Beethoven: Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 - Camerata Pacifica

Recorded live on January 11, 2019 at the Music Academy of the West, Santa Barbara, CA. Beethoven's Septet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20, with Jose Franch Ballester, Martin Owen, Peter Kolkay, Kristin Lee, Richard O'Neill, Ani Aznavoorian & Tim Eckert.
www.cameratapacifica.org. Camerata Pacifica is a chamber music ensemble based in Santa Barbara that performs a monthly series of concerts in Santa Barbara, Ventura, San Marino, and Zipper Hall in Downtown Los Angeles. Founded by Adrian Spence in 1990, the group is composed of the finest performers of chamber music from around the world. The ensemble is distinctive for artistic excellence, an innovative approach to classical music and a repertoire that ranges from baroque to brand new, from familiar masterworks to works that have yet to become favorites.

[@prabhudhasivanson7110]

Fabulous performance! By far the best performance of this piece I have heard.

[@valentinvargas8219]

This septecs of beethoven are másterworks for the world,are fresh,sheerful and spiritual,a musical tresure.

[@meteneptun]

Ich liebe dieses Stück.

[@trueimagename]

Wonderful performance!

[@hansslemmer3690]

What a beautiful and lovely performance, these musicians really love playing together.
The sound- and videorecording is in good balance.

[@kkkangjoo.NM.cembalo]

Septet in Eb Major, op. 20 (1800)
Adagio - Allegro con brio 0:07
Adagio cantabile (in Ab major) 10:26
Tempo di Menuetto(shares the theme with the 2nd mvmt of Piano sonata No.20 in G major op.49 no.2) 19:56
Andante : Tema con Variazioni (in Bb major) 23:16
Scherzo : Allegro molto e vivace 31:01
Andante con molto alla marcia - Presto 34:17

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

19:56-23:16-if I were blind, yet could still hear I would swear I was at the amusement Park Hersheypark. (As you enter the park you hear classical music or sometimes polkas on the loudspeakers.) Anyway, I swear this sounds just like what you would typically hear on the loudspeakers at Hersheypark, just inside the main gate or entrance.

[@claudeguermont5217]

So beautiful and vibrant with passion

[@julieandrews730]

Absolutely delightful! Also superb!

[@hue1963]

Marvelous!

[@marcosPRATA918]

Belos timbres, excelente sonoridade total.

[@paulalexander2607]

Sublime

[@volkerf.sesselmann6783]

Das süchtigmachende Septett fein musiziert.

[@olivierdrouin2701]

C est la première fois que je prends conscience que la formation n est pas un quatuor a cordes plus 3 instruments à vent !!
C était assez inhabituel , non , d introduire une contrebasse dans un aussi petit ensemble ?!
Provocateur ,. même , le Ludwig ?

[@rolfschulte4747]

can't hear the violin - either more sound there (!) or less woodwinds...*

[@danmcglaun1]

Listen a bit closer - the balance is perfect.

[@torontoclarinetist]

I can hear her just fine.

[@jwd0808]

He probably means the Viola...

[@yorijunsai6160]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@MrJamieMurph4141969]

Yes, same here; I also can hear the violinist clear as day.