On this CD the three Swedish string quartets is presented which have meant the most to the Zetterqvist String Quartet over the years. They are individually very different in musical genre, but nevertheless they contain a strong common element: the intensity of the need for expression to a degree which explores the outermost limits of a string quartet - the most intimate of musical forms.
Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927)
String quartet no. 6 Dminor op. 35 (1916)
01. Temmpo moderato, sempre un poco rubato 7´14
02. Allegro vivace 2´45
03. Poco adiagio 7´07
04. Presto 5´56
Sven-David Sandström (b.1942)
String Quartet no. 3 (1987)
05. Molto esspresivo, con forza 2´14
06.Tranquillo fluente 3´40
07. Agitato/brutale 2´37
08. Eleganza poco liberamente-Canto elegico 4´26
Mikael Edlund (b.1950)
09. Molto esspresivo, con forza 18´40
