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Originally recorded in 2021
Classical
Chamber
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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. Nightingale String Quartet is based in Copenhagen and is made up of Gunvor Sihm and Josefine Dalsgaard, violins, Marie Louise Broholt Jensen, viola, and Louisa Schwab, cello. All the members of Nightingale String Quartet studied at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen, where Professor Tim Frederiksen has been their faithful mentor ever since the Quartet was founded in 2007.
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Reviews
“… To talk about Holmboe’s music in broader terms, his first nine symphonies and his first twelve quartets can tend towards the aggressive and sometimes combative. His later works, however, bring a serenity and stillness quite unlike any other. Such differences can be heard in these three works…”
“… The Nightingale are expert foragers and guides throughout, their warm and expansive tone honouring the work of a man who paid off early debts to Bartok and Shostakovich to arrive at his own singular space.” ****
Editor’s Choice - Chamber Section
“… These then, are new, original interpretations of one of Denmark’s hidden gems, on which they are casting much-deserved light.”
“… The exceptionally high standard of the initial volume is continued here …”
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