Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck (8:29)

ii) Allegretto (4:32)

iii) Lebhaft (5:53)

TRIO PERFORMANCES

Arensky: Piano Trio No. 1

Kate Ashby (violin), Seth Jacobs (cello)

i) Allegro (10:36)

ii) Scherzo: Allegro molto (6:46)

iii) Elegia: Adagio (6:25)

iv) Finale: Allegro non troppo (6:37)

Beethoven: "Archduke" Trio

Silvia Padegs Grendze (violin), Erika Boras-Tesi (cello)

i) Allegro moderato (13:28)

ii) Scherzo: Allegro (7:49)

iii) Andante cantabile peró con moto (19:39)

iv) Allegro moderato - Presto (7:49)

Brahms: Horn Trio

Marc Wager (French horn), Lori Horowitz (violin)

i) Andante (7:08)

ii) Scherzo: allegro (7:18)

iii) Adagio mesto (5:52)

iv) Finale: Allegro con brio (6:52)

Debussy: Piano Trio

Shawn Barnett (violin), Bethany Bobbs (cello)

i) Andantino con moto allegro (9:02)

ii) Scherzo: Moderato con allegro (3:17)

iii) Andante espressivo (4:18)

iv) Finale: Appassionato (5:38)

TRIO PERFORMANCES

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Dvorák: Piano Trio in F minor

Silvia Padegs Grendze (violin), Daniel Hoppe (cello)

i) Allegro ma non troppo

ii) Larghetto

iii) Rondo: Allegretto

Mendelssohn: Piano Trio No. 1

Lori Horowitz (violin), Lisa Olsson (cello)

i) Molto allegro ed agitato (10:38)

ii) Andante con moto tranquillo (6:40)

iii) Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace (4:40)

iv) Finale: Allegro assai appassionato (9:29)

Piazzolla: Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

April Johnson (violin), Sachi Patitucci (cello)

i) Primavera porteña / Spring

ii) Verano porteño / Summer (6:53)

iii) Otoño porteño / Autumn (5:39)

iv) Invierno porteño / Winter (6:43)

Rachmaninoff: Piano Trio "Elegiac" No. 1

Larissa Blitz (violin), Jacqueline Bergson (cello)

Lento lugubre - appassionato - alla marcia funebre" (14:53)

Ravel: Piano Trio

Shawn Barnett (violin), Bernard Tamosaitis (cello)

i) Modéré (9:42)

ii) Pantoum: Assez vif (4:57)

iii) Passacaille: Très large (6:27)

iv) Final: Animé (5:47)

Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio

Silvia Padegs Grendze (violin), Howard Cohen (cello)

i) Pezzo elegiaco: Moderato assai - allegro giusto (19:25)

ii) Tema con variazioni (ex Fugue) - Coda (23:42)

QUARTET PERFORMANCES

Brahms: Piano Quartet No. 1

Jeffrey Chasnow (violin), Monica Gerard (viola),

Jonathan Kantor (cello)

i) Allegro

ii) Intermezzo: Allegro ma non troppo; Trio (animato)

iii) Andante con moto

iv) Rondo alla Zingharese: Presto - molto presto

Fauré: Piano Quartet No. 1

Larissa Blitz (violin), Monica Gerard (viola)

Bernard Tamosaitis (cello)

i) Allegro molto moderato (9:20)

ii) Scherzo: allegro vivo (6:11)

iii) Adagio (6:12)

iv) Allegro molto (9:05)

QUINTET PERFORMANCES

Beethoven: Quintet for Piano & Winds

Peter Huitzacua (horn), Dorothy Darlington (oboe)

Alan Schaffer (clarinet), Rosemary Dellinger (bassoon)

i) Grave - Allegro ma non troppo

ii) Andante cantabile

iii) Rondo: Allegro ma non troppo

Brahms: Piano Quintet

Jeffrey Chasnow, Rebecca Eckfeld (violin)

Monica Gerard (viola), Jonathan Kantor (cello)

i) Allegro non troppo (15:49)

ii) Andante, un poco adagio (7:56)

iii) Scherzo: allegro (8:04)

iv) Finale: poco sostenuto - allegro non troppo - presto (10:53)

Dohnanyi: Quintet for Piano & Strings

Lori Horowitz, Laura Macbeth (violin)

Monica Gerard (viola), Seth Jacobs (cello)

i) Allegro

ii) Scherzo: Allegro vivace

iii) Adagio, quasi andante

iv) Finale: Allegro animato

Dvorák: Piano Quintet

Silvia Padegs Grendze, Joshua Daniels (violin)

Katherine Sinsabaugh (viola), Lisa Olsson (cello)

i) Allegro ma non tanto (11:30)

ii) Dumka: andante con moto (13:28)

iii) Scherzo (Furiant): molto vivace (4:50)

iv) Allegro (8:45)

Mozart: Quintet for Piano & Strings

Kate Ashby & Joyce Balint (violin)

Liz Nilsen-Baumwoll (viola), Seth Jacobs (cello)

i) Largo - Allegro moderato

ii) Larghetto

iii) Rondo: Allegretto

Schubert: Cello / String Quintet

Jeffrey Chasnow, Rebecca Eckfeld (violin);

Monica Gerard (viola)

Jonathan Kantor, Bernard Tamosaitis (cello)

i) Allegro ma non troppo

ii) Adagio

iii) Scherzo: Presto - Trio (andante sostenuto)

iv) Finale: Allegretto

Schubert: "Trout" Quintet

Robert Lawrence (violin), Monica Gerard (viola),

Bernard Tamosaitis (cello), William Eckfeld (double bass)

i) Allegro vivace (14:08)

ii) Andante (6:29)

iii) Scherzo: presto (4:08)

iv) Tema con variazioni: Andantino - allegretto (8:12)

v) Finale: allegro giusto (10:20)

Schumann: Piano Quintet

Kate Ashby, Kathleen Thomson (violin)

Liz Nilsen-Baumwoll (viola), Seth Jacobs (cello)

i) Allegro brillante (9:30)

ii) In modo d'una Marcia: un poco largamente (8:58)

iii) Scherzo: molto vivace (5:35)

iv) Allegro ma non troppo (8:02)

SEXTET PERFORMANCES

Dohnanyi: Sextet for Piano, Winds & Strings

Marc Wager (horn), Alan Schaffer (clarinet), Joshua Daniels (violin)

Katherine Sinsabaugh (viola), Seth Jacobs (cello)

i) Allegro appassionato

ii) Intermezzo: Adagio

iii) Allegro con sentimento

iv) Finale: Allegro vivace, giocoso

Poulenc: Sextet for Piano & Winds

Amy Hersh (flute), Amy Wierenga (oboe), Alan Schaffer (clarinet)

Marc Wager (horn), Tom Sefcovic (bassoon)

i) Allegro vivace

ii) Divertissement: Andantino

iii) Finale: Prestissimo

Thuille: Sextet for Piano & Winds

Terry Wager (flute), Amy Wierenga (oboe), Alan Schaffer (clarinet)

Marc Wager (horn), Rosemary Dellinger (bassoon)

i) Allegro moderato

ii) Larghetto

iii) Gavotte: Andante, quasi Allegretto

iv) Finale: Vivace

OCTET PERFORMANCES

Mozart: Serenade for Winds in E-flat major

Amy Wierenga, Dorothy Darlington (oboe)

Alan Schaffer, Enid Blount Press (clarinet)

Marc Wager, Peter Huitzacua (French horn)

Rosemary Dellinger, Tom Sefcovic (bassoon)

i) Allegro maestoso

ii) Menuetto

iii) Adagio

iv) Menuetto

v) Adagio quasi allegretto