Grieg - String Quartets 1 & 2 | Alto ALC1712

Grieg - String Quartets 1 & 2

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Label: Alto

Cat No: ALC1712

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 3rd October 2025

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Alto returns to international availability, the Raphael Quartet’s acclaimed 1993 recordings of Edvard Grieg’s String Quartets 1 & 2, the Allegro con fuoco from the Fugue in F minor for string quartet, and the Andante con moto in C minor for piano trio with pianist Jet Röling.

The Raphael String Quartet was known far beyond their native Holland. Founded in the early 1980s, they came to prominence winning four distinctions at the European Broadcasting Union String Quartet Festival in 1983. The recipients of a number of important commissions, they have recorded extensively including works by Haydn, Beethoven, Schubert, Bruckner, Grieg, Janáček and Shostakovich.

These sumptuous chamber music recordings have been newly remastered and restored by engineer Paul Arden-Taylor.

“The Raphael Quartet give us Röntgen's conjectural realisation of the sketches to the remaining two movements Grieg had planned for the F major (No.2) quartet.... The performances... have plenty of spirit, and the recorded sound is excellent.” - Penguin Guide (3 stars)

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