Grieg: Cello Sonata, String Quartet

Grieg: Cello Sonata, String Quartet
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If you're familiar with Grieg's piano concerto, you'll hear its melodic fingerprints (influenced by Norwegian folk dance tunes) throughout the present chamber works, notably in the Cello Sonata's first movement and the G Minor String Quartet's Intermezzo. The Sonata stands out for Truls Mørk's seamless bow arm, cutting edge fortes that never take a vulgar leap, and soft playing that whispers with fullness of body. His pianist, Håvard Gimse, proves an incisive equal partner, rather than deferential accompanist. For all its fullness of texture and quasi-orchestral scope, the quartet's abundant lyrical ideas linger longest in your inner ear. Mørk and colleagues offer a hard-nosed, terse performance characterized by gaunt, slashing double-stops and a less genial mindset than the Auryn Quartet's wistful slides and looser-limbed phrasing (on the CPO label). The quartet is well engineered in a resonant space, but the Sonata's drier sonics, by contrast, sound comparatively constricted. --Jed Distler
Country USA
Brand VIRGIN CLASSICS, WARNER CLASSICS,
Manufacturer Erato Disques
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 7.24E+11
Model 7.24E+11
ReleaseDate 2002-04-15
UnitCount 1
Format Import
UPCs 072435455052
EANs 0072435455052

Country	USA
Brand	VIRGIN CLASSICS, WARNER CLASSICS,
Manufacturer	Erato Disques
Binding	Audio CD
ItemPartNumber	7.24E+11
Model	7.24E+11
ReleaseDate	2002-04-15
UnitCount	1
Format	Import
UPCs	072435455052
EANs	0072435455052

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