Nightingale String Quartet - Holmboe: String Quartets, Vol. 2 (2022) [Official Digital Download 24/176]

A most promising start to an essential, richly recorded survey', observed Gramophone about the first volume of Vagn Holmboe's complete string quartets by the Nightingale String Quartet. In this, the second instalment, the Nightingale's continues convincingly with energetic, precise, yet lively and poetic interpretations of the Holmboe quartets, which stand amongst the most significant contributions to the genre in the 20th century.

"This second instalment of Holmboe (1909-96) quartets by fellow Danes the Nightingale Quartet is a joy – lush, romantic playing, but equally clean and spacious. The works themselves owe a debt to both Bartók and Shostakovich, and to the folksongs of Holmboe’s homeland, which are woven throughout."

Tracklist:
01. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 47, M. 161: I. Allegro fluente
02. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 47, M. 161: II. Andante con moto e affettuoso
03. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 47, M. 161: III. Presto
04. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 47, M. 161: IV. Adagio un poco
05. String Quartet No. 2, Op. 47, M. 161: V. Allegro molto e leggiero
06. String Quartet No. 14, Op. 125, M. 278: I. Andante trasognamente
07. String Quartet No. 14, Op. 125, M. 278: II. Presto leggiero
08. String Quartet No. 14, Op. 125, M. 278: III. Allegro agitato
09. String Quartet No. 14, Op. 125, M. 278: IV. Adagio
10. String Quartet No. 14, Op. 125, M. 278: V. Allegro
11. String Quartet No. 14, Op. 125, M. 278: VI. Allegro vivace
12. String Quartet No. 21, Op. Posth. 197 "Sereno" (Completed by P. Nørgård): I. Adagio
13. String Quartet No. 21, Op. Posth. 197 "Sereno" (Completed by P. Nørgård): II. Allegro


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