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Columbia x Tower Records  TWSA-1035 (2 discs)

Stereo Hybrid

Classical - Chamber

Beethoven: String Quartets 1, 9 & 15
Bach: Violin concertos 1 & 2; Double violin concerto*

Barchet Quartet
Reinhold Barchet & Will Beh (violins)
Pro Musica String Orchestra, Suttgart
Walther Davisson (conductor)

All

Recording

Analogue recording

Works (6)

• Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins, BWV 1043 in D minor
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin No. 1, BWV 1041 in A minor
• Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin No. 2, BWV 1042 in E major
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 1 in F major, Op. 18 No. 1
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
• Ludwig van Beethoven: String Quartet No. 9 in C major, Op. 59 No. 3 'Razumovsky'