Haydn - String Quartets Op. 54

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Haydn - String Quartets Op. 54

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Haydn - String Quartets Op. 54

Haydn:

String Quartet, Op. 54 No. 1 in G major

String Quartet, Op. 54 No. 2 in C major

String Quartet, Op. 54 No. 3 in E major

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playHaydn: String Quartet #43 In G, Op. 54/1, H 3/58 - 1. Allegro Con Brio

playHaydn: String Quartet #43 In G, Op. 54/1, H 3/58 - 2. Allegretto

playHaydn: String Quartet #43 In G, Op. 54/1, H 3/58 - 3. Menuetto: Allegretto

playHaydn: String Quartet #43 In G, Op. 54/1, H 3/58 - 4. Finale: Presto

playHaydn: String Quartet #42 In C, Op. 54/2, H 3/57 - 1. Vivace

playHaydn: String Quartet #42 In C, Op. 54/2, H 3/57 - 2. Adagio; 3. menuetto

playHaydn: String Quartet #42 In C, Op. 54/2, H 3/57 - 4. Finale

playHaydn: String Quartet #44 In E, Op. 54/3, H 3/59 - 1. Allegro

playHaydn: String Quartet #44 In E, Op. 54/3, H 3/59 - 2. Largo Cantabile

playHaydn: String Quartet #44 In E, Op. 54/3, H 3/59 - 3. Menuetto: Allegretto

playHaydn: String Quartet #44 In E, Op. 54/3, H 3/59 - 4. Finale: Presto

Gramophone Classical Music Guide

2010

“All three quartets are in the usual fourmovement form but they contain many surprises: in No 1, the false recapitulation in the first movement, the dark modulations in the following sonata-form Allegretto and the Hungarian gipsy flavour (anticipated in the Minuet) and mischievousness of the final rondo. No 2 has a rhapsodic fiddler in its second movement, a nostalgic minuet with an extraordinarily anguished trio, and an Adagio finale in which a Presto section turns out to be no more than an episode.
A notable feature of No 3 is its ternary-form Largo cantabile, the centre of which is more like a mini-concerto for the first violin; 'Scotch snaps' pervade the Minuet, and pedal points the finale.
The performances and the recording are superb, marked by unanimity, fine tone, suppleness of phrasing, and acute dynamic shaping; in the second movement of No 1 there are hushed passages whose homogeneity and quality of sound are both quite remarkable. Overall, this recording is irresistible.”

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