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Beethoven: String Quintets, Opp. 1, 11 and 17

1/14/2004, 10 Tracks, 1:05:30

Featuring

  • Violetta Eckhardt
  • Yoshiko Hagiwara
  • Barna Juhász
  • Timea Iván
  • Péter Szabó
  • Iván Sztankov
  • Metamorphosis Quintet
  • Ludwig van Beethoven

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Recording & Production

This album was recorded by the Metamorphosis Quintet at the Phoenix Studio at the Unitarian Church in Budapest, Hungary, in June and September 1995.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The album's cover painting, titled 'View of Brewery at Huteldorf near Vienna', is an engraving by T. Raulino.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Carl Khym, a contemporary of Beethoven, was a virtuoso oboist and composer, though he is primarily known for his arrangements of other composers' chamber works.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

Carl Khym's arrangements distribute the original thematic material across the most suitable range of each instrument while retaining the character of Beethoven's original works.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

This album features string quintet arrangements by Carl Khym of Beethoven's Clarinet Trio Op. 11, Horn Sonata Op. 17, and Piano Trio Op. 1, No. 2.

Source: Booklet

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