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Six Quartets, Op. 20

Daedalus Quartet

Six Quartets, Op. 20

Format: CD
Label: Bridge
UPC: 0090404932625
Catnr: BRIDG 9326
Release date: 20 August 2010
2 CD
 
Label
Bridge
UPC
0090404932625
Catalogue number
BRIDG 9326
Release date
20 August 2010
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Joseph Haydn

(Franz) Joseph Haydn was a prolific Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the piano trio and his contributions to musical form have earned him the epithets 'Father of the Symphony' and 'Father of the String Quartet'.   Haydn spent much of his career as a court musician for the wealthy Esterházy family at their remote estate. Until the later part of his life, this isolated him from other composers and trends in music so that he was, as he put it, 'forced to become original'. Yet his music circulated widely and for much of his career he was the most celebrated composer in Europe.   He was a friend and mentor of Mozart,...
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(Franz) Joseph Haydn was a prolific Austrian composer of the Classical period. He was instrumental in the development of chamber music such as the piano trio and his contributions to musical form have earned him the epithets "Father of the Symphony" and "Father of the String Quartet".
Haydn spent much of his career as a court musician for the wealthy Esterházy family at their remote estate. Until the later part of his life, this isolated him from other composers and trends in music so that he was, as he put it, "forced to become original". Yet his music circulated widely and for much of his career he was the most celebrated composer in Europe.
He was a friend and mentor of Mozart, a teacher of Beethoven, with whom he formed the First Viennese School. He was also the older brother of composer Michael Haydn.

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Disc #1
01.
Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20, No. 1, Hob. III:31: I. Allegro moderato
06:38
(Haydn)
02.
Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20, No. 1, Hob. III:31: II. Menuet: Un poco allegretto
03:50
(Haydn)
03.
Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20, No. 1, Hob. III:31: III. Affettuoso e sostenuto
05:28
(Haydn)
04.
Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20, No. 1, Hob. III:31: IV. Finale: Presto
03:51
(Haydn)
05.
Quartet in C Major, Op;. 20, No. 2, Hob. III:32: I. Moderato
07:25
(Haydn)
06.
Quartet in C Major, Op;. 20, No. 2, Hob. III:32: II. Capriccio: Adagio
06:06
(Haydn)
07.
Quartet in C Major, Op;. 20, No. 2, Hob. III:32: III. Menuet: Allegretto
03:46
(Haydn)
08.
Quartet in C Major, Op;. 20, No. 2, Hob. III:32: IV. Fuga a 4 soggetti: Allegro
03:47
(Haydn)
09.
Quartet in G Minor, Op. 20, No. 3, Hob. III:33: I. Allegro con spirito
06:31
(Haydn)
10.
Quartet in G Minor, Op. 20, No. 3, Hob. III:33: II. Menuet: Allegretto
04:28
(Haydn)
11.
Quartet in G Minor, Op. 20, No. 3, Hob. III:33: III. Poco adagio
09:58
(Haydn)
12.
Quartet in G Minor, Op. 20, No. 3, Hob. III:33: IV. Finale: Allegro di molto
05:26
(Haydn)

Disc #2
01.
Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4, Hob. III:34: I. Allegro di molto
08:04
(Haydn)
02.
Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4, Hob. III:34: II. Un poco adagio e affettuoso
08:33
(Haydn)
03.
Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4, Hob. III:34: III. Menuet alla zingarese: Allegretto
01:34
(Haydn)
04.
Quartet in D Major, Op. 20, No. 4, Hob. III:34: IV. Presto scherzando
04:50
(Haydn)
05.
Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20, No. 5, Hob. III:35: I. Moderato
07:45
(Haydn)
06.
Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20, No. 5, Hob. III:35: II. Menuet
04:56
(Haydn)
07.
Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20, No. 5, Hob. III:35: III. Adagio
06:11
(Haydn)
08.
Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20, No. 5, Hob. III:35: IV. Finale: Fuga a 2 soggetti
03:15
(Haydn)
09.
Quartet in A Major, Op. 20, No. 6, Hob. III:36: I. Allegro di molto e scherzando
06:07
(Haydn)
10.
Quartet in A Major, Op. 20, No. 6, Hob. III:36: II. Adagio
06:19
(Haydn)
11.
Quartet in A Major, Op. 20, No. 6, Hob. III:36: III. Menuet
02:18
(Haydn)
12.
Quartet in A Major, Op. 20, No. 6, Hob. III:36: IV. Fuga a 3 soggetti
03:00
(Haydn)
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