Dag Wirén/Chamber Music

String Quartets 2 & 5

This, the twenty-first release in the Caprice Composer Series, is devoted to chamber music by Dag Wirén.

Dag Wiréns string Quartet No. 2 Op. 9 was written in 1935 and first performed the following year by Fylkingen (the society of Contemporary Music and Inter-Media Art. It was frequently performed by the Barkel Quartet, e.g. with great success at the Copenhagen Festival of Nordic Music in 1938. Today it is one of the classics of the Swedish Quartet tradition.

Quartet Op. 31 for Flute, Oboe, Clarinet and Cello was written in 1956 and premièred the same year in the old Stockholm Stock Exchange building. It takes us out into the countryside, to the realm of the long tailed Duck. Little Serenade for solo Guitar Op. 39, was written for the composers daughter Annika.

String Quartet No. 5 finally, was written for the Saulesco Quartet, and premièred by them at  the society Samtida(contemporary) Musik in 1971 (earlier release: Cap 21326). In this fifth quartet, Wirén delves deeper into the inward landscape – down to the subconscious and unexplored.

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    • String Quartet No. 2, Op. 9
      • 1.
        I Tema med Variationer.
        7'42
      • 2.
        II Scherzo, moderato ma molto ritmico
        6'22
      • 3.
        III Final, prestissimo
        5'29
    • Quartet for flute, oboe, clarinet, and violoncello, op. 31
      • 4.
        I Andante, Allegro moderato, Andante
        4'34
      • 5.
        II Intermezzo. Vivace. Music: Dag Wirén
        1'42
      • 6.
        III Lento espressivo.
        4'29
      • 7.
        IV Tema con variazioni, andante
        5'42
    • Little Serenade for guitar solo, Op. 39
      • 8.
        I Marcia
        1'31
      • 9.
        II Preludium.
        1'11
      • 10.
        III Solo
        1'12
      • 11.
        IV Intermezzo
        1'44
      • 12.
        V Duo lento
        1'37
      • 13.
        VI Marcia
        1'32
    • String Quartet No. 5, Op. 41
      • 15.
        II Andante espressivo
        5'02
      • 16.
        III Allegro
        4'01
  • Total playtime 58'15

Compact Disc // CAP 21413 // Caprice Composer Series // Classical // Releasedate: 1 January, 1993