Opus13 - Mendelssohn & Grieg: String Quartets (2026) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

The Opus13 Quartet was formed in 2014 and takes its name from the String Quartet in A minor, Op. 13, by Felix Mendelssohn, a passionate early work and the first piece they ever played together. Comprising two Norwegians (violinists Sonoko Miriam Welde and Edvard Erdal) and two Swedes (Albin Uusijärvi on viola and Daniel Thorell on cello), Opus13 were keen to record Grieg’s sublime Quartet No. 1 alongside Mendelssohn for their very first album. For them, it was important to connect with the raw power of this music and the Norwegian identity embodied in Grieg’s music. First Prize winners at the Bordeaux International and Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competitions in 2025, Opus13 received the Borletti-Buitoni Prize in 2026 and were selected as BBC New Generation Artists. Marked by pure and fragile emotions, this programme concludes with a transcription of the famous Solveig’s Song, taken from the play Peer Gynt, written in 1867 by Henrik Ibsen and set to music by Edvard Grieg.

TRACKLIST

[7:44] 1. Opus13 - Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13, MWV R 22: I. Adagio - Allegro vivace
[7:26] 2. Opus13 - Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13, MWV R 22: II. Adagio non lento
[4:45] 3. Opus13 - Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13, MWV R 22: III. Intermezzo. Allegretto con moto - Allegro di molto
[8:57] 4. Opus13 - Mendelssohn: String Quartet No. 2, Op. 13, MWV R 22: IV. Presto
[12:05] 5. Opus13 - Grieg: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 27: I. Un poco Andante - Allegro molto ed agitato - Allegro agitato - Più mosso - Presto - Prestissimo
[6:28] 6. Opus13 - Grieg: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 27: II. Romanze. Andantino - Allegro agitato - Tempo I - Allegro agitato - Tempo I
[6:37] 7. Opus13 - Grieg: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 27: III. Intermezzo. Allegro molto marcato - Più vivo e scherzando - Coda - Vivo
[9:02] 8. Opus13 - Grieg: String Quartet No. 1, Op. 27: IV. Finale. Lento - Presto al Saltarello - Presto - Un poco Andante - Presto
[4:25] 9. Opus13 - Grieg: Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act IV: Solveig’s Song (Transcr. for String Quartet by Opus13)



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