Scandi foursome refract a beam of musical light.
Composers: Bach, Schnittke and Beethoven
Performers: Danish String Quartet
Catalogue Number: ECM 4818564
Like many top international chamber music ensembles the Danish String Quartet started out as a student group at music school. Three of the founding members – Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen, Frederik Øland and Asbjørn Nørgaard – had met at a summer camp where they started playing together.
However there was one piece of music that outfoxed them. “This late Beethoven quartet had...
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