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Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1 / Nordic String Quartet
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Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1 / Nordic String Quartet

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Composer
GUDMUNDSEN-HOLMGREEN, PELLE
Artist
NORDIC STRING QUARTET
Format
CD
Label
Dacapo Classical
Released
Mar 01, 2019
Catalog #
8226217
UPC
636943621721

About

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (1932–2016) wrote string quartets all his life. Fourteen in all; the first three dating from 1959, the last ones from 2013. Launching its complete cycle of Gudmundsen-Holmgreen’s string quartets, the Nordic String Quartet here presents the first six quartets: Honesty meets schoolboy pranks, obstinacy meets doubt, yes meets no – Gudmundsen-Holmgreen’s string quartets are full of such clashes. We start at one point and end at a totally different one. Never fusty, often entertaining, always adamant. Nordic String Quartet is a young, highly skilled quartet, formed by professor Tim Frederiksen, and thus following the successes of the Danish String Qartet and Nightingale String Quartet. The album is the first in a series of three with the complete string quartets by Gudmundsen-Holmgreen- all in all 14 string quartets. All works on this first album are world premiere recordings.

Tracklist 13 tracks

  1. 1 String Quartet No. 5, "Step by Step" 18:52
    Track
    1
    Title
    String Quartet No. 5, "Step by Step"
    Duration
    18:52
    Composer
    Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
    Ensemble
    Nordic String Quartet
  2. 2 String Quartet No. 1: Andante 08:26
    Track
    2
    Title
    String Quartet No. 1: Andante
    Duration
    08:26
    Composer
    Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
    Ensemble
    Nordic String Quartet
  3. 3 String Quartet No. 6, "Parting" 12:46
    Track
    3
    Title
    String Quartet No. 6, "Parting"
    Duration
    12:46
    Composer
    Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
    Ensemble
    Nordic String Quartet
  4. 4 I. — 01:34
    Track
    4
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    01:34
    Composer
    Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
    Ensemble
    Nordic String Quartet
  5. 5 II. — 00:17
    Track
    5
    Title
    II. —
    Duration
    00:17
    Composer
    Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
    Ensemble
    Nordic String Quartet
  6. 6 III. — 00:51
    Track
    6
    Title
    III. —
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
    Ensemble
    Nordic String Quartet
  7. 7 IV. — 00:35
    Track
    7
    Title
    IV. —
    Duration
    00:35
    Composer
    Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
    Ensemble
    Nordic String Quartet
  8. 8 V. — 01:25
    Track
    8
    Title
    V. —
    Duration
    01:25
    Composer
    Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
    Ensemble
    Nordic String Quartet
  9. 9 String Quartet No. 4 06:07
    Track
    9
    Title
    String Quartet No. 4
    Duration
    06:07
    Composer
    Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
    Ensemble
    Nordic String Quartet
  10. 10 I. Andantino 01:43
    Track
    10
    Title
    I. Andantino
    Duration
    01:43
    Composer
    Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
    Ensemble
    Nordic String Quartet
  11. 11 II. Allegretto 03:31
    Track
    11
    Title
    II. Allegretto
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
    Ensemble
    Nordic String Quartet
  12. 12 III. Andante 03:01
    Track
    12
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    03:01
    Composer
    Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
    Ensemble
    Nordic String Quartet
  13. 13 IV. Allegro 03:26
    Track
    13
    Title
    IV. Allegro
    Duration
    03:26
    Composer
    Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
    Ensemble
    Nordic String Quartet