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Prism IV - Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bach

Danish String Quartet

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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.

Prism IV - Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bach

Danish String Quartet

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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.

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

Fugue in G Minor, BWV 861 (Arr. Förster for Strings)
Track length1:41
I. Assai sostenuto - Allegro
Track length9:46
II. Allegro ma non tanto
Track length9:10
III. Molto adagio - Andante
Track length18:15
IV. Alla marcia, assai vivace - Più allegro
Track length2:08
V. Allegro appassionato - Presto
Track length6:53
I. Adagio - Allegro vivace
Track length7:50
II. Adagio non lento
Track length8:46
III. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto - Allegro di molto
Track length5:16
IV. Presto - Adagio non lento
Track length9:51

Awards and reviews

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.
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