String Quartets (Da Capo Audio CD)
String Quartets (Da Capo Audio CD)
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RUED LANGGAARD
String Quartets
Peter Fabricius, viola
Anton Kontra, violin
Boris Samsing, violin
Morten Zeuthen, cello
Rued Langgaard, composer
Kontra Quartet
About
Langgaard composed a total of eight string quartets during the period 1914-25, four of these in 1918-19. With the exception of two fairly short single movements for string quartet from app. 1950 he never since returned to this genre. This recording encompasses all the Langgaard quartets in their final versions with two exceptions: No. 1, which in various ways is reused in No. 4 and 5, and a quartet in A-flat major never previously performed (1918).
Reviews
"Recommended" (American Record Guide)
Credits
Recorded in Copenhagen 1984.
Producer and engineer: Peter Willemoës
Executive producer: Ole Jochimsen
Recorded with the support of the Rued Langgaard Foundation
Cover picture: Jens Søndergaard
