Munchinger Miniatures

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Release Date: 22nd Nov 2019
Catalogue No: ELQ4826954
Label: Eloquence
Length: 1 hour 55 minutes

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Bach, J S: Fugue in A Minor, BWV 947 (Arr. Münchinger)

Work length3:42

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1966-09
Recording Venue: Evangelische Schlosskirche, Ludwigsburg

Boccherini: String Quintet Op. 13 No. 5, G281: Menuet

Work length2:46

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1966-09
Recording Venue: Evangelische Schlosskirche, Ludwigsburg

Mozart: Les Petits Riens (ballet) K Anh. 10 / 299b

Work length3:46

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1966-09
Recording Venue: Evangelische Schlosskirche, Ludwigsburg

Adagio

Track length1:20

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Pantomime

Track length2:26

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Hoffstetter: String Quartet in F major, Op. 3 No. 5 (formerly attrib. J. Haydn) : Andante cantabile (Serenade)

Work length3:53

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1966-09
Recording Venue: Evangelische Schlosskirche, Ludwigsburg

Andante cantabile

Track length3:53

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Excerpt, Vivaldi: Concerto RV151 in G major for strings & basso continuo 'Alla rustica'

Work length2:37

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1966-09
Recording Venue: Evangelische Schlosskirche, Ludwigsburg

1. Presto

Track length1:11

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3. Allegro

Track length1:26

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Excerpt, Bach, J S: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV1068

Work length3:44

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1966-09-17
Recording Venue: Evangelische Schlosskirche, Ludwigsburg

II. Air

Track length3:44

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Excerpt, Grieg: Holberg Suite, Op. 40

Work length2:45

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1966-09
Recording Venue: Evangelische Schlosskirche, Ludwigsburg

1. Präludium (Allegro vivace)

Track length2:45

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Schumann: Bilder aus Osten, Op. 66 - Arr. for chamber orchestra

Work length3:42

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1966-09
Recording Venue: Evangelische Schlosskirche, Ludwigsburg

I. Lebhaft (B-Flat Minor)

Track length3:42

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Excerpt, Mozart: Divertimento No. 17 in D major K334

Work length3:41

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1966-09
Recording Venue: Evangelische Schlosskirche, Ludwigsburg

3. Menuetto - Trio - Menuetto

Track length3:41

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Excerpt, Handel: Concerto grosso, Op. 6 No. 6 in G minor, HWV324

Work length6:46

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1966-09
Recording Venue: Evangelische Schlosskirche, Ludwigsburg

Musette: Larghetto

Track length6:46

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Schubert: Five Minuets and Trios for String Quartet, D 89 - Arr. for string orchestra and 6 trios

Work length3:26

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1966-09
Recording Venue: Evangelische Schlosskirche, Ludwigsburg

5. in C Major

Track length3:26

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Bach, J S: Fantasia & Fugue in G minor, BWV542 'Great'

Work length4:55

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1966-09
Recording Venue: Evangelische Schlosskirche, Ludwigsburg

Fugue

Track length4:55

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Gluck: Chaconne

Work length9:23

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1960-11
Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva

Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Suite No. 3, P. 172

Work length17:03

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Friedrich Gulda (piano)
Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1951-03
Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva

1. Italiana

Track length3:38

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2. Arie di corte

Track length6:36

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3. Siciliana

Track length3:15

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4. Passacaglia

Track length3:34

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Martin, F: Passacaille for String Orchestra

Work length12:02

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1955-10
Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva

Hindemith: Fünf Stücke

Work length12:14

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1955-10
Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva

1. Langsam

Track length2:14

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2. Langsam - Schnell

Track length1:50

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3. Lebhaft

Track length1:37

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4. Sehr langsam

Track length3:12

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5. Lebhaft

Track length3:21

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Berkeley, L: Serenade for Strings, Op. 12

Work length13:35

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1955-10
Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva

1. Vivace

Track length1:49

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2. Andantino

Track length5:02

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3. Allegro moderato

Track length3:20

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4. Lento

Track length3:24

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Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11

Work length5:52

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Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra
Karl Münchinger
Recorded: 1955-10
Recording Venue: Victoria Hall, Geneva

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Two Decca LP albums of orchestral miniatures, newly remastered and issued complete for the first time on CD, with a substantial bonus from Karl Munchinger’s varied discography.

Karl Munchinger (1915-1990) was remembered for decades as a solid conductor of Baroque music, but previous reissues on Eloquence have served to broaden our view of a consummate musician. Recent issues of Haydn and Mozart (4840170) and Liszt and Wagner (4828427) demonstrate that he also had the Classical and Romantic repertoire at his fingertips.

Here is the complement to those issues, an invaluable continuation of the Munchinger story: a genial disc of encore-like gems from Bach to Grieg, recorded by Decca in September 1966 and first issued the following summer. It includes the conductor’s own, straightforward but sensitive orchestrations of two Bach fugues and a movement from Schumann’s Op.66 piano cycle, Bilder aus Osten. Alongside them are Baroque classics for which the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra was famed, such as the ‘Air on a G string’, two movements from Vivaldi’s ‘Alla Rustica’ Concerto and the Musette from Handel’s G minor Concerto grosso Op.6.

On CD2, ‘Contemporary Music for String Orchestra’ ventures beyond the well-trodden path of Barber’s Adagio to include a set of Hindemith’s pedagogical music, a delicately refined Serenade by Lennox Berkeley, and Frank Martin’s arrangement of his own organ Passacaille. Dating from October 1950, the album was recorded in Decca’s crystal-clear mono sound, as were two bonus items on this new compilation: the sombre, graceful Chaconne from Gluck’s Paride ed Elena, in 1960, and from a decade earlier, the Third Suite of Respighi’s Ancient Airs and Dances, with its haunting Siciliano and imposing final Passacaglia.

‘[The Barber] gets a very fine performance. So do all the works on this very well recorded and thoroughly recommended disc.’ Gramophone, August 1957 (‘Contemporary Music for String Orchestra’)

‘This is the most delightful record of its kind that I have heard for a long time. Beautiful and well contrasted music, supremely well played and recorded with a string tone that combines a keen edge and richness... This record cannot be recommended too strongly to those looking for an unhackneyed selection of short pieces.’ Gramophone, July 1967 (‘Munchinger Miniatures’)

Munchinger Miniatures

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