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Compact Disc CDH55299

£6.99

Recorded at St George’s, Brandon Hill, Bristol, on 8–10 December 1998
Recording Engineer
ARNE AKSELBERG
Recording Producer
ANDREW KEENER
Executive Producer
ERLING DAHL JR
© Hyperion Records Ltd, London, 2007
Originally issued on Hyperion CDA67117

Duration: 64'25
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Front illustration: Summer Night (1886) by Eilif Peterssen (1852–1928)

EDVARD GRIEG (1843-1907)

String Quartets 1 & 2

CHILINGIRIAN QUARTET
LEVON CHILINGIRIAN violin
CHARLES SEWART violin
ASDIS VALDIMARSDOTTIR viola
PHILIP DE GROOTE cello

Contents:

    String Quartet No 1 in G minor Op 27   [34'30]
  1. Un poco andante — Allegro molto ed agitato   [12'00]
  2. Romanze: Andantino — Allegro agitato   [6'08]
  3. Intermezzo: Allegro molto marcato — Più vivo e scherzando   [6'49]
  4. Finale: Lento — Presto al Saltarello   [9'33]

    String Quartet No 2 in F major 1891   [29'46]

  5. Sostenuto — Allegro vivace e grazioso   [12'22]
  6. Allegro scherzando — Più vivo — Minore da capo sin’ al Fine   [7'51]
  7. Adagio   completed from Grieg’s sketches by Levon Chilingirian [6'09]
  8. Allegro giocoso   completed from Grieg’s sketches by Levon Chilingirian [3'24]
Sleeve Notes

'The first quartet is dense, intense, and given its full due in this grand reading' (BBC Music Magazine)

'In the hands of the Chilingirian these works receive their best possible advocacy. Superbly played' (Classic CD)

'High-class playing and recording' (Gramophone)

'In every way a thoroughly worthwhile issue' (Classic FM Magazine)

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