Gudmundsen-Holmgreen / Athelas - Gudmundsen-Holmgreen: Repriser - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Scored for as few as three marimbas or as many as a hundred percussion instruments plus celesta, harp and piano, these five striking works by contemporary American composers abound in fascinating rhythms, ingenious combinations and juxtapositions. Album Tracks 1. Dna 2. Pulling Radishes 3. Splendid Wood 4. El Dia de los Muertos 5. I. Slow Accelerating to Fast 6. II. Slow 7. III. Fast, a Scherzo 8. IV. Introduction (Cadenza-Like) - Allegro (Perpetuum Mobile)

Album Tracks 1. I 2. II 3. III 4. IV 5. V 6. VI 7. Symphony 8. I 9. II 10. III 11. IV 12. V 13. VI 14. Incontri

Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen (1932-2016) wrote string quartets all his life. Fourteen in all; the first three dating from 1959, the last ones from 2013. Launching it's complete cycle of Gudmundsen-Holmgreen's string quartets, the Nordic String Quartet here presents the first six quartets Honesty meets schoolboy pranks, obstinacy meets doubt, yes meets no - Gudmundsen-Holmgreen's string quartets are full of such clashes. We start at one point and end at a totally different one. Never fusty, often entertaining, always adamant. The Nordic String Quartet is a young, highly skilled quartet, formed by professor Tim Frederiksen, and thus following the successes of the Danish String Quartet and Nightingale String Quartet. Album Tracks 1. String Quartet No. 5, InchStep By StepInch 2. String Quartet No. 1 3. String Quartet No. 6, InchPartingInch 4. String Quartet No. 3, InchFive Small StudiesInch 5. String Quartet No. 4 6. String Quartet No. 2, InchQuartetto FacileInch