The Ensemble Berlin septet, founded in 2000 by members of the Berlin Philharmonic, actually consists of eight people, for it includes the arranger Wolfgang Renz, who arranged Ravel’s Le Tombeau de Couperin and Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition for the first Phil.harmonie recording. On Virtuoso he has set about arranging music by Carl Maria von Weber, Pasculli and Beethoven. The Septet in E Minor for oboe, bassoon, two violins, viola, cello and double bass is based on Weber’s late fourth Piano Sonata, Op. 70, composed in 1822. Its underlying mood is lyrical and melancholic and in terms of dramatic effect this arrangement makes perfect sense.