Langgaard: Works for String Quartet Nightingale String Quartet

• Rued Langgaard (1893 - 1952): String Quartet No. 2, BVN 145:
• 1String Quartet No. 2, BVN 145: I. Bortdragende stormskyer08:36
• 2String Quartet No. 2, BVN 145: II. Bortkørende tog02:18
• 3String Quartet No. 2, BVN 145: III. Skumrende landskab06:19
• 4String Quartet No. 2, BVN 145: IV. Vandring07:57
• String Quartet No. 3, BVN 183:
• 5String Quartet No. 3, BVN 183: I. Poco allegro rapinoso07:30
• 6String Quartet No. 3, BVN 183: II. Presto scherzoso artifizioso01:41
• 7String Quartet No. 3, BVN 183: III. Tranquillo05:36
• String Quartet No. 6, BVN 160:
• 8String Quartet No. 6, BVN 16015:06
• Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu længes", BVN 71:
• 9Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu længes", BVN 71: Introduction01:26
• 10Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu længes", BVN 71: Var. 1, Andante sostenuto01:21
• 11Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu længes", BVN 71: Var. 2, Poco lento sempre tranquillo01:37
• 12Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu længes", BVN 71: Var. 3, Lento01:30
• 13Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu længes", BVN 71: Var. 4, Andante sostenuto02:23
• 14Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu længes", BVN 71: Var. 5, Poco allegro tranquillo02:07
• 15Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu længes", BVN 71: Var. 6, Tranquillo sospirando02:38
• 16Variations on "Mig hjertelig nu længes", BVN 71: Var. 7, Poco allegro maestoso02:21
• Rosengaardsspil, BVN 153:
• 17Rosengaardsspil, BVN 153: I. Interior. Poco andantino semplice07:48
• 18Rosengaardsspil, BVN 153: II. Mozart. Molto vivace e scherzoso04:34
• 19Rosengaardsspil, BVN 153: III. Draabefald. Tranquillo dolente e misterioso06:59
• 20Rosengaardsspil, BVN 153: IV. Rococo. Poco con moto05:56
• String Quartet in A-Flat Major, BVN 155:
• 21String Quartet in A-Flat Major, BVN 155: I. Allegro con brio06:30
• 22String Quartet in A-Flat Major, BVN 155: II. Molto allegro scherzando03:05
• 23String Quartet in A-Flat Major, BVN 155: III. Lento dolente05:47
• 24String Quartet in A-Flat Major, BVN 155: IV. Allegro agitato07:14
• String Quartet No. 4, BVN 215 "Sommerdage":
• 25String Quartet No. 4, BVN 215 "Sommerdage": I. Andantino scherzoso07:23
• 26String Quartet No. 4, BVN 215 "Sommerdage": II. Scherzoso03:36
• 27String Quartet No. 4, BVN 215 "Sommerdage": III. Sostenuto09:37
• String Quartet No. 1, BVN 68:
• 28String Quartet No. 1, BVN 68: I. Andante ma non troppo08:49
• 29String Quartet No. 1, BVN 68: II. Allegretto scherzando07:00
• 30String Quartet No. 1, BVN 68: III. Grave11:56
• 31String Quartet No. 1, BVN 68: IV. Sostenuto09:49
• String Quartet No. 5, BVN 189:
• 32String Quartet No. 5, BVN 189: I. Andante quasi andantino misterioso12:54
• 33String Quartet No. 5, BVN 189: II. Scherzo grazioso03:48
• 34String Quartet No. 5, BVN 189: III. Lento misterioso05:44
• 35String Quartet No. 5, BVN 189: IV. Lento07:27
• String Quartet Movement, BVN 408 "Italian Scherzo":
• 36String Quartet Movement, BVN 408 "Italian Scherzo"01:58
• Total Runtime03:28:20

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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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