Edvard Grieg - String Quartet in g minor op. 27 - Nordic String Quartet (HD)

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Nordic String Quartet

Heiðrun Petersen (Faroe Islands) - Violin
Mads Haugsted Hansen (Denmark) - Violin
Daniel Eklund (Sweden) - Viola
Lea Emilie Brøndal (Denmark) – Cello

Video: Jakob Pagel Andersen

Recorded at Royal Danish Academy of Music

[giancitton]

I, Un poco Andante - Allegro molto e agitato 00:08
II. Romanza 12:59
III. Intermezzo 20:00
IV. Lento - Presto al Saltarello 27:15
Unico Quartetto per archi (1877), ad eccezione di un "Quaretto incompiuto" (Primo e Secondo movimento) del 1891.

[kylewise]

My bro, with glasses, enjoys every stroke of the bow... Every stroke.

[balladin]

You can visibly see how much fun the dude in glasses is having.

[ryanstriker]

OMG, that crunch at 4:06 sounds like an organ. So powerful!

[Piarou]

My favourite piece of classical music from when I was a young teen. And now, closing in on 50, I still think this is amazing. Thank you for an amazing rendition!

[artoocase]

witnessed a high school quartet play this live when i was 15, and even in that setting it brought me to tears. Grieg just does something to me. This piece rips something out of me. The part played by the man in glasses in this rendition, in particular, those harmonies! And of course, the woman in the teal dress is doing an incredible job. My favorite part of this performance is how much fun they’re obviously having, as if they all know each other well enough that even playing something like this piece can be a joyful experience.

[mcrettable]

I would have leaped up after they finished omg

[conradforeman]

Omg this performance of grieg’s quartet is so good. I was floored by just the musicality of the introduction to the first movement alone, not even considering the astounding musically displayed in every nook and cranny within the rest of the piece

[johnwiese]

My favorite recording of this quartet by far

[pascalperret]

Les Feroë, le Danemark et la Suède : voici des instrumentistes qui "chantent dans leur arbre généalogique" avec ce beau quatuor de Grieg.
Et qui y chantent bien ! Magnifiquement même, bravo !!!

[shin-i-chikozima]

Comfort and gracefulness of Greig‘s music they play with skilful are immeasurable and can't be overstated

[shaunglacken]

I can't stop listening to this, my absolute favourite piece ❤️

[briancrowle]

This is the first time I've heard this piece. For Grieg, I think Peer Gynt, Holberg, or perhaps the Piano Concerto, but this quartet, as they say, is Something Else!!! Such drama and passion, interspersed with flashes of gentleness and wry humour, so eloquently brought out by these wonderful musicians. No wonder there was such applause and cheers at the end. Bravo, and thanks so much for this excellent video.

[nsterling]

phenomenal! athe emotional valleys and peaks of Griegs music, is all here, bravo!

[BruceBoschek]

Beautiful people performing beautiful music exquisitely. Grieg would love this stunning performance. I know this is now 5 years old, but it is timeless. Thank you all. - I just listened to this again and am stunned at the beauty, the strength and musicality of this performance. I heard the Amadeus Quartet play this in Berlin in the 1970s and I never thought I would hear it played with so much grace, emotion and musical perfection again, but this performance did not disappoint. Thank you again Oh, great camera work as well!😊

[NiklasFischerComposer]

Beautiful performance.
This piece of music seems to have a bit of everything. The first movement has some of the mood of Beethoven's string quartet op. 131, especially in a passage like 5:09 which resembles the beginning of the seventh movement of the op. 131. 22:19 onward is light-hearted and sounds like folk music. Everywhere, though, one feels the touch of Grieg's original genius.
Thank you for sharing this.

[murphman]

The beginning congers up images of leaf whirlwinds in the forest

[UlrichGlaubitz]

Ein großes Lob nicht nur an die Musiker sondern auch an Jakob Pagel Andersen, der eine sehr angenehme Kameraführung unter Beweis stellte. Was mir auch sehr gut gefallen hat: Der Aufführungsort und die Bühnenbeleuchtung und das Fehlen eines pompösen Bühnenhintergrunds. Nicht zu vergessen der wunderschöne Bühnenboden mit den breiten Holzplanken. Pardon Edvard Grieg, dessen Musik natürlich im Zentrum steht, für die vielen Worte zu den Äußerlichkeiten, die man aber eben auch wahrnimmt und die leider manchmal den Musikgenuss stören, was hier gar nicht der Fall war. Bravo!

[sebastiancooke]

Currently using this recording as reference for practice. Thank you for contributing the time and effort to upload the video of this amazing work. This performance is absolutely inspiring! Simply beautiful.

[rinccfo]

I heard them on BBC Radio 3 program last night
They remember me QUATUOR YSAYE who played very cutting edge music
when European music festival was held in Japan
Welcome to La Folle Journée Tokyo Japon in some day!