Edvard Grieg - Complete String Quartets (1993)

String Quartet no. 1 in G minor, op. 27 (1878)
1) i Un poco andante. Allegro molto ed agitato
2) ii Romanze: Andantino. Allegro agitato
3) iii Intermezzo: Allegro molto marcato. Piu vivo e scherzando
4) iv Finale: Lento. Presto al Saltarello

Fugue in F minor for String Quartet
5) Allegro con fuoco

Movement in C minor for Piano Trio (1878)
6) Andante con moto

String Quartet no. 2 in F major (completed by Julius Rontgen)
7) i Sostenuto. Allegro vivace e grazioso
8) ii Allegro scherzando. Piu vivo
9) iii Adagio
10) iv Allegro giocoso

Raphael String Quartet:
Ronald Hoogeveen, violin
Ramy Koch, violin
Zoltan Benyacz, viola
Henk Lambooij, cello

Jet Roling, piano (tr. 6)

String Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 27. Grieg was, at root, a miniaturist. He did not often work in the large scale of the sonata form; his entire completed literature in this form consists of a symphony that he suppressed, one concerto, one cello sonata, three violin sonatas, and this quartet. (Later, he wrote two movements toward another one.) It was composed in 1877-1878. It is an exceedingly attractive and untroubled work, with a melodic spirit that recalls his best songs or piano works. One song-like figure in particular is used throughout. Grieg does treat his material in sonata fashion, but not rigorously. There is a feeling of Norwegian peasant dances in the scherzo, while the finale trots merrily with a saltarello rhythm. It is, in short, a lovable work, heartwarming in the way that Grieg's music so often is. --- Joseph Stevenson, Rovi

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