Paavo Heininen, Kimmo Hakola, Jukka Koskinen · György Kurtág

String Quartets

12 Microludes

Avanti! Quartet

ODE 739-2 · CD · March 1990

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Track listing

4 tracks · 60:10

Paavo Heininen

1 String Quartet No. 1, Op. 32c 25:43

Kimmo Hakola

2 String Quartet No. 1 21:28

György Kurtág

3 Hommage à Mihály András - 12 Microludes for String Quartet Op. 13 (1978) 9:00

Jukka Koskinen

4 String Quartet 3:59

Avanti! Quartet

The Avanti! Quartet is one of the many smaller ensembles that operate under the umbrella of the Avanti! Chamber Orchestra. The Quartet's repertoire and interpretative leanings are marked by the same broad view and uncompromising "openness to all" of the orchestra itself. Hence the ensemble searches out the sources of authentic performances of the Viennese Classics, tries to shrug off the burdens of tradition in its romantic repertoire, and studies exhaustively the new means of expression required for contemporary compositions.

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