The Four String Quartets

Album by Carl Nielsen & Kontra Quartet

The Four String Quartets is a set of four chamber works by Danish composer Carl Nielsen, composed between 1889 and 1923. They chart Nielsen's development from late-Romantic harmonic language to a more individual and modern approach, featuring contrapuntal textures, folk-influenced melodies and adventurous tonal shifts that reflect his evolving compositional voice within early 20th-century European chamber music.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet in F minor, op. 5: I. Allegro non troppo ma energico
    13:05
  2. 2.
    String Quartet in F minor, op. 5: II. Un poco adagio
    6:36
  3. 3.
    String Quartet in F minor, op. 5: III. Allegretto scherzando
    5:39
  4. 4.
    String Quartet in F minor, op. 5: IV. Allegro appassionato
    9:53
  5. 5.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 14: I. Allegro con brio
    9:43
  6. 6.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 14: II. Andante sostenuto
    8:12
  7. 7.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 14: III. Allegretto pastorale - Presto - Allegretto pastorale
    5:29
  8. 8.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 14: IV. Allegro coraggioso
    7:53
  9. 9.
    Andante lamentoso for String Quintet "Ved en ung kunstners båre"
    5:09

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet in G minor, op. 13: I. Allegro energico
    10:24
  2. 3.
    String Quartet in G minor, op. 13: II. Andante amoroso
    5:57
  3. 4.
    String Quartet in G minor, op. 13: III. Allegro molto
    5:06
  4. 5.
    String Quartet in G minor, op. 13: IV. Allegro inquieto
    6:17
  5. 6.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 44: I. Allegro non tanto e comodo
    7:21
  6. 7.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 44: II. Adagio con sentimento religioso
    6:59
  7. 8.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 44: III. Allegretto moderato ed innocente
    3:29
  8. 9.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 44: IV. Molto adagio - Allegro non tanto, ma molto scherzoso
    6:56
  9. 10.
    String Quintet in G major: I. Allegro pastorale
    8:39
  10. 11.
    String Quintet in G major: II. Adagio
    7:49
  11. 12.
    String Quintet in G major: III. Allegretto scherzando
    4:05
  12. 13.
    String Quintet in G major: IV. Allegro molto
    5:30

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