Nielsen: String Quartets, Vol. 1

"With fine sound and reliable notes, the Naxos discs are a wonderful bargain."
- Fanfare (Robert McColley) May/June 2001

"Carl Nielsen is renowned for his remarkable symphonies but his chamber works have been almost invisible. Naxos, on its way to recording just about everything there ever was, comes to the rescue with its first volume of the Danish master's string quartets.Brightly realised by the Oslo String Quartet, Nielsen's op. 14 and 44 are characteristically original and attractive works of a creative quality that makes one wonder why they are so absent from the live repertoire."
- The Advertiser (Raymond Chapman Smith), Aug 1999

One hopes that the volumes following this first of the series will continue to be recorded by the Oslo Quartet, which has an excellent grasp of the composer's originality. Recorded in the Ris Parish Church, Norway, Naxos 's sound is immediate, well detailed and free from oppressive closeness.
- Robert Dearling, Hi Fi News & Record Review, Oct 99