Beethoven / Mendelssohn / Bach

The Danish String Quartets Grammy-nominatedPrismproject, linking Bach fugues, Beethoven quartets and works by later masters, receives its fourth installment. The penultimate volume of the series combines Bachs Fugue in G minor from theWell-Tempered Clavier(in the arrangement by Viennese composer Emanuel Aloys Frster) with Beethovens String Quartet Op. 132 and Felix Mendelssohns String Quartet No.2 (composed in 1827). As Paul Griffiths observes in the liner notes, these pieces sound all the more remarkable for the exquisite brilliance and precision of the Danish players. Recorded in the historic Reitstadel Neumarkt, the album is issued as the Danish String Quartet is in the midst of an extensive tour across the United States and Europe.

• Frederik landViolin
• Rune Tonsgaard SrensenViolin
• Asbjrn NrgaardViola
• Fredrik Schyen SjlinVioloncello

ECM4857305 Released 2022