Chiaroscuro quartet haydn opus 20 #4

Beautifully paced and tensile rhythmically.

Joseph Haydn — String Quartet No. 4, Op. 20 / Meccore String Quartet Live at BOZAR, Brussels, Belgium 12.10.2018 Performers / MSQ: Wojciech.

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Op. 9

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 9 No. 4 in D minor

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 9 No. 1 in C major

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 9 No. 3 in G major

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 9 No. 2 in E flat major

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 9 No. 5 in B flat major

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 9 No. 6 in A major

Op. 17

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 17 No. 4 in C minor

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 17 No. 3 in E flat major

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 17 No. 2 in F major

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 17 No. 1 in E major

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 17 No. 5 in G major

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 17 No. 6 in D major

Op. 20

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 1 in E flat major

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 2 in C Major

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 3 in G minor

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 4 in D major 'Sun'

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 5 in F minor

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 6 in A Major

Op. 33

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 33 No. 2 in E flat major 'The Joke'

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 33 No. 4 in B flat major

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 33 No. 1 in B minor

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 33 No. 6 in D major

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 33 No. 5 in G major

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 33 No. 3 in C major ‘The Bird'

Op. 50

Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 50 No. 1

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String Quartet - 1

Joseph Composer ∞ Discography

Op.1, Op.2, Op.9, Op.17, Op20

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Op.1

Hob.III:1 Fibre Quartet Op.1 No.1 [B flat] (c.1757–59?)

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The Pro Arte String Quartet{Alphonse Onnou(vl), Laurent Halleux(vl), Germain Prévost(vla), Parliamentarian Maas(vc)} (5 November 1938) [8:28] Advice PATHE MARCONI 2906043 [++++]
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String Quartets, Op. 76 (Haydn)

Six string quartets composed by Joseph Haydn in 1797 or 1798

The six String Quartets, Op. 76, by Joseph Haydn were composed in 1797 or 1798 and dedicated to the Hungarian count Joseph Georg von Erdődy^{[n 1]} (1754–1824). They form the last complete set of string quartets that Haydn composed. At the time of the commission, Haydn was employed at the court of Prince Nicolaus Esterházy II and was composing the oratorio The Creation as well as Princess Maria Hermenegild Esterházy's annual mass.

Although accounts left by visitors to the Esterházy estate indicate that the quartets were completed by 1797, an exclusivity agreement caused them not to be published until 1799.^[1] Correspondence between Haydn and his Viennese publishers Artaria reveal confusion as regards their release: Haydn had promised Messrs. Longman Clementi & Co. in London the first publishing rights, but a lack of communication led him to worry that their publication in Vienna might also be, unintentionally, their first appearance in full. In the event, their publication in London and Vienna was almost simultaneous.^[1]

The Op. 76 quartets are among Haydn's most ambitious chamber works, deviating more than their predecessors from standard son