034571178776

Streichquartette Op.10

J. Haydn

Regular
£13.99
Sale
Regular
£13.99
Unavailable
Unit Price
per 

Format: 2CD

Cat No: CDA67877

Email me when this is available

Release Date:  01 September 2011

Label:  Hyperion Records Ltd

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  034571178776

Genres:  Classical  Baroque  

  • Description

    Haydn’s remarkable Opus 20 quartets are rightfully regarded as landmarks in the history of the string quartet. Throughout the six contrasting quartets the composer employs compositional techniques that were to shape and define the genre. We witness a deviation in style from the lightness and wit of his previous quartets to a mood of emotional intensity and darker musical imagery.
    The six Opus 20 works are all individually exquisite masterpieces and demonstrate a composer at the height of creative maturity. They display an astonishing consistency of excellence and a huge variety of form and style, contrasting dynamics and relentless energy. Increasingly polyphonic textures are infused with a sense of drama, and the cello is often freed from its basso continuo roots to a position of prominence.
    The London Haydn Quartet is the ideal advocate for these works and gives elegant, radiant and exhilaratingly assured performances.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. String Quartet in E flat major Op 20 No 1
      • 2. String Quartet in C major Op 20 No 2
      • 3. String Quartet in G minor Op 20 No 3

      Disc 2

      • 1. String Quartet in D major Op 20 No 4
      • 2. String Quartet in F minor Op 20 No 5
      • 3. String Quartet in A major Op 20 No 6