Nielsen, Carl - Chamber Works for Violin and Strings - Demertzis, Georgios
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4 AV 5 MÖJLIGA I BETYG I HIFI & MUSIKThe liner notes to this release have the title 'Chamber music as a formative process', alluding to the fact that the works included were all composed before Nielsen turned 25. Indeed, some of them were even written during his time as a member of the military band in the little town of Odense, before going to the Conservatory in Copenhagen and, later, becoming the renowned composer that we know today. It is therefore not surprising if the uncertainties of a young man at times shine through in these scores, as do the various influences he was exposed to in the process of becoming a composer. Mozart is there, and Beethoven, and Mendelssohn - and the infectious joy of a budding artist putting his musical ideas onto paper!
The foremost defender of these scores is Georgios Demertzis, who plays on every track on the disc; on his own, with the support of pianist Maria Asteriadou and in his role as first violinist of the New Hellenic Quartet. On a previously released companion disc (BIS-CD-1284) Demertzis plays Nielsen's mature works for violin with and without piano. His and Asteriadou's performances received high praise from the reviewers - the critic in The Strad called the disc 'highly stimulating' with the added description: ‘Come with me, Nielsen seems to say, and Demertzis follows with a will.’
Georgios Demertzis, violin; Maria Asteriadou piano;
New Hellenic Quartet
Carl Nielsen
Sonata No.1 in G major for violin and piano
Duetto No.1 in A major for two violins
Romance in D major for violin and piano
Quartetto No.1 in D minor
Quartetto No.2 in F major
Two Quartet Movements
Romance, Op.2 for oboe and piano (arranged for violin and piano)