DG Ger Beethoven 200th Piano Trios & Quartets Szeryng Kempff Fournier Eschenbach

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Don (ccvinylman) Larter, Owner

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This box-set comprises one special collection. It contains the "Beethoven Edition" of the master's Piano Trios and Piano Quartets (Volume 6 from a collection which celebrates the 200th anniversary of Beethoven's birth), and the collection was issued, I believe, in 1970. World-class musicians and world-class performances all around, with truly excellent, mostly silent pressings. What a great item to have! Best wishes to you. Don

Label information:  Deutsche Grammophon:  272016, six stereo records in deluxe cloth box, with dustjacket, pressed in Germany.

Composer(s) and featured works:  Beethoven:

• Complete Piano Trios:  a) With Violin and Cello, including "Archduke"; and b) With Clarinet and Cello
• Variations Op. 121 in G major on "Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu"
• 14 Variations Op.44 in E-flat Major
• Piano Quartet WoO 36 No.3 in C Major

Performers:  Wilhelm Kempff and Christoph Eschenbach (on quartet only), piano; Henryk Szeryng, violin (on trios only); Pierre Fournier, cello (on trios only); Norbert Brainin, violin; Peter Schidlof, viola; and Martin Lovett, cello (all three string players are members of the Amadeus String Quartet and accompany Eschenbach on Quartet No.3).

Visual grade:  From NM- to NM (specifically, NM/NM-/NM-/NM/NM-/NM/NM/NM-/NM/NM-/NM/NM

Play grade:  From NM to NM+ (specifically, NM+/mostly NM with a couple intermittent ticks at begin. of s.2/NM with a couple light ticks on b.3/NM+/NM/NM/NM+/NM+/NM+/NM+/NM+/NM+. Overall, a truly quiet set of pressings.

Jacket grade:  Excellent cloth box. Dustjacket is a bit worn, but still in fine shape. The booklet of liner notes has some age spots on it, but is in fine shape otherwise.

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Record Play-Grades

SS = Still sealed; unopened and un-played; condition unknown.

NM+ = Near Mint Plus. Extraordinarily clean, quiet, and virtually unmarked, except perhaps for a very light spindle track on the label; may not have been played.

NM = Near Mint. Clean and quiet, regardless of scuffs, hairline scratches or apparent defects.

M- = Near Mint Minus. Less quiet than NM, with a bit more background noise , regardless of its source.

VG++ = Very good plus plus. Noisier than NM-; may say why.

VG+ = Very good plus. Noisier than VG++; will say why.

Sleeve Grades

Exc = Excellent. Virtually perfect; may be shrink-wrapped or not; looks almost new.

Exc- = Excellent minus. No major defects; clean, sound, and mark-free; perhaps a slightly bent corner or two.

VG + = Very Good Plus. May have a couple small defects, such as a little writing or a little staining or yellowing, but it's quite presentable.

VG = Very Good. Defects are more noticeable; may have needed seam repair with hot glue.

G = Good. Sleeve has some obvious challenges but is still somewhat presentable.

F = Fair. Need I say more?