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

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Label
Dacapo Classical
Release Date
March 1, 2019
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      GUDMUNDSEN-HOLMGREEN, PELLE
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Nordic String Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      NORDIC STRING QUARTET
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 01, 2019
    • UPC
      636943621721
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      8226217
    • LABEL
      Dacapo Classical
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. String Quartet No. 5, "Step by Step"

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Ensemble: Nordic String Quartet

    2. String Quartet No. 1: Andante

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Ensemble: Nordic String Quartet

    3. String Quartet No. 6, "Parting"

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Ensemble: Nordic String Quartet

    4. I. —

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Ensemble: Nordic String Quartet

    5. II. —

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Ensemble: Nordic String Quartet

    6. III. —

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Ensemble: Nordic String Quartet

    7. IV. —

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Ensemble: Nordic String Quartet

    8. V. —

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Ensemble: Nordic String Quartet

    9. String Quartet No. 4

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Ensemble: Nordic String Quartet

    10. I. Andantino

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Ensemble: Nordic String Quartet

    11. II. Allegretto

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Ensemble: Nordic String Quartet

    12. III. Andante

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Ensemble: Nordic String Quartet

    13. IV. Allegro

      Composer: Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen

      Ensemble: Nordic String Quartet


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.