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String Quartets Nos.1, 2 : Stenhammar Quartet (Hybrid)

Stenhammar (1871-1927)

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Catalogue Number
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BISSA2019
Number of Discs
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1
Label
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Bis
Format
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SACD
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Hybrid Disc,Import

Product Description

Between 1894 and 1916 Wilhelm Stenhammar composed a total of seven string quartets, of which one (F minor, 1897) was withdrawn immediately after it's first performance. In Scandinavian music of it's time, this series of quartets is unique both in it's consistency and in it's musical aspirations. Taking it's name from the composer, the Stenhammar Quartet with this recording signs off on the first ever complete traversal of the cycle on CD. (The only other previous cycle was recorded in the 1980's by three different ensembles, and did not include the then still unpublished F minor quartet.) the present series has been greeted with great international interest and critical acclaim - both for performances described as 'exceptional' (The Guardian) and for the quality of the music itself: 'there is no doubt that Stenhammar belongs to the unknown great masters of the string quartet genre'(Klassik-Heute. De). on this final disc, the Stenhammar Quartet performs the Swedish composer's first two attempts in the genre. The C Major Quartet was composed only a few months after Stenhammar had made a sensational breakthrough with his Op. 1, the piano concerto in B flat minor which he himself had premired as soloist with the orchestra of the Royal Opera in Stockholm. But already two years earlier he had begun a close collaboration with the Aulin String Quartet, and it was for this ensemble that he composed his first quartet, as well as the following four. Like the piano concerto, the C major quartet is influenced by Brahms, whose quartets Stenhammar had been studying, and may to some extent be regarded as a highly promising apprentice work in the genre. In contrast, the String Quartet No. 2 in C minor, written just two years later, represents a more independent approach, with a highly imaginative treatment of themes and motifs.

Track List   

  • 01. Allegro
  • 02. Mesto. Sehr Einfach, Aber Mit Der Innigsten Empfindung Vorzutragen
  • 03. Molto Tranquillo E Commodo - Un Pochettino Piu Leggiero
  • 04. Allegro Energico
  • 05. Allegro Moderato
  • 06. Andante Quasi Adagio
  • 07. Scherzo. Allegro Vivace - Trio. Molto Espressivo
  • 08. Finale. Allegro Energico E Serioso

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弦楽四重奏曲に限らず、特に室内楽は短調作...

投稿日:2021/11/08 (月)

弦楽四重奏曲に限らず、特に室内楽は短調作品に名曲が多いので、ステンハンマルについては超傑作の4、6番との出会いで満足し、このアルバムは購入予定にはなかった。たまたま不要なCDを処分したタイミングで購入。するとまたまた名曲を発見! それがここに収録された2番だ。冒頭の独特な入りはプッチーニのオペラ「ボーエム」を連想される。フィナーレも素晴らしく、全体的にかなり攻めた作品である。これも弦楽四重奏曲ベスト10候補だ。ここでひとつ室内楽あるある。飽くまで私の印象ですが、この2番のように弦のピチカートを使った作品に名曲が多いように感じます。これから他の作品のレビューで実証していきます。

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