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Thomas Adès:
- Arcadiana for string quartet, op.12 - I. Venezia notturna
- Arcadiana - II. Das klinget so herrlich, das klinget so schön
- Arcadiana - III. Auf dem Wasser zu singen
- Arcadiana - IV. Et… (tango mortale)
- Arcadiana - V. L’Embarquement
- Arcadiana - VI. O Albion
- Arcadiana - VII. Lethe
Per Nørgard:
- Quartetto Breve (String Quartet No.1) - Lento, poco rubato
- Quartetto Breve - Allegro risoluto
Hans Abrahamsen:
- 10 Preludes (String Quartet No.1) - 1
- 10 Preludes - 2
- 10 Preludes - 3
- 10 Preludes - 4
- 10 Preludes - 5
- 10 Preludes - 6
- 10 Preludes - 7
- 10 Preludes - 8
- 10 Preludes - 9
- 10 Preludes - 10
Danish String Quartet - Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin); Frederik Øland
(violin); Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola); Fredrik Sjölin (violoncello)
The Danish String Quartet, one of the most widely-acclaimed chamber groups of
the present moment, makes its ECM debut playing a programme of British and Danish
music: Thomas Adès’s Arcadiana (composed 1994), Per Nørgård’s
Quartetto Breve (1952), and Hans Abrahamsen’s 10 Preludes (1973).
The pieces were all written when the respective composers were each barely into
their 20s, and have a freshness and intensity vividly conveyed in the DSQ’s
interpretations. “Arcadia has no national boundaries”, writes Paul
Griffiths in the liner notes. “We may feel that the precision of nuance,
the warm and intelligent closeness of voices and the command of form these Danish
musicians bring to Abrahamsen as to Nørgård comes from some common
heritage or sympathy, and yet the same fine qualities shine through their performance
of the Adès piece.”
The album was recorded in May 2015 at Reitstadel Neumarkt and produced by Manfred
Eicher.
In 2009 the Danish String Quartet won First Prize in the 11th London International
String Quartet Competition (now ‘Wigmore Hall International String Quartet
Competition’), and for two years from 2013 were members of the BBC Radio
3 New Generation Artist scheme. In early 2016 they were named winners of a Borletti-Buitoni
Trust award.
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