Haydn: String Quartets, Vol. 5 Op. 20 @BrilliantClassics

Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

The Buchberger Quartet has been at it again. This is the fifth volume of their complete string quartets by Josef Haydn. These two CD’s contain the six quartets opus 20, the so-called ‘Sun’ quartets.

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The opus 20 quartets are all autonomous. There is preponderance of minor keys, which is a characteristic of the
so-called Sturm und Drang. The cello plays a more melodic role than in previous quartets. And numbers 2, 5 and 6 have 4-voice fugues as their final movements.

Tracklist:
String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20 No. 5:
00:00:00 Moderato
00:06:53 Menuet
00:12:44 Adagio
00:18:13 Finale, Fuga a 2 soggetti

String Quartet in A Major, Op. 20 No. 6:
00:21:17 Allegro di molto e scherzando
00:26:49 Adagio
00:32:17 Menuet
00:34:46 Fuga a 3 soggetti: allegro

String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20 No. 2:
00:37:53 Moderato
00:44:42 Capriccio-adagio
00:50:27 Menuet
00:54:13 Fuga a 4 soggetti: allegro

String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 20 No. 3:
00:58:05 Allegro con spirito
01:04:07 Menuet
01:08:53 Poco adagio
01:17:45 Finale, allegro di molto

String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20 No. 4:
01:21:46 Allegro di molto
01:29:11 Un poco adagio e affettuoso
01:37:36 Menuet alla Zingarese
01:39:09 Presto e scherzando

String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 No. 1:
01:44:07 Allegro moderato
01:50:32 Menuet
01:54:37 Affettuoso e sostenuto
02:00:43 Finale, presto

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