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This painstaking complete cycle of Haydn’s quartets nears its climax with some of the most brilliant, quirky and virtuosic examples of the genre.
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Artists: Buchberger Quartet
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It may have been the extraordinary success of the symphonies he wrote for the brilliant orchestra of the Loge Olympique that prompted Haydn to conceive his new quartets for the German-born Parisian publisher Jean-Georges Sieber. Haydn knew well the Parisian predilection for soloistic display, evinced in symphonic music by the great popularity in France of the ‘symphonie concertante’ and in chamber music by the genre ‘quatuor brillant’. He was able to develop his new quartets along the same lines without any sacrifice of complexity or depth.
But virtuosity is never remotely an end in itself. Indeed, in the C major Quartet, Op.54 No.2, especially, it becomes a key element in music of astonishing force and rhetorical boldness: in the spacious opening movement, with its wide tonal reach, and almost orchestral depth of sonority; and in the C minor Adagio, where the first violin weaves wild, gypsy-style fantasies above the brooding chorale-like theme in the lower voices.
Taken together, both sets exhibit qualities of experimentation, gratifying instrumental virtuosity and dramatic expressiveness, especially in the slow movements, that make them a constant source of delight and satisfaction.
Tracklist:
String Quartet in G, Op. 54 No. 1:
00:00:00 I. vivace Assai
00:07:34 II. Andante più tosto Allegretto
00:12:39 III. Menuetto - Trio
00:16:55 IV. Finale: vivace
String Quartet in C, Op. 54 No. 2:
00:20:41 I. vivace
00:26:10 II. Adagio
00:29:08 III. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
00:32:38 IV. Finale: Adagio - Presto - Adagio
String Quartet in E, Op. 54 No. 3:
00:38:34 I. Allegro
00:45:06 II. Largo
00:53:01 III. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
00:56:37 IV. Finale: Presto
String Quartet in A, Op. 55 No. 1:
01:01:30 I. Allegro
01:07:27 II. Adagio cantabile
01:12:26 III. Menuetto - Trio
01:15:37 IV. Finale: vivace
String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 2:
01:18:39 I. Allegro
01:28:25 II. Allegro
01:33:45 III. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
01:39:09 IV. Finale: Presto
String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 55 No. 3:
01:45:00 I. vivace Assai
01:51:53 II. Adagio ma non troppo
01:58:54 III. Menuetto - Trio
02:03:05 IV. Finale: Presto
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This painstaking complete cycle of Haydn’s quartets nears its climax with some of the most brilliant, quirky and virtuosic examples of the genre.
Composer: Franz Joseph Haydn
Artists: Buchberger Quartet
💎 🎵 Purchase, stream or download (Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon, Presto): brilliant-classics.lnk.to/BuchbergerQuartetID
🎬🎮 These tracks are available for sync licensing in videos, films, TV shows, games, advertising, and more. For licensing inquiries: info@brilliantclassicslicensing.com
Listen to more of Haydns string quartets here! youtube.com/playlist?list=PL_qM1lclHDwVw1vs77vuC9ph7J9TBGg_J
It may have been the extraordinary success of the symphonies he wrote for the brilliant orchestra of the Loge Olympique that prompted Haydn to conceive his new quartets for the German-born Parisian publisher Jean-Georges Sieber. Haydn knew well the Parisian predilection for soloistic display, evinced in symphonic music by the great popularity in France of the ‘symphonie concertante’ and in chamber music by the genre ‘quatuor brillant’. He was able to develop his new quartets along the same lines without any sacrifice of complexity or depth.
But virtuosity is never remotely an end in itself. Indeed, in the C major Quartet, Op.54 No.2, especially, it becomes a key element in music of astonishing force and rhetorical boldness: in the spacious opening movement, with its wide tonal reach, and almost orchestral depth of sonority; and in the C minor Adagio, where the first violin weaves wild, gypsy-style fantasies above the brooding chorale-like theme in the lower voices.
Taken together, both sets exhibit qualities of experimentation, gratifying instrumental virtuosity and dramatic expressiveness, especially in the slow movements, that make them a constant source of delight and satisfaction.
Tracklist:
String Quartet in G, Op. 54 No. 1:
00:00:00 I. vivace Assai
00:07:34 II. Andante più tosto Allegretto
00:12:39 III. Menuetto - Trio
00:16:55 IV. Finale: vivace
String Quartet in C, Op. 54 No. 2:
00:20:41 I. vivace
00:26:10 II. Adagio
00:29:08 III. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
00:32:38 IV. Finale: Adagio - Presto - Adagio
String Quartet in E, Op. 54 No. 3:
00:38:34 I. Allegro
00:45:06 II. Largo
00:53:01 III. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
00:56:37 IV. Finale: Presto
String Quartet in A, Op. 55 No. 1:
01:01:30 I. Allegro
01:07:27 II. Adagio cantabile
01:12:26 III. Menuetto - Trio
01:15:37 IV. Finale: vivace
String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 55 No. 2:
01:18:39 I. Allegro
01:28:25 II. Allegro
01:33:45 III. Menuetto: Allegretto - Trio
01:39:09 IV. Finale: Presto
String Quartet in B-Flat, Op. 55 No. 3:
01:45:00 I. vivace Assai
01:51:53 II. Adagio ma non troppo
01:58:54 III. Menuetto - Trio
02:03:05 IV. Finale: Presto
#Hadyn #Quartet #String #Buchberger #Violin #Vioal #Cello #Classical #Classics #BrilliantClassics #Volume10
