Heise: Complete String Quartets Nordic String Quartet

• Peter Heise (1830 - 1879): String Quartet No. 1 in B Minor:
• 1 Heise: String Quartet No. 1 in B Minor: I. Allegro 06:14
• 2 Heise: String Quartet No. 1 in B Minor: II. Larghetto 07:07
• 3 Heise: String Quartet No. 1 in B Minor: III. Scherzo. Prestissimo 03:33
• 4 Heise: String Quartet No. 1 in B Minor: IV. Allegro vivace 06:56
• String Quartet No. 2 in G Major:
• 5 Heise: String Quartet No. 2 in G Major: I. Allegro molto vivace 06:03
• 6 Heise: String Quartet No. 2 in G Major: II. Largo 06:34
• 7 Heise: String Quartet No. 2 in G Major: III. Menuetto. Allegro 03:14
• 8 Heise: String Quartet No. 2 in G Major: IV. Allegro molto 06:19
• String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major:
• 9 Heise: String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major: I. Moderato assai - Allegro assai vivace 08:58
• 10 Heise: String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major: II. Scherzo. Presto agitato 05:43
• 11 Heise: String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major: III. Andante sostenuto 04:13
• 12 Heise: String Quartet No. 3 in B-Flat Major: IV. Finale. Molto allegro 06:22
• String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor:
• 13 Heise: String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor: I. Largo - Allegro molto 08:39
• 14 Heise: String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor: II. Andante tranquillo 05:33
• 15 Heise: String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor: III. Menuetto. Allegro moderato 03:33
• 16 Heise: String Quartet No. 4 in C Minor: IV. Finale. Vivace 04:00
• String Quartet No. 5 in A Major:
• 17 Heise: String Quartet No. 5 in A Major: I. Allegretto tranquillo - Allegro vivace 08:20
• 18 Heise: String Quartet No. 5 in A Major: II. Andantino sostenuto 07:05
• 19 Heise: String Quartet No. 5 in A Major: III. Scherzo. Vivace 04:01
• 20 Heise: String Quartet No. 5 in A Major: IV. Finale. Adagio, quasi fantasia - Allegro energico, ma non troppo presto 16:10
• String Quartet No. 6 in G Minor:
• 21 Heise: String Quartet No. 6 in G Minor: I. Largo - Allegro appassionato 10:21
• 22 Heise: String Quartet No. 6 in G Minor: II. Andantino, quasi allegretto 06:47
• 23 Heise: String Quartet No. 6 in G Minor: III. L'istesso tempo, poco a poco accelerando - Presto 04:36
• 24 Heise: String Quartet No. 6 in G Minor: IV. Finale. Andante sostenuto - Allegro molto 08:01
• Total Runtime 02:38:22

Info for Heise: Complete String Quartets

Peter Heise (1830–1879) was a peerless master of song and wrote one of the best Danish operas of the 19th century. Yet the six string quartets he composed between 1851 and 1857 remained largely forgotten until their publication as recently as 2017. The Nordic String Quartet’s acclaimed survey of Heise’s quartets began in 2023, and concludes with this complete set featuring the world premiere recordings of Nos. 4–6. These works reveal Heise’s musical imagination in all its brilliance, performed with a spacious, lyrical sensibility attuned to the composer’s distinctive poetic touch.

Nordic String Quartet

Nordic String Quartet

Heiðrun Petersen
was born and raised in Thorshavn, the Faroe Islands. She started playing the violin at the age of seven at Thorhavn's Music School under Sámal Petersen. Heidrun was taught by Johannes Søe Hansen and Professor Tim Frederiksen at the Royal Danish Academy of Music. In 2016, she won a trial period as Tutti First Violin with the Danish National Symphony Orchestra.


started playing the violin at the age of four at Søndersø Music School. Before being admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Music, he was taught by Boris Samsing. In recent years, Mads has assisted numerous symphony orchestras in Copenhagen and has had several contracts with, for instance, Copenhagen Phil and Odense Symphony Orchestra.


Daniel Eklund
was born and raised in Lund, Sweden and started playing the viola at the age of five. Admitted to the soloist class at the Royal Academy of Music where he has been taught by Professor Lars-Anders Tomter. Since 2013, Daniel Eklund has been employed as solo viola player with the Swedish Chamber Orchestra Musicae Vitae.

Lea Emilie Brøndal
was born and raised in Copenhagen and started playing the cello at the age of six at the Suzuki Institute. Before being admitted to the Royal Danish Academy of Music, she was taught by Nils Sylvest. Lea is finishing her education with Ingemar Brantelid. In 2016, Lea won the first prize in the internal scholarship competition for cellists of the Royal Academy of Music.

The Nordic String Quartet studies at the Royal Danish Academy of Music in the soloist class under Tim Frederiksen. Début in the autumn of 2017.

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