Langgaard: Works for String Quartet Nightingale String Quartet

• Rued Langgaard (1893 - 1952): String Quartet No. 2, BVN 145:
• 1 String Quartet No. 2, BVN 145: I. Bortdragende stormskyer 08:36
• 2 String Quartet No. 2, BVN 145: II. Bortkørende tog 02:18
• 3 String Quartet No. 2, BVN 145: III. Skumrende landskab 06:19
• 4 String Quartet No. 2, BVN 145: IV. Vandring 07:57
• String Quartet No. 3, BVN 183:
• 5 String Quartet No. 3, BVN 183: I. Poco allegro rapinoso 07:30
• 6 String Quartet No. 3, BVN 183: II. Presto scherzoso artifizioso 01:41
• 7 String Quartet No. 3, BVN 183: III. Tranquillo 05:36
• String Quartet No. 6, BVN 160:
• 8 String Quartet No. 6, BVN 160 15:06
• Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu længes", BVN 71:
• 9 Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu længes", BVN 71: Introduction 01:26
• 10 Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu længes", BVN 71: Var. 1, Andante sostenuto 01:21
• 11 Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu længes", BVN 71: Var. 2, Poco lento sempre tranquillo 01:37
• 12 Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu længes", BVN 71: Var. 3, Lento 01:30
• 13 Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu længes", BVN 71: Var. 4, Andante sostenuto 02:23
• 14 Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu længes", BVN 71: Var. 5, Poco allegro tranquillo 02:07
• 15 Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu længes", BVN 71: Var. 6, Tranquillo sospirando 02:38
• 16 Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu længes", BVN 71: Var. 7, Poco allegro maestoso 02:21
• Rosengaardsspil, BVN 153:
• 17 Rosengaardsspil, BVN 153: I. Interior. Poco andantino semplice 07:48
• 18 Rosengaardsspil, BVN 153: II. Mozart. Molto vivace e scherzoso 04:34
• 19 Rosengaardsspil, BVN 153: III. Draabefald. Tranquillo dolente e misterioso 06:59
• 20 Rosengaardsspil, BVN 153: IV. Rococo. Poco con moto 05:56
• String Quartet in A-Flat Major, BVN 155:
• 21 String Quartet in A-Flat Major, BVN 155: I. Allegro con brio 06:30
• 22 String Quartet in A-Flat Major, BVN 155: II. Molto allegro scherzando 03:05
• 23 String Quartet in A-Flat Major, BVN 155: III. Lento dolente 05:47
• 24 String Quartet in A-Flat Major, BVN 155: IV. Allegro agitato 07:14
• String Quartet No. 4, BVN 215 "Sommerdage":
• 25 String Quartet No. 4, BVN 215 "Sommerdage": I. Andantino scherzoso 07:23
• 26 String Quartet No. 4, BVN 215 "Sommerdage": II. Scherzoso 03:36
• 27 String Quartet No. 4, BVN 215 "Sommerdage": III. Sostenuto 09:37
• String Quartet No. 1, BVN 68:
• 28 String Quartet No. 1, BVN 68: I. Andante ma non troppo 08:49
• 29 String Quartet No. 1, BVN 68: II. Allegretto scherzando 07:00
• 30 String Quartet No. 1, BVN 68: III. Grave 11:56
• 31 String Quartet No. 1, BVN 68: IV. Sostenuto 09:49
• String Quartet No. 5, BVN 189:
• 32 String Quartet No. 5, BVN 189: I. Andante quasi andantino misterioso 12:54
• 33 String Quartet No. 5, BVN 189: II. Scherzo grazioso 03:48
• 34 String Quartet No. 5, BVN 189: III. Lento misterioso 05:44
• 35 String Quartet No. 5, BVN 189: IV. Lento 07:27
• String Quartet Movement, BVN 408 "Italian Scherzo":
• 36 String Quartet Movement, BVN 408 "Italian Scherzo" 01:58
• Total Runtime 03:28:20

Info for Langgaard: Works for String Quartet

The Nightingale String Quartets survey of the complete quartet works of Rued Langgaard (1893-1952) heralded the arrival of a major new ensemble and won the maverick Danish composer thousands of new fans. Poised and restrained one minute, wild and emotional the next, Langgaards string quartets reveal the composers breathtaking originality and individuality, oscillating between luscious Romanticism and outlandish experimentation. They are played with love and understanding on these multiple prize-winning recordings, here gathered together in a single release for the first time.

Nightingale String Quartet

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The Nightingale String Quartet was founded in 2007 by violinists Gunvor Sihm and Josefine Dalsgaard, violist Marie Louise Broholt Jensen, and cellist Louisa Schwab. All four are currently studying for their masters’ degrees at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen with Professor Tim Frederiksen as their chamber music mentor and coach. The Nightingale String Quartet was awarded the Danish Radio P2 talent prize 2010 “for – with burning passion, irresistible zest, and infectious mutual responsiveness – making the classical string quartet brim over with life, so that the music speaks directly and strongly to the newcomer as well as the experienced listener”. The Nightingale String Quartet has won prizes at several national as well as international chamber music competitions.

In June 2008 the Quartet won 1st prize at the Royal Danish Academy of Music scholarship chamber music competition. After playing together for only a year and a half, the Quartet won 2nd prize at the Danish Radio chamber music competition in February 2009. This was to be the beginning of a long succession of concerts in chamber music societies all over Denmark. In April 2010 the Nightingale String Quartet was awarded 2nd prize at the international chamber music competition “Charles Hennen Concours” in Holland. As a result of this prize, the Nightingale String Quartet was invited to take part in the summer course “Orlando Festival” in Holland along with only 3 other prizewinning quartets. At the festival they received dayly coachings from legendary violinist Shmuel Ashkenasi and played several concerts in the area. In 2011 the Quartet was awarded the Jacob Gade Major Scholarship and in 2011 the Léonie Sonning Music Foundation’s Minor Music Prize.

The Nightingale String Quartet’s name is inspired by Danish ‘national author’ Hans Christian Andersen’s story about the nightingale.

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