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Oslo String Quartet
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Oslo String Quartet was formed in 1991 by Geir Inge Lotsberg and Per Kristian Skalstad (violins), Are Sandbakken (viola), and Øystein Sonstad (cello). It was among the 1994 prize winners of the London International String Competition, which is among the most prestigious string quartet competitions internationally. In 2007 Skalstad left the quartet in order to pursue a conducting career. Liv Hilde Klokk replaced him from the beginning of 2008. The quartet was awarded the Prize of the Norwegian Association of Composers in 1998 and the Norwegian Critics Prize for Music for 1999–2000. Their CD recordings of Carl Nielsen's quartets won them a 1999 "Editor's Choice" nomination in the international journal The Gramophone, which stated "Artistically it is the finest at any price point ... totally dedicated, idiomatic performance ... full of vitality and spirit and refreshingly straightforward". Their CD recordings include music by Edvard Grieg, David Monrad Johansen, Knut Nystedt, Klaus Egge, Fartein Valen, Johan Kvandal, Alfred Janson, Carl Nielsen, Magnar Åm, Lasse Thoresen, Ragnar Søderlind, Johan Svendsen, Jean Sibelius, Hugo Wolf, Ketil Stokkan, and Alban Berg. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.
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Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor D. 810, Death and the Maiden: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
1742Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor D. 810: III. Scherzo. Allegro molto
1663Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor D. 810, Death and the Maiden: I. Allegro
1454Grieg String Quartet in G Minor Op. 27: I. Un poco Andante - Allegro molto ed agitato
965Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor D. 810, Death and the Maiden: II. Andante con moto
926Schubert String Quartet No. 14 in D minor D. 810, Death and the Maiden: IV. Presto
687Grieg String Quartet in G Minor Op. 27: II. Romanze. Andantino
628Grieg String Quartet in G Minor Op. 27: IV. Finale. Lento - Presto al Saltarello
529Grieg String Quartet in G Minor Op. 27: III. Intermezzo. Allegro molto marcato - Più vivo e scherzando
4510Un poco andante - Allegro molto ed agitato
44albums
The Schubert Connection
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Oslo String Quartet Jumping Wide
Oslo Strykekvartett Faller Oppover
minor major
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String Quartet in G minor, Op.27
Stenhammar: String Quartets Nos. 3-6
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Grieg Revisited
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String Quartet in F major
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Nielsen, C.: String Quartets, Vol. 1
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The Silver Cord
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Norwegian 20th Century String Quartets