I’ll admit it, I only tracked this down after becoming obsessed with the short snippet of the Andante Ma Moderato movement featured in the Star Trek: The Next Generation episode Sarek. This CD pressing of a 1952 monaural performance sounds an awful lot like – no, make that exactly the same version used in a pivotal scene in that show. I was curious as to what else there was to this lovely piece of music, and was not disappointed; my interest in it has certainly 
transcended the means through which I discovered it. If you’re into very heavy, funereal chamber music, I give this my highest recommendation; it’s one of my favorite classical pieces of all time. The slow, stately, mournful second movement alone is worth the price of purchase.
- Allegro ma non troppo (12:16)
- Adante, ma moderato (10:27)
- Scherzo – Allegro molto – Trio. Animato (2:53)
- Rondo – Poco allegretto e grazioso (11:08)
Released by: CBS Masterworks
Release date: 1952 (released on CD in 1988)
Total running time: 36:44
