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Edvard Grieg: String Quartet Op. 27 Quartet F Major, Fugue

Meccore String Quartet

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Format: SACD

Cat No: MDG9031998

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Release Date:  14 April 2017

Label:  MDG

Packaging Type:  Super Jewel Case (SACD)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  760623199863

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

  • Description

    Another exhilarating debut on MDG from the Meccore String Quartet. The four instrumentalists have selected string quartets by Edvard Grieg forming the ideal medium for their vibrant style. Musicweb International says of this recording: "The playing of the Meccore String Quartet is excellent throughout.....The disc is accompanied by excellent booklet notes making this a most welcome release of this beautiful music." The distraught but magnificent Quartet in G minor op. 27 marks the epochal shift from romanticism to impressionism. Although Grieg's second quartet remained unfinished, this circumstance does not impair the quality of the extant fragment. Moreover, on this SACD the Meccores compensate for the missing movements with a fugue from the Norwegian master's formative years. Young, passionate, wild – the dynamic Meccore String Quartet based in Warsaw takes the performance stage by storm. Their practice of standing for performances rather than sitting can be fully appreciated here in the three dimensions of this high-resolution SACD from MDG.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. String Quartet No. 1 Op. 27 In G Minor - Un Poco Andante - Allegro Molto Ed Agitato
      • 2. Romanze. Andantino
      • 3. Intermezzo. Allegro Molto Marcato - Più Vivo E Scherzando
      • 4. Finale. Lento - Presto Al Saltarello
      • 5. String Quartet No. 2 EG 117 In F Major - Sostenuto - Allegro Vivace E Grazioso
      • 6. Allegro Scherzando
      • 7. Fugue EG 114 In F Minor - Allegro Con Fuoco