Danish composer Vagn Holmboe completed 20 string quartets, each a deeply personal statement. I applaud the Nightingale String Quartet for undertaking a traversal of these works. Holmboe was a 20th Century composer, but he didn’t necessarily follow its trends. Holmboe wrote in a mostly neo-classical style. In his mature period (which he began writing quartets), […]
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Rued Langgard string quartets – wonderfully strange
Danish composer Rued Langgard was not well- regarded during his lifetime. And even after his death, recognition has been a long time coming. The Nightingale String Quartet continue to do their part to rectify that by performing and recording Langgard’s string quartets. Volume three features Langgard’s first numbers quartet, his last multi-movement quartet (No. 6 […]