Stenhammar Quartet – Stenhammar: The String Quartets (2023) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Stenhammar Quartet – Stenhammar: The String Quartets (2023)
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Wilhelm Stenhammar was one of the most versatile Swedish composers of his generation. In addition to writing two operas, two symphonies and two piano concertos, he produced a large number of songs, piano music and a violin sonata. The string quartet genre is a central one in his œuvre. An important precondition for this was his long-standing collaboration with the violinist Tor Aulin and his string quartet, the Aulin Quartet, with which Stenhammar worked closely as a pianist. ‘The Aulins’ concerts in Stockholm’, Stenhammar wrote during the winter of 1896, ‘are an undertaking that is closer to my heart than any other of this kind, and it is no exaggeration if I say that I long for each new concert, and that it is a real sacrifice for me if I am forced to miss one of them. I don’t know if you understand this, but I believe that you will grasp my feelings when I say that for me that the Aulin Quartet is, and with every passing day becomes all the more, the incarnation of everything exalted that I know in the world of music – not ideal, I grant – but, perhaps even because of its imperfections, all the more cherishable. With every day, every hour that passes I feel more strongly that I would not voluntarily give this up, that it would be the last thing that I would abstain from. It has educated me, it has turned me into a musician, I need it and love it.’

Tracklist:

1-01. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 2: I. Allegro (07:35)
1-02. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 2: II. Mesto (09:23)
1-03. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 2: III. Molto tranquillo e commodo (06:23)
1-04. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 1 in C major, Op. 2: IV. Allegro energico (09:26)
1-05. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 14: I. Allegro moderato (07:06)
1-06. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 14: II. Andante quasi adagio (07:03)
1-07. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 14: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace (06:36)
1-08. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 2 in C minor, Op. 14: IV. Finale. Allegro energico e serioso (08:18)
2-01. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 4 in A minor, Op. 25: I. Allegro ma non troppo (09:20)
2-02. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 4 in A minor, Op. 25: II. Adagio (06:04)
2-03. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 4 in A minor, Op. 25: III. Scherzo. Allegro (07:01)
2-04. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 4 in A minor, Op. 25: IV. Aria variata. Andante semplice (11:04)
2-05. Stenhammar Quartet – Lodolezzi sjunger, Op. 39: I. Elegi. Lento (03:26)
2-06. Stenhammar Quartet – Lodolezzi sjunger, Op. 39: II. Intermezzo. Allegro agitato (04:12)
2-07. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 18: I. Quasi andante (08:47)
2-08. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 18: II. Presto molto agitato (05:11)
2-09. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 18: III. Lento sostenuto (07:24)
2-10. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 18: IV. Presto molto agitato (11:14)
3-01. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 5 in C Major, Op. 29 “Serenade”: I. Allegro molto con spirito (05:19)
3-02. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 5 in C Major, Op. 29 “Serenade”: II. Ballata. Allegretto scherzando (07:35)
3-03. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 5 in C Major, Op. 29 “Serenade”: III. Scherzo. Allegro vivace (02:00)
3-04. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 5 in C Major, Op. 29 “Serenade”: IV. Finale. Allegro molto (04:28)
3-05. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet in F minor: I. Allegro (06:20)
3-06. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet in F minor: II. Adagio. Con intimissimo sentimento, poco scherzando (06:33)
3-07. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet in F minor: III. Allegro giocoso (03:53)
3-08. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet in F minor: IV. Allegretto (04:19)
3-09. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 6 in D minor, Op. 35: I. Tempo moderato, sempre un poco rubato (07:17)
3-10. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 6 in D minor, Op. 35: II. Allegro vivace (02:50)
3-11. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 6 in D minor, Op. 35: III. Poco adagio (08:11)
3-12. Stenhammar Quartet – String Quartet No. 6 in D minor, Op. 35: IV. Presto (06:30)

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