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Engegard Quartet - String Quartets: Schubert, Ratkje, Britten, Haydn (2014) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/352kHz]

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Date: 30 May 2024 02:40:17

Engegard Quartet - String Quartets: Schubert, Ratkje, Britten, Haydn (2014) [Official Digital Download 24-bit/352kHz]

Engegård Quartet - String Quartets: Schubert, Ratkje, Britten, Haydn (2014)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/352,8 kHz | Time - 97:42 minutes | 4,62 GB
or FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/88,2 kHz | Time - 97:42 minutes | 1,56 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Digital booklet

Formed under the midnight sun in Lofoten in 2006, the Engegård Quartet rapidly became one of the most sought after ensembles in Norway, performing at the Bergen Festival and the Oslo Chamber Music Festival in their very first season. This extraordinary quartet, named after the first violinist Arvid Engegård, led the audience into the unique world of Norwegian classical and folk music, with intimacy and mystique playing an ever recurring role.

Perhaps the greatest single characteristic of Franz Schubert's Rosamunde Quartet (1823) is the elusive, longing and perhaps even tragically unconsummated atmosphere that pervades the entire work. Only in the Andante are we really allowed to relax in its peaceful serenity. The ambiguity in the title of Maja Ratkje's Tale of Lead and Light (2011) reflects the dread which pervaded Oslo in the summer of 2011, and the life-affirming light of Beethoven's opus 59/1 which inspired Maja's work. It is a tribute to Benjamin Britten's inherent "joie de vivre" that optimism and love triumph in his Second String Quartet (1945), composed just after the 2nd World War. The quartet reaches its emotional climax in the magnificent Chacony, a passacaglia with no less than 21 variations, inspired by Henry Purcell. Britten's 2nd string quartet received its premiere on the 21st November 1945, 250 years to the day after Henry Purcell's death.Recording Joseph Haydn's Op. 76 No. 5 on our debut CD in 2008 inspired us to include the complete opus, arguably Haydn's greatest string quartet collection, in our repertoire as soon as possible. The heart of the Emperor Quartet, Opus 76/3 is also the most well known movement, Poco adagio. Haydn composed the psalm that he subsequently used as the theme of this movement after a prolonged stay in England. Something of a celebrity, Haydn mingled with the royals, and his admiration for the British national anthem inspired him to compose a tribute to Emperor Francis II. It was later used first as the Austrian and then as the German national anthem. Haydn used a musical cryptogram of the first line of the Anthem, "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" to create the opening theme of the first movement, using the first letters of each word in the German text. g e f d k/c, are the exact musical notes of the main theme in the Allegro. The simplest ideas are often the best!

Tracklist:

01 - Schubert: String Quartet in A minor, D804, Op. 29, No. 13: I. Allegro ma non troppo
02 - Schubert: String Quartet in A minor, D804, Op. 29, No. 13: II. Andante
03 - Schubert: String Quartet in A minor, D804, Op. 29, No. 13: III. Minuetto
04 - String Quartet in A minor, D804, Op. 29, No. 13: IV. Allegro moderato
05 - Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje: String Quartet No. 1: Tale of Lead and Light
06 - Britten: String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36: I. Allegro calmo, senza rigore
07 - Britten: String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36: II. Vivace
08 - Britten: String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36: III. Chacony sostenuto
09 - Haydn: String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3: I. Allegro
10 - Haydn: String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3: II. Poco adagio, cantabile
11 - Haydn: String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3: III. Menuet - Allegro
12 - Haydn: String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3: IV. Finale - Presto

Musicians:
Arvid Engegård - violin
Alex Robson - violin
Juliet Jopling - viola
Jan Clemens Carlsen - cello

Produced in DXD (Digital eXtreme Definition 352kHz/24bit) by Lindberg Lyd.
Recorded in November 2013 and February 2014 at Jar Church, Norway.

Dynamic Range Report

Analyzed: Engegård Quartet / String Quartets, Vol. IV: Schubert, Ratkje, Britten, Haydn
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR16 -0.37 dB -21.53 dB 13:02 01-String Quartet in A minor, D804, Op. 29, No. 13: I. Allegro ma non troppo
DR15 -0.61 dB -22.76 dB 7:17 02-String Quartet in A minor, D804, Op. 29, No. 13: II. Andante
DR16 -2.53 dB -23.14 dB 7:02 03-String Quartet in A minor, D804, Op. 29, No. 13: III. Minuetto
DR16 -0.42 dB -21.53 dB 7:24 04-String Quartet in A minor, D804, Op. 29, No. 13: IV. Allegro moderato
DR14 -1.72 dB -22.72 dB 11:26 05-String Quartet No. 1: Tale of Lead and Light (2011)
DR15 -0.36 dB -21.04 dB 7:48 06-String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36: I. Allegro calmo, senza rigore
DR16 -0.44 dB -20.64 dB 3:34 07-String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36: II. Vivace
DR16 -0.41 dB -22.54 dB 16:26 08-String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36: III. Chacony sostenuto
DR16 -0.35 dB -19.68 dB 7:01 09-String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3: I. Allegro
DR14 -6.84 dB -24.97 dB 6:55 10-String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3: II. Poco adagio, cantabile
DR14 -3.47 dB -22.07 dB 4:15 11-String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3: III. Menuet - Allegro
DR17 -0.33 dB -20.65 dB 5:31 12-String Quartet in C major, Op. 76, No. 3: IV. Finale - Presto
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Number of tracks: 12
Official DR value: DR15

Samplerate: 352800 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 6600 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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