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Hans Abrahamsen: String Quartets Nos. 1-4

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Details

Composer
ABRAHAMSEN, HANS
Artist
ARDITTI STRING QUARTET
Format
CD
Label
Winter & Winter
Released
Oct 20, 2017
Catalog #
910242-2
UPC
025091024223

About

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.

Tracklist 22 tracks

  1. 1 I. Light and Airy, "High in the Sky Singing" 06:23
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Light and Airy, "High in the Sky Singing"
    Duration
    06:23
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  2. 2 II. With motion, "Dance of Light" 03:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. With motion, "Dance of Light"
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  3. 3 III. Dark, heavy and earthy, with a heavy groove 06:18
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Dark, heavy and earthy, with a heavy groove
    Duration
    06:18
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Gently Rocking, with utmost sensitivity, babbling 03:58
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Gently Rocking, with utmost sensitivity, babbling
    Duration
    03:58
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  5. 5 I. Calmo, con tenerezza e simplicita 00:59
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Calmo, con tenerezza e simplicita
    Duration
    00:59
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  6. 6 II. — 05:14
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. —
    Duration
    05:14
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  7. 7 III. — 00:51
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. —
    Duration
    00:51
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  8. 8 IV. Molto tranquillo et lontano e legato 04:20
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Molto tranquillo et lontano e legato
    Duration
    04:20
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  9. 9 I. Andante espressivo 03:44
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Andante espressivo
    Duration
    03:44
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  10. 10 II. Vivo, ben ritmico 02:23
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Vivo, ben ritmico
    Duration
    02:23
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  11. 11 III. Tranquillo con delicatezza 04:32
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Tranquillo con delicatezza
    Duration
    04:32
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  12. 12 IV. Presto energico 05:12
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Presto energico
    Duration
    05:12
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  13. 13 I. — 02:30
    Track
    13
    Title
    I. —
    Duration
    02:30
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  14. 14 II. — 01:14
    Track
    14
    Title
    II. —
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  15. 15 III. — 02:21
    Track
    15
    Title
    III. —
    Duration
    02:21
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  16. 16 IV. — 01:27
    Track
    16
    Title
    IV. —
    Duration
    01:27
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  17. 17 V. — 03:21
    Track
    17
    Title
    V. —
    Duration
    03:21
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  18. 18 VI. — 02:12
    Track
    18
    Title
    VI. —
    Duration
    02:12
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  19. 19 VII. — 01:28
    Track
    19
    Title
    VII. —
    Duration
    01:28
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  20. 20 VIII. — 02:51
    Track
    20
    Title
    VIII. —
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  21. 21 IX. — 01:56
    Track
    21
    Title
    IX. —
    Duration
    01:56
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet
  22. 22 X. — 01:17
    Track
    22
    Title
    X. —
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    Hans Abrahamsen
    Ensemble
    Arditti Quartet