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Edvard Grieg: String Quartet Op. 27 / Johan Svendsen: String Octet Op. 3

by Kocian Quartet, M. Nostitz Quartet

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Grieg: String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27 I. Un poco andante - Allegro molto ed agitato 11:54
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Grieg: String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27 II. Romanza (Andantino - Allegro agitato) 06:16
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Grieg: String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27 III. Intermezzo (Allegro molto marcato - Più vivo e scherzando) 06:17
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Grieg: String Quartet No. 1 in G Minor, Op. 27 IV. Finale (Lento - Presto al saltarello) 09:33
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Svendsen: Octet for Strings in A Major, Op. 3 I. Allegro risoluto ben marcato 11:02
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Svendsen: Octet for Strings in A Major, Op. 3 II. Allegro scherzerozo 07:41
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Svendsen: Octet for Strings in A Major, Op. 3 III. Andante sostenuto 10:55
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Svendsen: Octet for Strings in A Major, Op. 3 IV. Finale (Moderato - Allegro assai con fuoco) 09:51
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An original pairing of composers who were compatriots and friends and who imposed on the international level the Romantic Norwegian school in Europe in the years 1872-1900. Grieg’s career as a pianist was more modest then Svendsen the violinist’s, and the latter also outshone him as a conductor, imposing his own compositions (symphonies, Norwegian Rhapsodies…) along with Beethoven, Mendelssohn… and Wagner in Europe.

A century later, the audience of the composer of Peer Gynt is universal, whereas Svendsen’s oeuvre remains confined to Scandinavian concert halls. This is the first modern recording of his Octet, a youthful score enlivened by its borrowings from folklore and imperious as to the application of the rules of the Leipzig school, which provided his education. A juxtaposition of names that was self-evident more than a century ago!


Awards: Gramophone, Opus d’Or, Audiophile Audition, Ensemble

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released November 1, 2010

Kocian Quartet (ensemble)
M. Nostitz Quartet (ensemble)

RECORDED IN PRAGUE, DOMOVINA STUDIO,
April 29, May 5 (Grieg), September 8-9, 2010 (Svendsen)

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