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Grieg meets Debussy<\/p>\n
The renowned and recognized Vertavo String Quartet performs the string quartets of Edvard Grieg and Claude Debussy, two compositions \u2013 despite the differences in musical language and style \u2013 that indeed have much in common. In many ways the two composers draw closest to each other \u2013 while their individual personalities are very clearly defined \u2013 in their string quartets. They are both unusually ambitious designs, in full-scale four movement form, by composers more celebrated for shorter pieces, and both works represent the fully developed, central European, classic-Romantic style of sonata-form composition. However, each composer combines this basic language with more exotic elements: Grieg from Norwegian and Italian folk music and Debussy from Javanese Gamelan, and both composers show the influence of the Russian Nationalist school of composers. There is, in fact, good reason to suspect that Debussy had Grieg\u00b4s quartet in mind as a partial model for his own. <\/p>\n
The Vertavo String Quartet, founded in 1984, has earned a reputation of being one of Europe\u00b4s most outstanding string quartets. Hearing their performances on this album, one realizes how well earned their reputation is. Comprising the cellist Bj\u00f8rg V\u00e6rnes, the violist Henninge Landaas, and violinists Berit Cardas and \u00d8yvor Valle, the quartet has recorded several albums, received the Norwegian Grammy Award, toured in Europe, North America and Australia, and received several international awards and prizes.<\/p>\n
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