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Memorable Swedish String Quartets, Vol. 1

Swedish String Quartets / Various
Release Date: 10/18/1994 
Label:  Caprice Records   Catalog #: 21506   Spars Code: n/a 
Composer:  Wilhelm Stenhammar,  Sven-Erik Bäck,  Franz Joseph Haydn,  Johannes Brahms,   ... 
Performer:  Folke Bramme,  Charles Barkel,  Sven Karpe,  Sven-Erik Bäck,   ... 
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Barkel Quartet,  Stockholm String Quartet,  Garaguly Quartet,   ... 
Number of Discs: 5 
Length: 6 Hours 10 Mins. 

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Works on This Recording

1.
Quartet for Strings no 3 in F major, Op. 18 by Wilhelm Stenhammar
Performer:  Folke Bramme (Cello), Charles Barkel (Violin), Sven Karpe (Violin),
Sven-Erik Bäck (Viola)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Barkel Quartet
Period: Romantic 
Written: Sweden 
 Date of Recording: 05/27/1951 
Venue:  Main Auditorium of the Royal Academy of 
Length: 8 Minutes 3 Secs. 
2.
String Quartet, No 2 by Sven-Erik Bäck
Performer:  Charles Barkel (Violin), Folke Bramme (Cello), Sven-Erik Bäck (Viola),
Sven Karpe (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Barkel Quartet
Period: Modern 
 Venue:  Royal Academy of Muisc 
Length: 13 Minutes 12 Secs. 
3.
Seven last words of Christ on the Cross, Op. 51/H 3 no 50-56 by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:  Folke Bramme (Cello), Einar Gronwall (Viola), Charles Barkel (Violin),
Sven Karpe (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Barkel Quartet
Period: Classical 
Written: 1787; Eszterhazá, Hungary 
 Date of Recording: 03/29/1939 
Venue:  Royal Dramtic Theatre, Studio 2, Kungsga 
Length: 0 Minutes 53 Secs. 
4.
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op. 115: 1st movement, Allegro - measures 1-70 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Ernst Tornqvist (Violin), John Hylbom (Viola), Carl Christiansen (Cello),
Folke Reinholdson (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Stockholm String Quartet
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1891 
 Date of Recording: 01/22/1946 
Venue:  Royal Academy Of Music 
Length: 2 Minutes 48 Secs. 
5.
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op. 115: 2nd movement, Adagio - measures 1-73 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Ernst Tornqvist (Violin), John Hylbom (Viola), Carl Christiansen (Cello),
Folke Reinholdson (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Stockholm String Quartet
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1891 
 Date of Recording: 01/22/1946 
Venue:  Royal Academy Of Music 
Length: 6 Minutes 5 Secs. 
6.
Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op. 115: 4th movement, Con moto - measures 129-222 by Johannes Brahms
Performer:  Ernst Tornqvist (Violin), John Hylbom (Viola), Carl Christiansen (Cello),
Folke Reinholdson (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Stockholm String Quartet
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1891 
 Date of Recording: 01/22/1946 
Venue:  Royal Academy Of Music 
Length: 3 Minutes 31 Secs. 
7.
Quartet for Strings no 5 in C major, Op. 29 "Serenade" by Wilhelm Stenhammar
Performer:  Lince Berglund (Violin), Gunnar Norrby (Cello), Carl von Garaguly (Violin),
Tage Brostrom (Viola)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Garaguly Quartet
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1910; Sweden 
 Date of Recording: 05/26/1944 
Venue:  Attiksalen, Stockholm, Sweden 
Length: 4 Minutes 40 Secs. 
8.
String quartet in B, Op 11/2 by Kurt Atterberg
Performer:  Lince Berglund (Violin), Gunnar Norrby (Cello), Carl von Garaguly (Violin),
Tage Brostrom (Viola)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Garaguly Quartet
Period: Modern 
Written: 1918 
 Venue:  Attiksalen, Stockholm, Sweden 
Length: 4 Minutes 15 Secs. 
9.
Intima Miniatyrer, for string quartet, Op. 20 by Lars-Erik Larsson
Performer:  Lince Berglund (Violin), Gunnar Norrby (Cello), Carl von Garaguly (Violin),
Tage Brostrom (Viola)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Garaguly Quartet
Period: Contemporary 
 Date of Recording: 05/15/1944 
Venue:  Attiksalen, Stockholm, Sweden 
Length: 2 Minutes 59 Secs. 
10.
String Quartet No 4 by Hilding Rosenberg
Performer:  Lince Berglund (Violin), Gunnar Norrby (Cello), Carl von Garaguly (Violin),
Tage Brostrom (Viola)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Garaguly Quartet
Period: Modern 
Written: 1939 
 Venue:  Attiksalen, Stockholm, Sweden 
Length: 4 Minutes 6 Secs. 
11.
Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 9 by Dag Wirén
Performer:  Gereon Brodin (Viola), Gustav Grondahl (Cello), Otto Kyndel (Violin),
Sven-Erik Bäck (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Kyndel Quartet
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1935; Sweden 
 Date of Recording: 12/06/1943 
Venue:  Attiksalen, Stockholm, Sweden 
Length: 17 Minutes 24 Secs. 
12.
String quartet in B minor: II: Scherzo by Nils Castegren
Performer:  Gereon Brodin (Viola), Gustav Grondahl (Cello), Tage Lundgren (Violin),
Otto Kyndel (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Kyndel Quartet
Date of Recording: 01/30/1950 
Venue:  Studio 2 
Length: 4 Minutes 8 Secs. 
13.
String Quartet, No 2, Op 28 by Erland von Koch
Performer:  Gosta Lundqvist (Cello), Ivan Ericson (Violin), Ake Johnsson (Violin),
Gosta Finnstrom (Viola)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Ivan Ericson Quartet
Period: Modern 
Written: 1944 
 Venue:  Main Auditorium of the Royal Academy of 
Length: 5 Minutes 23 Secs. 
14.
Quartet for Strings no 4 in A minor, Op. 25 by Wilhelm Stenhammar
Performer:  Josef Grünfarb (Violin), Bertil Appelbom (Viola), Claude Génetay (Cello),
Andor Sagi (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Grunfarb Quartet
Period: Romantic 
Written: Sweden 
 Date of Recording: 06/06/1964 
Venue:  Stockholm Stock Exchange 
Length: 9 Minutes 22 Secs. 
15.
Quartet for Strings no 6, Op. 81b by John Fernström
Performer:  Alexander Wittenberg (Cello), Frede Specht-Andersen (Violin), Felix Cruce (Violin),
Mogens Petersen (Viola)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Halsingborg Quartet
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1946; Sweden 
 Date of Recording: 12/11/1956 
Venue:  Helsingborg Concert Hall, Helsingborg, S 
Length: 5 Minutes 11 Secs. 
16.
String Quartet, No 1, Op 32 by Hilding Hallnäs
Performer:  Henry Stenstrom (Viola), Allan Magnusson (Violin), Kenneth Freiholtz (Violin),
Guido Vecchi (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Gothenburg Quartet
Period: Modern 
 Date of Recording: 10/11/1954 
Venue:  Goteborg Concert Hall 
Length: 6 Minutes 58 Secs. 
17.
Légende d'amour, Op 11 by Giuseppe Becce
Performer:  Guido Vecchi (Cello), Mario Galli (Violin), Helge Duvander (Violin),
Allan Holen (Viola), Harald Kempe (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Galli Quintet
Period: Modern 
 Date of Recording: 08/1928 
Venue:  Hotell Mollberg, Helsingborg, Sweden 
Length: 2 Minutes 55 Secs. 
18.
Valse andalouse by Giuseppe Becce
Performer:  Guido Vecchi (Cello), Mario Galli (Violin), Helge Duvander (Violin),
Allan Holen (Viola), Harald Kempe (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Galli Quintet
Period: Modern 
 Date of Recording: 08/1928 
Venue:  Hotell Mollberg, Helsingborg, Sweden 
Length: 2 Minutes 48 Secs. 
19.
From Olle: Gammelvals by Herbert Fromm
Performer:  Sven Kjellstrom (Violin), Olof Anderson (Violin), Johnny Schonning (Viola)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Kjellstrom Quartet
Date of Recording: 10/17/1940 
Venue:  Studio 2, Kungsgatan 8, Stockholm, Swede 
Length: 1 Minutes 56 Secs. 
20.
Polska frĺn Hammarsvall, Delsbo by Per Andersson
Performer:  Sven Kjellstrom (Violin), Olof Anderson (Violin), Johnny Schonning (Viola)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Kjellstrom Quartet
Written: Poland 
 Date of Recording: 10/17/1940 
Venue:  Studio 2, Kungsgatan 8, Stockholm, Swede 
Length: 1 Minutes 28 Secs. 
21.
Vaggvisa, for string quartet by Tor Aulin
Performer:  Axel Runnquist (Violin), Sven Kjellstrom (Violin), Olof Anderson (Violin),
Johnny Schonning (Viola)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Kjellstrom Quartet
Period: Modern 
 Date of Recording: 09/14/1920 
Venue:  Hotel Continental, Stockholm, Sweden 
Length: 3 Minutes 20 Secs. 
22.
Jag vet en dejlig rosa by Traditional
Performer:  Sven Kjellstrom (Violin), Gösta Bjork (Viola d'amore), Gösta Bjork (Violin),
Martha Ohlson (Piano), Olof Anderson (Violin), Johnny Schonning (Viola),
Nathaniel Broman (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Kjellstrom Quartet
Date of Recording: 11/24/1916 
Venue:  Hotel Continental, Stockholm, Sweden 
Length: 1 Minutes 27 Secs. 
23.
Minuet, for vihuela: Excerpt by Louis-Toussaint Milandre
Performer:  Johnny Schonning (Viola), Gösta Bjork (Viola d'amore), Olof Anderson (Violin),
Sven Kjellstrom (Violin), Ingrid Kjellstrom (Harpsichord)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Kjellstrom Quartet
Date of Recording: 12/11/1934 
Length: 1 Minutes 2 Secs. 
24.
String Quartet No. 51 in G major, Op. 64/4, H. 3/66: I: Allegro con brio, introduction by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:  Ludvig Kaufeldt (Viola), Sigurd Olsson (Cello), Gustaf Hedberg (Violin),
Klas Westrin (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Follinger Hedberg Quartet
Period: Classical 
Written: 1790; Austria 
 Date of Recording: 11/1943 
Length: 1 Minutes 27 Secs. 
25.
String Quartet No. 59 in G minor ("Rider"/"Horseman"), Op. 74/3, H. 3/74: I: Allegro, introduction by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer:  Carl-Olov Nihlman (Violin), Lars Fyrden (Violin), Axel Herjo (Viola),
Bengt Ericson (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Barkel Quartet
Period: Classical 
Written: 1793 
 Date of Recording: 11/06/1947 
Venue:  Royal Academy Of Music 
Length: 3 Minutes 33 Secs. 
26.
Quartet for Strings no 11 in F minor, Op. 95 "Serioso": 2nd movement, Allegretto ma non troppo - bars 127-190 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Folke Bramme (Cello), Charles Barkel (Violin), Einar Gronwall (Viola),
Per Carlsten (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Barkel Quartet
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1810 
 Date of Recording: 01/02/1938 
Length: 2 Minutes 18 Secs. 
27.
Quartet for Strings no 11 in F minor, Op. 95 "Serioso": 3rd movement, Allegro assai vivace, ma serioso - bars 1-71 by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Charles Barkel (Violin), Einar Gronwall (Viola), Folke Bramme (Cello),
Per Carlsten (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Barkel Quartet
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1810 
 Date of Recording: 01/02/1938 
Length: 1 Minutes 25 Secs. 
28.
Quartet for Strings no 13 in B flat major, Op. 130: 5th movement, Cavatina by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performer:  Gereon Brodin (Viola), Gustav Grondahl (Cello), Tage Lundgren (Violin),
Otto Kyndel (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Kyndel Quartet
Period: Classical 
Written: 1825-1826; Vienna, Austria 
 Date of Recording: 01/21/1949 
Venue:  Main Auditorium of the Royal Academy of 
Length: 7 Minutes 0 Secs. 
29.
Lyric Suite for String Quartet by Alban Berg
Performer:  Kurt Lewin (Viola), Folke Bramme (Cello), Celia Aumere (Violin),
Otto Kyndel (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Kyndel Quartet
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1926; Austria 
 Date of Recording: 03/30/1956 
Venue:  Royal Academy Of Music 
Length: 26 Minutes 26 Secs. 
30.
String Quartet No 3 in E-flat major by Franz Berwald
Performer:  Gereon Brodin (Viola), Gustav Grondahl (Cello), Otto Kyndel (Violin),
Sven-Erik Bäck (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Kyndel Quartet
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1849 
 Date of Recording: 12/20/1943 
Venue:  Attiksalen, Stockholm, Sweden 
Length: 6 Minutes 58 Secs. 
31.
String Quartet No 2 in A minor by Franz Berwald
Performer:  Erik Ekelund (Violin), Sten Broman (Viola), Charlie Coster (Cello),
Gunnar Andersson (Violin)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Skane Quartet
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1849 
 Date of Recording: 05/05/1941 
Venue:  Swedish Radio, Malmo, Sweden 
Length: 7 Minutes 47 Secs. 

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