Prism IV - Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bach
Danish String Quartet
Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
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Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Chamber
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.
Prism IV - Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bach
Danish String Quartet
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Awards:
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalist 2022
-
Gramophone Awards, 2023 Finalists, Finalist - Chamber
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.
About
The Danish String Quartet's Grammy-nominated Prism project, linking Bach fugues, Beethoven quartets and works by later masters, receives its fourth installment. The penultimate volume of the series combines Bach's Fugue in G minor from the Well-Tempered Clavier (in the arrangement by Viennese composer Emanuel Aloys Frster) with Beethoven's String Quartet Op. 132 and Felix Mendelssohn's String Quartet No.2 (composed in 1827). As Paul Griffiths observes in the liner notes, these pieces "sound all the more remarkable for the exquisite brilliance and precision of the Danish players".
Recorded in the historic Reitstadel Neumarkt, the album is issued as the Danish String Quartet is in the midst of an extensive tour across the United States and Europe.
Rune Tonsgaard Srensen: violin
Frederik land: violin
Asbjrn Nrgaard: viola
Fredrik Schyen Sjlin: cello.
Contents and tracklist
- Danish String Quartet (stringquartet), Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin), Frederik Øland (violin), Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola), Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin (cello)
- Recorded: 2019
- Recording Venue: Reitstadel, Neumarkt
- Danish String Quartet (stringquartet), Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin), Frederik Øland (violin), Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola), Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin (cello)
- Recorded: 2019
- Recording Venue: Reitstadel, Neumarkt
- Danish String Quartet (stringquartet), Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen (violin), Frederik Øland (violin), Asbjørn Nørgaard (viola), Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin (cello)
- Recorded: 2019
- Recording Venue: Reitstadel, Neumarkt
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recordings of the YearFinalist 2022
September 2022
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.
September 2022
the DSQ make compelling storytellers.