PRISM I (Danish String Quartet) (CD)

For its third ECM release, the prize-winning Danish String Quartet inaugurates a series of five albums with the overarching title of Prism, in which the group will present one of Beethoven’s late string quartets in the context of a related fugue by J.S. Bach as well as a linked masterwork from the quartet literature. With Prism 1, it’s the first of Beethoven’s late quartets, op. 127 in E-flat Major, alongside Bach’s fugue in the same key (arranged by Mozart) and Dmitri Shostakovich’s final string quartet, the No. 15 in E-flat minor.

Danish String Quartet
Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen Violin
Frederik Øland Violin
Asbjørn Nørgaard Viola
Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin Violoncello


TRACKLIST:
Johann Sebastian Bach - The Well-Tempered Piano
1 Fugue in E-flat major, BWV 876 (arr. Mozart) 02:02

Dmitri Shostakovich - Quartet No. 15 in E-flat minor, op. 144
2 Elegy. Adagio 13:27
3 Serenade. Adagio 06:11
4 Intermezzo. Adagio 01:36
5 Nocturne. Adagio 04:23
6 Funeral March. Adagio molto 05:03
7 Epilogue. Adagio 06:49

Ludwig van Beethoven - Quartet No.12 in E-flat major, op. 127
8 Maestoso – Allegro 06:45
9 Adagio, ma non troppo e molto cantabile 16:23
10 Scherzo. Vivace 08:24
11 Finale. Allegro 07:06