Engegård Quartet - Olli Mustonen: String Quartet No.1; Piano Quintet (2022)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 199 Mb | Total time: 43:47 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Lawo Classics | # LWC1243 | Recorded: 2021
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 199 Mb | Total time: 43:47 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Lawo Classics | # LWC1243 | Recorded: 2021
Furious cross-rhythms and accented repeated notes relent to hymnal lyricism in Olli Mustonen’s First String Quartet. But the peaceful third movement is an anomaly: the tension soon returns in a restless Impetuoso finale – the original melody now peppered with triumphant descent-like violin melodies. The Finnish composer describes a journey from darkness to light in the 2016 work; while the psychological aspects are clearly obvious – pacing bass lines, anxious tremolos – there is a sense of physical travelling, too, across craggy landscapes and into fantasy worlds.
