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Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76 Nos. 1-3 / Chiaroscuro Quartet
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Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76 Nos. 1-3 / Chiaroscuro Quartet

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Composer
HAYDN, JOSEPH
Artist
CHIAROSCURO QUARTET
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
May 01, 2020
Catalog #
BIS-2348
UPC
7318599923482

About

The Chiaroscuro Quartet made their first appearance on BIS with acclaimed recordings of Joseph Haydn’s Sun Quartets, Op. 20, described in The Strad as ‘period-instrument performances of the utmost subtlety and refinement’. The Op. 20 quartets are widely regarded as a milestone in the history of the genre. When Chiaroscuros now return to Haydn, it is with his last complete set of quartets, begun in 1796 when he was 64 years old. The Six String Quartets, Op. 76, form one of the most renowned of Haydn's sets of quartets and carry the stamp of their maker: No other set of eighteenth-century string quartets is so diverse, or so unconcerned with the norms of the time. In the words of Haydn’s friend and contemporary Charles Burney ‘they are full of invention, fire, good taste and new effects’. On the present disc, the first of two, we hear the first three quartets, including the ‘Fifths’ quartet (No. 2) so named after the falling perfect fifths with which it begins. The most famous of the set – and possibly of all Haydn quartets – is No. 3, however: the ‘Emperor’ quartet with its second movement: a set of variations on the ‘Kaiserlied’ which Haydn had recently composed to the greater glory of the Austrian Emperor Franz II.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro con spirito 08:08
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro con spirito
    Duration
    08:08
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  2. 2 II. Adagio sostenuto 06:10
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Adagio sostenuto
    Duration
    06:10
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  3. 3 III. Menuet: Presto 02:01
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Menuet: Presto
    Duration
    02:01
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo 06:13
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    06:13
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  5. 5 I. Allegro 09:33
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    09:33
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  6. 6 II. Andante o più tosto allegretto 04:48
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Andante o più tosto allegretto
    Duration
    04:48
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  7. 7 III. Menuetto: Allegro 02:53
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegro
    Duration
    02:53
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  8. 8 IV. Finale: Vivace assai 04:05
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Finale: Vivace assai
    Duration
    04:05
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  9. 9 I. Allegro 10:10
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro
    Duration
    10:10
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  10. 10 II. Poco adagio, cantabile 05:51
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Poco adagio, cantabile
    Duration
    05:51
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  11. 11 III. Menuetto: Allegro 04:16
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Menuetto: Allegro
    Duration
    04:16
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  12. 12 IV. Finale: Presto 05:27
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Finale: Presto
    Duration
    05:27
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet