Nielsen - Chamber Works for Violin and Strings | BIS BISCD1444

Nielsen - Chamber Works for Violin and Strings

Label: BIS

Cat No: BISCD1444

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 2nd January 2007

Contents

Artists

Georgios Demertzis (violin)
Maria Asteriadou (piano)
New Hellenic Quartet

Works

Nielsen, Carl

Duet in A major, FS3e
Fantasy Pieces (2), op.2
» no.1 Romance for violin and piano
String Quartet in D minor, FS3d
String Quartet in F major, FS3k
Various Movements, FS3c
Violin Sonata in G major, FS3b

Artists

Georgios Demertzis (violin)
Maria Asteriadou (piano)
New Hellenic Quartet

About

All the works included on this disc were composed before Carl Nielsen turned twenty-five.  In fact, some of them were even written during his time as a member of a military band, before he went to the conservatory in Copenhagen and became the renowned composer that we know today.
 
It is therefore interesting to note the different influences on Nielsen at this formative stage of his development.  There are clear hints of Beethoven, Mozart and Mendelssohn, and these influences combined with the shimmering sound-world of the young Nielsen produces a musical landscape of undeniable attraction.
 
The previously released companion disc of Nielsen’s mature works for violin with and without piano (BISCD1284) featuring Georgios Demertzis and Maria Asteriadou was much lauded in The Strad: “Come with me, Nielsen seems to say, and Demertzis follows with a will…. Highly stimulating.

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