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Grieg: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

Meccore String Quartet

Grieg: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
In the first Quartet, the Meccore find precisely the right balance between faithfulness to the score and interpretative freedom…in the second, they achieve an ideal mix of precision and temperament.

Grieg: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2

Meccore String Quartet

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In the first Quartet, the Meccore find precisely the right balance between faithfulness to the score and interpretative freedom…in the second, they achieve an ideal mix of precision and temperament.

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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.

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.

Contents and tracklist

I. Un poco andante - Allegro molto ed agitato
Track length12:18
II. Romanze. Andantino - Allegro agitato
Track length6:27
III. Intermezzo. Allegro molto marcato - Più vivo e scherzando
Track length7:14
IV. Finale. Lento - Presto al saltarello
Track length9:16
I. Sostenuto - Allegro vivace e grazioso
Track length11:46
II. Allegro scherzando
Track length6:47

Awards and reviews

FonoForum July 2017

In the first Quartet, the Meccore find precisely the right balance between faithfulness to the score and interpretative freedom…in the second, they achieve an ideal mix of precision and temperament.
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