Stenhammar Quartet - Stenhammar: String Quartets Nos. 3 & 4 10 songs (2013) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. String Quartet No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 25: I. Allegro ma non troppo
02. String Quartet No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 25: II. Adagio
03. String Quartet No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 25: III. Scherzo. Allegro
04. String Quartet No. 4 in A Minor, Op. 25: IV. Aria variata. Andante semplice
05. Lodolezzi sjunger Suite, Op. 39: I. Elegy
06. Lodolezzi sjunger Suite, Op. 39: II. Intermezzo
07. String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 18: I. Quasi andante
08. String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 18: II. Presto molto agitato
09. String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 18: III. Lento sostenuto
10. String Quartet No. 3 in F Major, Op. 18: IV. Presto molto agitato - Molto moderato



If there is one Swedish composer in the early 20th century who in some way can compare with Sibelius and Nielsen, it is Wilhelm Stenhammar.

The seven quartets (of which one, in F minor, was withdrawn by the composer soon after its first performance) were written over the space of 22 years, and mirror Stenhammar’s development, from full-blown Romanticism to a more sparse and formally concentrated idiom.

This is the Stenhammar Quartet’s debut recording for BIS, but they present the first disc in a trilogy which will include the six quartets published during the composer’s lifetime, as well as the F minor quartet – for the first time on disc.

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