Gudmundsen-Holmgreen / Nordic String Quartet – Complete String Quartets 1 [CD]

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 it’s 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. The Nordic String Quartet is a young, highly skilled quartet, formed by professor Tim Frederiksen, and thus following the successes of the Danish String Quartet and Nightingale String Quartet.

Tracklist:

1. String Quartet No. 5 “Step By Step”
2. String Quartet No. 1
3. String Quartet No. 6 “Parting”
4. String Quartet No. 3 “5 Short Studies”: I. –
5. String Quartet No. 3 “5 Short Studies”: II. –
6. String Quartet No. 3 “5 Short Studies”: III. –
7. String Quartet No. 3 “5 Short Studies”: IV. –
8. String Quartet No. 3 “5 Short Studies”: V. –
9. String Quartet No. 4
10. String Quartet No. 2 “Quartetto Facile”: I. Andantino
11. String Quartet No. 2 “Quartetto Facile”: II. Allegretto
12. String Quartet No. 2 “Quartetto Facile”: III. Andante
13. String Quartet No. 2 “Quartetto Facile”: IV. Allegro

UPC: 636943621721
Label: DACAPO
Release Date: 3.1.19
Format: CD