Hans Abrahamsen: String Quartets Nos. 1-4

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Label
Winter & Winter
Release Date
October 20, 2017
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      ABRAHAMSEN, HANS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Arditti String Quartet
    • PERFORMER
      ARDITTI STRING QUARTET
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 20, 2017
    • UPC
      025091024223
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      910242-2
    • LABEL
      Winter & Winter
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Light and Airy, "High in the Sky Singing"

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    2. II. With motion, "Dance of Light"

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    3. III. Dark, heavy and earthy, with a heavy groove

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    4. IV. Gently Rocking, with utmost sensitivity, babbling

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    5. I. Calmo, con tenerezza e simplicita

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    6. II. —

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    7. III. —

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    8. IV. Molto tranquillo et lontano e legato

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    9. I. Andante espressivo

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    10. II. Vivo, ben ritmico

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    11. III. Tranquillo con delicatezza

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    12. IV. Presto energico

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    13. I. —

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    14. II. —

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    15. III. —

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    16. IV. —

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    17. V. —

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    18. VI. —

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    19. VII. —

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    20. VIII. —

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    21. IX. —

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet

    22. X. —

      Composer: Hans Abrahamsen

      Ensemble: Arditti Quartet


Some composers identify early on with a particular genre. A quick glance at a list of works by the Dane Hans Abrahamsen seems to indicate a very different attitude. The profusion of titles suggests a mind that picks up a form, engages with it for the duration of the work itself, and then moves on to something fresh. There has been one significant exception however- the string quartet. Abrahamsen's four quartets span almost the whole of his composing career: Quartet No. 1 was composed in 1973, when Abrahamsen was in his early twenties; Quartet No. 4 appeared in 2012, as he entered his sixties. Not only so, but the quartets also draw a vital thread across the chasm at the heart of his life's work. This new release presents the aforementioned works as well as the two quartets that appeared between them, brilliantly performed by the Arditti String Quartet.