Artist: Arditti String Quartet
Album: Abrahamsen – String Quartets 1 – 4
Genre: Classical
Release Date: 2017
Audio Format:: FLAC (tracks) 24bit, 48 kHz
Duration: 01:08:27
Total Tracks: 22
Total Size: 677 MB

Tracklist:

01. Arditti String Quartet – String Quartet No. 4 : I Light and Airy (High in the Sky Singing) (06:23)
02. Arditti String Quartet – String Quartet No. 4 : II with Motion (Dance of Light) (03:48)
03. Arditti String Quartet – String Quartet No. 4 : III Dark, Heavy and Earthy (With a Heavy Groove) (06:18)
04. Arditti String Quartet – String Quartet No. 4 : IV Gently “Rocking” (With Utmost Sensitivity, Babbling) (03:58)
05. Arditti String Quartet – String Quartet No. 3 : I Calmo, con tenerezza e simplicita (00:59)
06. Arditti String Quartet – String Quartet No. 3 : II (05:14)
07. Arditti String Quartet – String Quartet No. 3 : III (00:51)
08. Arditti String Quartet – String Quartet No. 3 : IV Molto tranquillo et lontano legato (04:20)
09. Arditti String Quartet – String Quartet No. 2 : I Andante espressivo (03:44)
10. Arditti String Quartet – String Quartet No. 2 : II Vivo, ben ritmico (02:23)
11. Arditti String Quartet – String Quartet No. 2 : III Tranquillo con delicatezza (04:32)
12. Arditti String Quartet – String Quartet No. 2 : IV Presto energico (05:12)
13. Arditti String Quartet – 10 Preludes (String Quartet No. 1) : 1 (02:30)
14. Arditti String Quartet – 10 Preludes (String Quartet No. 1) : 2 (01:14)
15. Arditti String Quartet – 10 Preludes (String Quartet No. 1) : 3 (02:21)
16. Arditti String Quartet – 10 Preludes (String Quartet No. 1) : 4 (01:27)
17. Arditti String Quartet – 10 Preludes (String Quartet No. 1) : 5 (03:21)
18. Arditti String Quartet – 10 Preludes (String Quartet No. 1) : 6 (02:12)
19. Arditti String Quartet – 10 Preludes (String Quartet No. 1) : 7 (01:28)
20. Arditti String Quartet – 10 Preludes (String Quartet No. 1) : 8 (02:51)
21. Arditti String Quartet – 10 Preludes (String Quartet No. 1) : 9 (01:56)
22. Arditti String Quartet – 10 Preludes (String Quartet No. 1) : 10 (01:17)

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Danish composer Hans Abrahamsen’s four quartets are presented here by the famous Arditti String Quartet, in reverse order of composition: the Fourth (2012), the Third, (2008), the Second (1981) – you may have noticed the huge gap, which will make more sense once you know that between 1990 and 2000 he put down his pen and stopped composing altogether – and then the First (1973), which was written as “Ten Preludes”. From his earliest days as a composer, Abrahamsen has shunned the avant-garde doctrines of the “Darmstadt School”, preferring to learn from his teacher Ligeti, in a language he took to calling the “New Simplicity”. When listening to these four works, one is indeed struck by Abrahamsen’s ability to create recognisable lines, at once modern and very old, sometimes bearing the traces (real or imagined) of folk airs, with a clear love for the most keening moments; and putting harmonics to mind-blowing use. The listener will realised that they are in the presence of a highly original piece of music, modern for sure: but it doesn’t require a forced intellectual effort – rather, it demands that the listener abandon themselves to the rich and captivating discourse of the four musicians of the Arditti Quartet.