Johan Svendsen

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Today at 06:08:30 PM
No thread for this composer, so I started one on the strength of his String Octet in A major which I listened to a few minutes ago. This is an extraordinarily beautiful, memorable and very Nordic-sounding piece. It's his longest work and the longest string octet I know (more so than the Enescu's), lasting around 40-41 minutes, full of ideas that linger on the mind. In this octet Svendsen is not far from Dvorak in terms of writing memorable melodies.

This recording leaves nothing to be desired. Exemplary rendition.

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