Danish String Quartet
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Keel Road
RecommendedDanish String Quartet (stringquartet), Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin, pumporgan, fiddle, spinet, whistle), Frederik Øland (violin, whistle), Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola, whistle), Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin (cello, bass, whistle), Nikolaj Busk (piano), Ale Carr (cittern), Dreamers' Circus
The heart is perhaps Once a Shoemaker, following on from an old field recording of the song on which it's based; is it here we get the distinctive, introspective sound of the clog fiddle? The... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2025, Shortlisted - Chamber
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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... —
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2016, Chamber Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2016
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Gramophone Awards, 2017, Finalist - Chamber
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A revelatory connected soundscape in which Beethoven’s introspection feels more unsettling than usual. —
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BBC Music Magazine, November 2019, Chamber Choice
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Limelight Magazine Recordings of the Year, 2019, Nominated - Chamber
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Chamber Music
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2019
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All the pieces on this final instalment of the ‘Prism’ series stand on a threshold, and in this Op 135 Beethoven does so with the vitality and humour of the Diabelli Variations. —
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Ensemble of the Year
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Opus Klassik Awards, 2024, Nominated - Chamber Music Recording of the Year
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This is the gorgeous follow-up album to the 2014 Wood Works disc. The four Scandinavians offer their own stylish arrangements of Nordic folk music – plus a couple of their own tunes. —
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The New York Times, Recordings of the Year 2017
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There are many versions of the Beethoven to choose from, yet this performance stands tall among them, an interpretation that balances introspection and drama, wisdom and freshness. —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Chamber
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The Danish String Quartet’s Prism series is building into an exceptionally rewarding venture…The remarkable precision of the Danish is apparent throughout, moving as one organism whether in... —
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These aren’t warm interpretations; they repel as readily as they attract. But they’re thought-provoking, and often startlingly beautiful. And anyway, perhaps one shouldn’t draw too close to... —
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Grammy Awards, 61st Awards (2019), Nominee - Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
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How can one ensemble be so good at so many things?...There’s no trace of kitsch. They bring to this music the same virtues as their more canonical pursuits: unified and natural phrasing, and... —
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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…the new Quartet, all in their early twenties, bring a freshness and energy plus a level of sheer accomplishment that I don't ever remember hearing in these works. Far from defensiveness or... —
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Gramophone Magazine, July 2007, Editor's Choice
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