Kjell Habbestad - Quattro stazioni / Vertavo, Bjorn Nyman, Sveinung Bjelland / Lawo Classics Audio CD 2020 Stereo / LWC 1193

UPC 7090020182155

Kjell Habbestad writes: The title of this album refers to String Quartet No. 1, which has the same name. But it can also stand as an all-inclusive name for the four compositions represented on the album, four stations on my journey as a composer, four different approaches to musical expression in time and space. The journey begins in 1989 with String Quartet No. 1 Quattro stazioni, and ends in 2013 with String Quartet No. 2. Between these stations are Air dété suédois for clarinet quintet (2009) and Divertimento for clarinet and piano (2010). Habbestad studied church music at the Norwegian Academy of Music from 1976 to 1979 and graduated with a diploma from the composition course at the same institution in 1981, having studied with Olav Anton Thommessen, Finn Mortensen and Lasse Thoresen. Habbestad was active as an organist from 1974 to 1987 and, from 2013, is a professor at the Norwegian Academy of Music.

Tracklist:

String Quartet No. 1

Quattro Stazioni, Op. 21 (1989)

1.  I  Impetuoso   04:49

2.  II Affettuoso   06:47

3.  III Misterioso   05:32

4.  IV Giocoso   03:52

String Quartet No. 2, Op. 91 (2013)

5.  I  Allegro espansivo   08:05

6.  II Adagio e molto tranquillo     07:31

7.  III Scherzo: Allegro giocoso   01:53

8.  IV Finale: Allegro energico   07:35

9.  Air d'ete suedois, Op. 85 (2009)   14:49

10. Divertimento, Op. 86 (2010)   10:47

      for Clarinet and Piano