Release Date: 22 April 2016
Label: ECM New Series
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 028948123858
Genres: Classical Chamber Music
Description
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.
Personnel: Danish String Quartet - Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin); Frederik Øland (violin); Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola); Fredrik Sjölin (violoncello)
Tracklisting
Gidon Kremer, Kremerata Baltica & Vida Mikneviciute
Arvo Part
Thomas Larcher
John Holloway Ensemble
Heinz Holliger & Anton Kernjak
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir, Tallinn Chamber Orchestra & Tonu Kaljuste
Karlheinz Stockhausen Michaels Reise
Andras Schiff
Danish String Quartet
Danish String Quartet
Danish String Quartet
Danish String Quartet
Danish String Quartet
Danish String Quartet
Danish String Quartet
