Disc 1

String Quartet no. 1 in G Major

1. Allegro ma non troppo   11:48

2. Andante                             6:38

3. Menuetto Allegro - Trio    5:14

4. Finale - Allegro                  8:08

TOTAL                                  31:48

Disc 2

String Quartet no. 2 in C Minor

1. Allegro agitato               15:07

2. Adagio                              9:12

3. Scherzo Allegro - Trio    11:38

4. Finale - Allegro               13:17

TOTAL                                 49:14

Disc 1

Sonata No. 1 in G Minor BWV 1001

1. Adagio 3:26

2. Fuga. Allegro 6:15

3. Siciliana 3:10

4. Presto 3:20

Partita No. 1 in B Minor BWV 1002

5. Allemanda 5:13

6. Double 2:42

7. Corrente 3:35

8. Double. Presto 3:26

9. Sarabande 3:41

10. Double 3:36

11. Tempo di Borea 3:26

12. Double 3:15

Sonata No. 2 in A Minor BWV 1003

13. Grave 4:06

14. Fuga 7:44

15. Andante 4:26

16. Allegro 6:59

Disc 2

Partita No. 2 in D Minor BWV 1004

1. Allemanda 4:35

2. Corrente 2:24

3. Sarabanda 3:26

4. Giga 4:02

5. Ciaccona 13:08

Sonata No. 3 in C Major BWV 1005

6. Adagio 3:49

7. Fuga 10:47

8. Largo 3:00

9. Allegro assai 4:59

Partita No. 3 in E Major BWV 1006

10. Preludio 3:48

11. Loure 3:20

12. Gavotte en Rondeaux 3:07

13. Menuets 1 & 2 4:29

14. Bourée 1:23

15. Gigue 1:46

1. Laudate pueri Giovanni Rovetta (1596-1668)

2. Paratum cor meum, SWV 257 Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

3. In te Domini speravi Alessandro Grandi (1586-1630)

4. Bone Jesu verbum Patris Alessandro Grandi (1586-1630)

5. Dixit Dominus Stefano Bernardi (1580-1637)

6. O quam tu pulchra es, SWV 265 Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

7. Veni de Libano, amica mea, SWV 266 Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

8. Credidi, propter quod locutus sum Giovanni Antonio Rigatti (1613-1648)

9.Benedicam Dominum in omne tempore, SWV 267 Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

10. Exquisivi Dominum, SWV 268 Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

11. O beate Benedicte Alessandro Grandi (1586-1630)

12. Exultavit cor meum, SWV 258 Heinrich Schütz (1585-1672)

13. Angelus ad pastores ait Antonio Cifra (1584-1629)

Two disc set.

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Disc 1

String Quartet in G major, Op. 2, no. 1

1. Tempo giusto

2. Menuetto

3. Andante poco adagio

4. Allegro assai

String Quartet in D major, Op. 2 no. 2

1. Vivace

2. Minuetto mezza voce

3. Andante Cantabile

4. Allegro ma poco

String Quartet in F major, Op. 2 no. 3

1. Allegro

2. Minuetto mezza voce

3. Andante Cantabile

4. Allegro moderato

Disc 2

String Quartet in E major, Op. 2, no. 4

1. Allegretto

2. Minuetto

3.Andante poco adagio

4. Allegro assai

String Quartet in C major, Op. 2, no. 5

1. Vivace

2. Minuetto mezza voce

3. Andante poco adagio

4. Allegro

String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 2, no. 6

1. Allegro moderato

2. Menuetto mezza voce, Allegretto

3. Andante poco adagio

4. Allegro assai

String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4

1. Allegro ma non tanto

2. Andante scherzoso quasi Allegretto

3. Menuetto. Allegro

4. Allegretto

String Quartet in A major, Op. 18, No. 5

5. Allegro

6. Menuetto - Trio

7. Andante cantabile con variazioni

8. Allegro

String Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 18, No. 6

9. Allegro con brio

10. Adagio ma non tanto

11. Scherzo. Allegro

12 La Malinconia. Adagio - Allegretto quasi Allegro

String Quartet, F major, Op. 18, No. 1

1. Allegro con brio
2. Adagio affettuoso ed appassionato
3. Scherzo. Allegro molto
4. Allegro

String Quartet, G major, Op. 18, No. 2

5. Allegro
6. Adagio cantabile - Allegro - Tempo I
7. Scherzo. Allegro
8. Allegro molto, quasi Presto

String Quartet, D major, Op. 18, No. 3

9. Allegro
10. Andante con moto
11. Allegro
12. Presto

Quartet No. 1 in F major

Allegro

Andante

Presto

Quartet No. 2 in E major

Allegro

Adagio

Presto

Quartet No. 3 in C major

Allegro

Andante

Presto

Quartet No. 4 in G major

Moderato

Andante

Presto

Quartet No. 5 in A major

Moderato

Adagio

Presto

Quartet No. 6 in B flat major

Allegro

Adagio

Presto

​Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827)

Sonata Op. 24 “Spring Sonata”/Le printemps 

Transcribed for flute, violin, viola and ‘cello by/
Transcrit pour flûte, violon, alto et violoncelle
par Patrick Jordan.

1. Allegro (10:48)
2. Adagio molto espressivo (5:43)
3. Scherzo. Allegro molto - Trio. (1:16)
4. Rondo. Allegro ma non troppo (6:53)

Douglas Miller - flute/flûte, Carol Fujino - violin/violon,
Patrick Jordan - viola/alto, Margaret Gay - ‘cello/violoncelle

​Maurice Ravel (1875-1937)

Le tombeau de Couperin 

Transcribed for oboe, clarinet, violin, ‘cello and piano by/
Transcrit pour hautbois, clarinette, violon, violoncelle et piano
par Trevor Wagler.

1. Prélude (3:19)
2. Forlane (5:35)
3. Menuet (4:50)
4. Rigaudon (3:24)

Jim Mason - oboe/hautbois, Peter Schackleton - clarinet/clarinette,
Julie Baumgartel - violin/violon, Margaret Gay - ‘cello/violoncelle,
Les De’Ath - piano

​Robert Schumann (1810-1856)

Dichterliebe Op. 48/Les amours du poète 

Transcribed for baritone, string quartet, classical guitar and double bass
Transcrit pour baryton, quatuor à cordes, guitare classique et contrebasseby/ par Patrick Jordan.

1. Im wunderschönen Monat Mai (1:36)
2. Aus meinen Tränen sprießen (1:03)
3. Die Rose, die Lilie, die Taube, die Sonne (0:39)
4. Wenn Ich in deinen Augen seh’ (1:43)
5. Ich will meine Seele tauchen (0:54)
6. Im Rhein, im heiligen Strome (2:14)
7. Ich grolle nicht (1:34)
8. Und wüßten's die Blumen, die kleinen (1:15)
9. Das ist ein Flöten und Geigen (1:23)
10. Hör' ich das Liedchen klingen (2:03)
11. Ein Jüngling liebt ein Mädchen (1:05)
12. Am leuchtenden Sommermorgen (2:25)
13. Ich hab' im Traum geweinet (2:33)
14. Allnächtlich im Traume seh' ich dich (1:34)
15. Aus alten Märchen winkt es (2:26)
16. Die alten, bösen Lieder (4:10)

Brett Polegato - baritone/baryton, Eybler Quartet -
(Julia Wedman - first violin/première violon, Aisslinn Nosky
- second violin/deuxième violon, Patrick Jordan - viola/alto,
Margaret Gay - ‘cello/violoncelle),
Timothy Phelan - classical guitar/guitare classique,
Joseph Phillips - double bass/contrebasse

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Hal Carroll

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David & Mildred Davies

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Patrick Jordan

Erhard Kraus

David Little

Bridget & Michael McClew

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Robert Mealy

Douglas Miller

Joanne Miller

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Jeannette Moore

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Angela Rudden

Betsy & Robert Sullivan

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Disc 1

Op. 33 #5 in G major (H III:41)

“How do you do?”
1. I. Vivace assai
2. II. Largo e cantabile
3. III. Scherzo – Allegro
4. IV. Finale – Allegretto

Op. 33 #1 in B minor (H III:37)
5. I. Allegro moderato
6. II. Scherzo – Allegro di molto
7. III. Andante
8. IV. Finale – Presto

Op. 33 #6 in D major (H III:42)
9. I. Vivace assai
10. II. Andante
11. III. Scherzo – Allegretto
12. IV. Finale – Allegretto

Disc 2

Op. 33 #2 in E flat major (H III:38) 

“The Joke”
1. I. Allegro moderato
2. II. Scherzo – Allegro
3. III. Largo e sostenuto
4. IV. Finale – Presto

Op. 33 #4 in B flat major (H III:40)
5. I. Allegro moderato
6. II. Scherzo – Allegretto
7. III. Largo
8. IV. Presto

Op. 33 #3 in C major (H III:39)
“The Bird”
9. I. Allegro moderato
10. II. Scherzo – Allegretto
11. III. Adagio ma non troppo
12 IV. Rondo – Presto

Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen, Quintet in F Major for Bassett Horn and Strings, Op. 9.

1. Allegro.

2. Adagio ma non troppo

3. Andante con Variazioni

Johann Georg Heinrich Backofen, Quintet in B flat Major for Clarinet and Strings, Op. 15.

4. Allegro moderato

5. Thema: Cantabile con variazion 

Wolfgang Amadè Mozart, Quintet in A Major for Bassett Clarinet and Strings, K. 581.

6. Allegretto

7. Larghetto

8. Menuetto - Trio I – Trio II

9. Allegretto con Varizioni – Adagio – Allegro

James Rolfe / Oboe Quartet 2006

1. Alla Marica (jauntily, rollicking)

2. Moderato 

Michael Oesterle

3. Sunspot Letters 2006

John Abram / Oboe Quartet 2002

4. Movement I

5. Movement II

Peter Hatch

6. Wiki Mozart 2006

Quartet No. 1

1. Adagio non molto. – Allegro moderato

2. Menuetto Allegretto. – Trio

3. Adagio cantabile

4. Thema con Variationi –Moderato

Quartet No. 2

5. Allegro.

6. Adagio non molto.

7. MENUETTO Allegretto. – Trio.

8. FINALE. Allegro. 

Quartet No. 3

9. Allegro

10. Adagio

11. Menuetto. – Trio

12. FINALE. Vivace