Thomas Adès, Per Nørgård & Hans Abrahamsen

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The Danish are remarkable, as ever – capable of intense blend, extreme dynamic variation (in which they seem glued together), perfect intonation even on harmonics, and constant vitality and flow — Gramophone Magazine, June 2016 More…

Release Date: 22nd Apr 2016
Catalogue No: 4812385
Label: ECM
Series: New Series
Length: 46 minutes

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Adès: Arcadiana

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Danish String Quartet (string quartet), Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin), Frederik Øland (violin), Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola), Fredrik Sjølin (cello)
Recorded: 2015-05-05
Recording Venue: Reitstadel, Neumarkt

I. Venezia notturna

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II. Das klinget so herrlich, das klinget so schön

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III. Auf dem Wasser zu singen

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IV. Et (tango mortale)

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V. L'embarquement

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VI. O Albion

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VII. Lethe

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Nørgård: String Quartet No. 1 - "Quartetto Breve"

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Danish String Quartet (string quartet), Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin), Frederik Øland (violin), Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola), Fredrik Sjølin (cello)
Recorded: 2015-05-05
Recording Venue: Reitstadel, Neumarkt

Lento, poco rubato

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Allegro risoluto

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Abrahamsen: Preludes (10) (String Quartet No. 1)

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Danish String Quartet (string quartet), Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin), Frederik Øland (violin), Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola), Fredrik Sjølin (cello)
Recorded: 2015-05-05
Recording Venue: Reitstadel, Neumarkt

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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.

Reviews

June 2016

The Danish are remarkable, as ever – capable of intense blend, extreme dynamic variation (in which they seem glued together), perfect intonation even on harmonics, and constant vitality and flow

8th May 2016

An excellent band here offer three engaging works written at the beginnings of these composers’ illustrious careers.

21st April 2016

It’s an exacting programme requiring grace, grit and clarity and the Danish players sound terrific – lithe and glassy in the Abrahamsen, richer in the Nørgard, able to capture the picturesque watery shimmer of the Adès but also the slime and murk below the surface. It’s a sophisticated performance.

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