This album was recorded at the Concert Hall of the Royal Danish Academy of Music in Copenhagen across several sessions between September 2017 and March 2018.
Compositional Technique
Since the early 1970s, Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen often used a unique tonal grid in his compositions, which limits the 12-note system to 10 notes by excluding F and B.
Composer Biography
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (1932-2016) is considered one of the leading Scandinavian composers of the past half-century.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen's music is characterized by clashes of childlike wonder, cynical comment, cliché, originality, and a black-humoured pessimism influenced by Irish writer Samuel Beckett.
Performer Biography
The Nordic String Quartet, formed in 2013, consists of musicians from the Faroe Islands, Denmark, and Sweden, and has a particular focus on Nordic composers.
Album & Artwork
This album is the first volume of Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen's complete string quartets, featuring world premiere recordings.
Performer Biography
The Nordic String Quartet has received several awards, including the Odd Fellow Logernes Musikpris 2014, Léonie Sonnings Talentpris 2017, and Carl Nielsen og Anne Marie Carl-Nielsens Legats Talentpris 2018.
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