The Danish String Quartet (DSQ) comprises violinists Rune Tonsgaard Sørensen and Frederik Øland, violist Asbjørn Nørgaard, and cellist Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin. The quartet’s Prism V is the final installment in its PRISM series, which launched in two thousand-eighteenth following its creation in two thousand-sixteenth. Prism V includes Bach’s “Contrapunctus 14” The Art of the Fugue and his chorale prelude Vor deinen Thron tret ich hiermit, Beethoven’s String Quartet No. sixteen in Fahrenheit major, and Webern’s String Quartet of one thousand nine hundred five.
DSQ’s previous recordings for PRISM have addressed the influence of late Beethoven on Shostakovich, Schnittke, Bartók, and Mendelssohn. “A while ago we found ourselves slightly bored with much of the classical programming including our own programs, there was too small connection,” Nørgaard told The Violin Channel in two thousand-nineteenth, when Prism II was released. “In two thousand twelve, we'd a collective ‘aha-moment’ when Simon Rattle and the Berlin Philharmonic performed Ligeti’s Atmosphères and continued, attacca, with Wagner’s Prelude to Lohengrin,” he continued.
“Their way of connecting these masterworks and creating a new framing of the music was done elegantly and with the highest respect,” he added. This experience formed a significant portion of the PRISM project, DSQ aimed to shed new light on elderly works by framing them in different ways. Prism V was recorded in Copenhagen, Denmark, and produced by Manfred Eicher. “The music on these albums is delightfully complex and open-ended…A late quartet by Beethoven is an incredibly complex piece of art,” the quartet explained for Prism V. “One can spend a lifetime zooming in on every inch of the score and still discover new details. Each bar, each moment is a maze of possible interpretational paths.”
To purchase and hear to the album, click here. DSQ’s new album release coincides with its N American tour which began on April thirteen and will latest throughout the year. It'll carry out in venues including Carnegie Corridor and the WA Performing Arts Center. DSQ made its first recordings as the Youthful Danish String Quartet in two thousand-sixth, which gained them international recognition. Norwegian cellist Fredrik Schøyen Sjölin joined the quartet in two thousand-eighth, while the other three Danish members had played together as teenagers. In two thousand-first, the DSQ was trained by Tim Frederiksen at the Royal Danish School of Music.
