Apex Series - Inner Voices

New Helsinki Quartet (Artist) Format: Audio CD

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
Product Dimensions : 14.02 x 0.97 x 12.7 cm; 92.13 Grams
Manufacturer : CLASSICAL
Manufacturer reference : 0927 40601 2
Original Release Date : 2001
Run time : 1 hour and 11 minutes
SPARS Code : DDD
Label : CLASSICAL
ASIN : B00005QHU5
Number of discs : 1

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good-bear

グリーグの澄み切った音色と極めて完成度の高い演奏。心が洗われるようだ。

Reviewed in Japan on 29 January 2017

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グリーグの弦楽四重奏曲で、純粋な意味での完成版は「ト短調」Op.27 しかありませんが、音楽的魅力に満ち溢れた名曲です。
1982年、フィンランドで結成された New Helsinki Quartet が Grieg : String Quartet in G minor, Op.27 と Sibelius : String Quartet Op.56 "Inner voices" の2曲を収録した1枚ものCDです(1997年録音) 。
このCDに関しては「幸松肇」さんがべた褒めしていた記憶がありますが、ホールトーンを自然に取り込みながら澄み切った空気感を感じさせる音造りに好感が持てます。

グリーグの弦楽四重奏曲のCDに関して、「ト短調」と、未完の「ヘ長調」(2楽章まで) にこだわりを見せているのは、Kontra Quartet 、Oslo String Quartet 。逆に「ト短調」と「ヘ長調」(4楽章補筆完成版) で勝負の Chilingirian Quartet 、と興味深い演奏があります。本CDは、グリーグへの過度のこだわりが薄い分、シベリウスとのカップリングという選択が生まれたということでしょうか。

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mari

super aufnahme

Reviewed in Germany on 28 June 2013

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tolle musik, richtig gute aufnahme. hat allen nicht-fachkundigen und allen fachkundigen, denen ich es zu hören gegeben habe sehr gefallen. lohnt sich!

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jsa

appealing program of Sibelius and Grieg

Reviewed in the United States on 10 March 2011

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There are other couplings of the Grieg and Sibelius quartets, most notably from the Emerson and Guarneri quartets, so this 1997 recording from the New Helsinki Quartet faces some competition. I haven't heard the other recordings, so I don't know how the New Helsinki compares. I do have a recording of the Grieg quartet perfomed by a group anchored by Truls Mork ( Grieg: Cello Sonata, String Quartet ), and it's a very passionate reading. I actually prefer the New Helsinki's approach a little bit more; it's very intense, very committed, but not quite as overtly emotional. The music lends itself to pushing the envelope, so to speak: it contains Norwegian folk material and is recognizably Grieg, but in no way does it contain "too much folksiness," a concern the composer expressed prior to embarking on the quartet. On the other hand, Grieg wrote music that people could identify with and would listen to, therefore the distinctive national flavor is very much embedded in the score. Anyway, it's wonderful music, one of my favorite things from Grieg.

The Sibelius quartet (1909), subtitled "Voces intimae" (Inner Voices), is the only chamber music from the composer's mature period. It was written between the third and fourth symphonies and has the distinctive sound of Sibelius's orchestral works. It's not as immediately accessible as the Grieg quartet, which was completed thirty-one years before, but it's a fascinating work, filled with imagery that's almost visual as opposed to the adapted folk material of the Grieg. It's a perfect companion to the Grieg and the producers were wise to have this quartet, which is a much "cooler" temperature, open the program.

The New Helsinki Quartet was formed in 1982 and is made up of mambers of the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra. Their affinity for this music is self evident and the recording quality is A+. Discs are offered at under five bucks from amazon resellers - a great deal. Five stars.

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