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Take The Chicago Ensemble wherever you go by purchasing CDs of some of the best live performances. You’ll take a trip through history with chamber music spanning the Baroque, Classical, German Romantic, and Modern genres by legendary composers such as Bach, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Debussy, and more.
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CD Information & Credits
Volume 1 of 2
Baroque- Alessandro Scarlatti: Cantata: Già lusingato appieno
Sinfonia
Recitativo: Già lusingato appieno
Aria: Cara sposa
Michelle Areyzaga, soprano; Rika Seko, violin; Stephen Boe, violin; Andrew Snow, cello; Gerald Rizzer, keyboard May 29, 2012 (Fourth Presbyterian Church) - G. F. Telemann: Trio-sonata in G Minor
Adagio
Susan Levitin, flute; Paul Vanderwerf, viola; Gerald Rizzer, piano
March 22, 2011 (Fourth Presbyterian Church) - J. S. Bach: Cantata 78
Aria: Wir eilen mit schwachen, doch emsigen Schritten
Michelle Areyzaga, soprano; Stacy Eckert, mezzo-soprano;Gerald Rizzer, piano
February 23, 2010 (Fourth Presbyterian Church)
- L. van Beethoven: Trio in G Major, op. 1 no. 2
Adagio: Allegro vivace
Olga Kaler, violin; Andrew Snow, cello; Gerald Rizzer, piano
November 29, 2009 (International House) - W. A. Mozart: Quartet in F Major, K. 370
Allegro
Ricardo Castañeda oboe; Stephen Boe, violin; Paul Vanderwerf, viola; Andrew Snow, cello
April 10, 2012 (Fourth Presbyterian Church) - L. van Beethoven: Trio in Eb Major, op. 70 no. 2
Allegretto
Mathias Tacke, violin; Andrew Snow, cello; Gerald Rizzer, piano October 11, 2011 (Fourth Presbyterian Church) - Franz Schubert: Trio No. 1 in Bb Major, D. 898
Andante un poco mosso
Stephen Boe, violin; Andrew Snow, cello; Gerald Rizzer, piano
February 27, 2011 (International House)
- Felix Mendelssohn: Duet: Grüss, op. 63 no. 3
Michelle Areyzaga, soprano; Stacy Eckert, mezzo-soprano; Gerald Rizzer, piano
February 23, 2010 (Fourth Presbyterian Church) - Max Bruch: Eight Pieces, op. 83
No. 3: Andante
Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, clarinet; Paul Vanderwerf, viola; Gerald Rizzer, piano
March 22, 2011 (Fourth Presbyterian Church) - Johannes Brahms: Two Songs, op. 91
Geistliche Wiegenlied
Stacy Eckert, mezzo-soprano; Paul Vanderwerf, viola; Gerald Rizzer, piano
March 22, 2011 (Fourth Presbyterian Church) - Carl Reinecke: Trio in Bb Major, op. 274
Eine Märchen: Andante
Elizandro Garcia-Montoya. clarinet; Neil Kimel, french horn; Gerald Rizzer, piano
November 2, 2010 (Fourth Presbyterian Church)
Volume 2 of 2
Modern- arr. Manuel Valls: Songs of the Sephardic Jews
Adio, querida
Michelle Areyzaga, soprano; Susan Levitin, flute; Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, clarinet
February 23, 2010 (Fourth Presbyterian Church) - Reinhold Glière: Duets, op. 39
Prelude
Cradle Song
Mathias Tacke, violin; Andrew Snow, cello
November 28, 2010 (International House) - Henri Duparc: Phidylé
Michelle Areyzaga, soprano; Gerald Rizzer, piano
May 29, 2012 (Fourth Presbyterian Church) - Claude Debussy: Bilitis
Pour un tombeau sans nom: Triste et lent
Susan Levitin, flute; Gerald Rizzer, piano
March 22, 2011 (Fourth Presbyterian Church) - Gabriel Fauré: Quartet No. 1 in C Minor, op. 15
Allegro molto moderato
Mathias Tacke, violin; Paul Vanderwerf, viola; Andrew Snow, cello; Gerald Rizzer, piano
October 11, 2009 (International House) - Ralph Vaughan Williams: Merciless Beauty (1921)
Your eyën two will slay me suddenly
Michelle Areyzaga, soprano; Stephen Boe, violin; Rika Seko, violin; Andrew Snow, cello
May 29, 2012 (Fourth Presbyterian Church) - Béla Bartók: Contrasts (1938)
Verbunkos (Recruiting Dance)
Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, clarinet; Mathias Tacke, violin; Gerald Rizzer, piano
February 14, 2012 (Fourth Presbyterian Church) - Sergei Prokofiev: Sonata in C Major, op. 56 (1932)
Andante cantabile
Stephen Boe, violin; Rika Seko, violin
May 29, 2012 (Fourth Presbyterian Church) - Walter Piston: Three Pieces (1926)
Allegro scherzando
Susan Levitin, flute; Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, clarinet; Jill Dispenza, bassoon
April 18, 2012 (International House) - Witold Lutoslawski: Dance Preludes (1956)
Andante Allegro molto
Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, clarinet; Gerald Rizzer, piano
March 27, 2011 (International House) - Irving Fine: Fantasia (1959)
Allegro ma non troppo
Mathias Tacke, violin; Paul Vanderwerf, viola; Andrew Snow, cello
March 23, 2010 (Fourth Presbyterian Church) - Scott Wheeler: Trio No. 2 (Camera Dances) (1996/rev. 1999)
Entrada: Moderato
Winner: Discover America VII competition for new chamber works
Mathias Tacke, violin; Paul Vanderwerf, viola; Gerald Rizzer, piano
October 11, 2011 (Fourth Presbyterian Church) - Alexandra Gardner: Crows (1998)
red earth
Winner: Discover America VII competition for new chamber works
Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, clarinet: Mathias Tacke, violin; Andrew Snow, cello; Gerald Rizzer, piano
February 14, 2012 (Fourth Presbyterian Church) - Dan Tucker (1925-2010): Selected Spanish Songs
La Guitarra
Michelle Areyzaga, soprano; Gerald Rizzer, piano
June 3, 2012 (International House) - Jack Gottlieb: Downtown Blues for Uptown Halls (1967/rev 1977)
Neon Night
Stacy Eckert, mezzo-soprano; Elizandro Garcia-Montoya, clarinet Gerald Rizzer, piano
March 27, 2011 (International House)