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Stenhammar: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4 / Stenhammar Quartet
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Stenhammar: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4 / Stenhammar Quartet

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Composer
STENHAMMAR, WILHELM
Artist
STENHAMMAR QUARTET
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
Jul 30, 2013
Catalog #
BIS-1659
UPC
7318599916590

About

If there is one Swedish composer in the early 20th century who in some way can compare with Sibelius and Nielsen, it is Wilhelm Stenhammar - incidentally a personal friend of both these towering figures in Nordic music. And in Stenhammar's production - which includes songs, piano music and large-scale orchestral works - his string quartets form a special chapter. The seven quartets (of which one, in F minor, was withdrawn by the composer soon after its first performance) were written over the space of 22 years, and mirror Stenhammar's development, from full-blown Romanticism to a more sparse and formally concentrated idiom. As a pianist, Stenhammar worked closely for many years with the Aulin Quartet, the finest Swedish string quartet of its time. (It was the Aulin Quartet that gave the first performances of all Stenhammar's quartets up to and including No.4 in A minor, Op.25.) His familiarity with the medium is evident in these works which have been described as 'the most important written between those of Brahms and Bartók', but which still remain less well-known internationally than they deserve. In a bid to change this, the Stenhammar Quartet here present the first disc in a trilogy which will include the six quartets published during the composer's lifetime, as well as the F minor quartet - for the first time on disc - and other music for string quartet. Making its first appearance on BIS, the Stenhammar Quartet was formed in 2002 and has made a name for itself in Sweden and internationally as interpreters of Stenhammar's music, as well as of core repertoire and contemporary works.

Tracklist 10 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro ma non troppo 09:14
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    09:14
    Composer
    Wilhelm Stenhammar
    Ensemble
    Stenhammar Quartet
  2. 2 II. Adagio 06:01
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio
    Duration
    06:01
    Composer
    Wilhelm Stenhammar
    Ensemble
    Stenhammar Quartet
  3. 3 III. Scherzo: Allegro 06:56
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Scherzo: Allegro
    Duration
    06:56
    Composer
    Wilhelm Stenhammar
    Ensemble
    Stenhammar Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Aria variata: Andante semplice 10:49
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Aria variata: Andante semplice
    Duration
    10:49
    Composer
    Wilhelm Stenhammar
    Ensemble
    Stenhammar Quartet
  5. 5 I. Elegy 03:23
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Elegy
    Duration
    03:23
    Composer
    Wilhelm Stenhammar
    Ensemble
    Stenhammar Quartet
  6. 6 II. Intermezzo 03:59
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Intermezzo
    Duration
    03:59
    Composer
    Wilhelm Stenhammar
    Ensemble
    Stenhammar Quartet
  7. 7 I. Quasi andante 08:44
    Track
    7
    Title
    I. Quasi andante
    Duration
    08:44
    Composer
    Wilhelm Stenhammar
    Ensemble
    Stenhammar Quartet
  8. 8 II. Presto molto agitato 05:08
    Track
    8
    Title
    II. Presto molto agitato
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Wilhelm Stenhammar
    Ensemble
    Stenhammar Quartet
  9. 9 III. Lento sostenuto 07:18
    Track
    9
    Title
    III. Lento sostenuto
    Duration
    07:18
    Composer
    Wilhelm Stenhammar
    Ensemble
    Stenhammar Quartet
  10. 10 IV. Presto molto agitato - Molto moderato 10:49
    Track
    10
    Title
    IV. Presto molto agitato - Molto moderato
    Duration
    10:49
    Composer
    Wilhelm Stenhammar
    Ensemble
    Stenhammar Quartet