Dacapo Classical
Kronos plays Holmgreen
$13.99
Details
- Composer
- HOLMGREEN, PELLE GUDMUNDSEN
- Artist
- Hillier, Dausgaard, Danish National So
- Format
- SACD
- Label
- Dacapo Classical
- Released
- Oct 28, 2008
- Catalog #
- 6220548
- UPC
- 747313154869
About
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (b. 1932) is one of the leading Scandinavian composers, an outstanding and insistent voice from the generation born in the inter-war years. This CD is the culmination of the composer’s unique collaboration with the world-famous American Kronos Quartet, which has been commissioning specially tailored works from the Danish composer for over 20 years.
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REVIEW:
The CD concludes with the ninth string quartet of Holmgreen, written for the Kronos Quartet in 2006. It is in a single movement, beginning and ending with recorded sounds of a roaring ocean. The blending of recorded sounds of nature and instrumental music is effective and moving, a beautiful tribute to the power of nature, representing a kind of Danish impressionism.
There is much on this collection of music that is similarly evocative, as well as much that is rather frustrating, but that mix reflects a powerful musical talent.
– Fanfare
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (b. 1932) is one of the leading Scandinavian composers, an outstanding and insistent voice from the generation born in the inter-war years. This CD is the culmination of the composer’s unique collaboration with the world-famous American Kronos Quartet, which has been commissioning specially tailored works from the Danish composer for over 20 years.
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REVIEW:
The CD concludes with the ninth string quartet of Holmgreen, written for the Kronos Quartet in 2006. It is in a single movement, beginning and ending with recorded sounds of a roaring ocean. The blending of recorded sounds of nature and instrumental music is effective and moving, a beautiful tribute to the power of nature, representing a kind of Danish impressionism.
There is much on this collection of music that is similarly evocative, as well as much that is rather frustrating, but that mix reflects a powerful musical talent.
– Fanfare
Tracklist 4 tracks
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1 Concerto Grosso (rev. 2006) 29:45
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Concerto Grosso (rev. 2006)
- Duration
- 29:45
- Composer
- Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
- Ensemble
- Kronos Quartet, Danish National Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Thomas Dausgaard
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2 I. Moving (Europe Seen in a Week) 12:25
- Track
- 2
- Title
- I. Moving (Europe Seen in a Week)
- Duration
- 12:25
- Composer
- Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
- Performer
- Paul Hillier
- Ensemble
- Kronos Quartet
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3 II. Still (In Denmark I Was Born) 14:39
- Track
- 3
- Title
- II. Still (In Denmark I Was Born)
- Duration
- 14:39
- Composer
- Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
- Performer
- Paul Hillier
- Ensemble
- Kronos Quartet
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4 String Quartet No. 9, "Last Ground" 10:05
- Track
- 4
- Title
- String Quartet No. 9, "Last Ground"
- Duration
- 10:05
- Composer
- Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen
- Performer
- Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, Wayne Siegel
- Ensemble
- Kronos Quartet