Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Performer: The London Haydn Quartet
Number of Discs: 2
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Hyperion
Catalogue: CDA68335
Release: 2021
Size: 5.67 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
CD 01
String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 1 in G major
01. I. Allegro con spirito
02. II. Adagio sostenuto
03. III. Menuetto: Presto
04. IV. Allegro ma non troppo
String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 3 in C major ‘Emperor’
05. I. Allegro
60. II. Poco adagio, cantabile
07. III. Menuetto: Allegro
08. IV. Finale: Presto
String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 5 in D major
09. I. Allegretto – Allegro
10. II. Largo: Cantabile e mesto
11. III. Menuetto: Allegro
12. IV. Finale: Presto
CD 02
String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 2 in D minor ‘Fifths’
01. I. Allegro
02. II. Andante o più tosto allegretto
03. III. Menuetto: Allegro ma non troppo
04. IV. Vivace assai
String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 4 in B flat major ‘Sunrise’
05. I. Allegro con spirito
06. II. Adagio
07. III. Menuetto: Allegro
08. IV. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo – Più allegro – Più presto
String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 6 in E flat major
09. I. Allegretto – Allegro
10. II. Fantasia: Adagio
11. III. Menuetto: Presto
12. IV. Finale: Allegro spiritoso
The summit of Haydn’s quartet-writing, and of the classical string quartet medium itself. The ‘Emperor’, ‘Fifths’ and ‘Sunrise’ may be the best known of the six—as so often with those works by Haydn which have nicknames—but the others are every bit their equal.