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FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN
String Quartets, Op.64
Six Quaturos... Composés et dediés à Monsieur Jean Tost par Monsieur Joseph Haydn
COMPACT DISC ONE
Quartet, Op.64 No.1 (Hob.III:65)
25:52
in C major • ub C-Dur • en ut majeur
In Nomine Domini
1.
Allegro moderato
10:20
2.
Menuet. Allegretto ma non troppo - Trio - Menuet da Capo
4:29
3.
Allegretto scherzando
6:13
4.
Finale. Presto
4:50
Quartet, Op.64 No.2 (Hob.III:68)
21:07
in B Minor • in h-Moll • en si mineur
In Nomine Domini
5.
Allegro spiritoso
8:17
6.
Adagio ma non troppo
5:40
7.
Menuet. Allegretto - Trio - Menuet da Capo
3:00
8.
Finale. Presto
4:09
Quartet, Op.64 No.3 (Hob.III:67)
27:35
in B flat major • in B-Dur • en si bémol majeur
In Nomine Domini
9.
Vivace assai
8:55
10.
Adagio
6:02
11.
Menuet. Allegretto - Trio - Menuet da Capo
4:34
12.
Finale. Allegro con spirito
8:02
Total time: 74:52
COMPACT DISC TWO
Quartet, Op.64 No.4 (Hob.III:66)
23:52
in G major • in G-Dur • en sol majear
In Nomine Domini
1.
Allegro con brio
8:06
2.
Menuet. Allegretto - Trio - Menuet da Capo
3:37
3.
Adagio. Cantabile e sostenuto
6:13
4.
Finale. Presto
5:55
Quartet, Op.64 No.5 'Die Lerche' (Hob.III:63)
21:28
in D major • in D-Dur • en ré majeur
('The Lark')
In Nomine Domini
5.
Allegro moderato
9:17
6.
Adagio. Cantabile
6:32
7.
Menuet. Allegretto - Trio - Menuet da Capo
3:21
8.
Finale. Vivace
2:18
Quartet, Op.64 No.6 (Hob.III:64)
21:12
in E flat major • in Es-Dur • en mi bémol majeur
In Nomine Domini
9.
Allegro
8:26
10.
Andante
4:32
11.
Menuet. Allegretto - Trio - Menuet da Capo - Trio, per la seconda volta, caso mai se piacesse replicarlo -
4:48
Menuet da Capo
12.
Finale. Presto
3:23
Total time: 66:48
Chamber: Doric String Quartet
Alex Redington violin
Jonathan Stone violin
Hélène Clément viola
John Myerscough cello
The members of the Doric String Quartet perform using a set of classical bows by Luis Emilio Rodriquez Carrington.
5-7 May 2017 (String Quartets, Op.64 Nos 3-5) and 23-25 October 2017 (other works)
Notes
This is volume three in the Doric String Quartet’s ongoing exploration of Haydn’s complete string quartets, already highly praised by major international media and regularly supported by concerts in the world’s greatest venues, from Carnegie and Wigmore halls to the Royal Concertgebouw.
The Op. 64 Quartets date from a time of great change for Haydn, compared with the previously recorded Op. 20 and Op. 76. Not only was Haydn preparing for the greatest adventure of his life – what would turn out to be the first of two trips to London – at the time of their composition, in 1790, but they also appeared under a new publisher, Leopold Kozeluch’s firm Magazin de musique.
Marked throughout by the virtuosity of the Doric String Quartet, the rhythmic energy as well as the poetic tenderness of the players, this recording showcases a highly characteristic side of Haydn’s music, the inexhaustible versatility and constant unpredictability of the materials.
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Reviews
“The Doric String Quartet has a great affinity for Haydn… The Dorics are alive to everything and there’s a sense of adventure in the playing of leader Alex Redington and his colleagues violinist Jonathan Stone, violist Hélène Clément and cellist John Myerscough – witness the almost gypsy-like elan of the violin solo in the second movement of the Sixth Quartet. Haydn’s wit is not lost on them either with their delicious sliding figures and whistling effects in the minuet which follows.The quartet is barely out of the recording studio these days and Clement says they rehearse exhaustively beforehand so as to produce a “live” performance feel. It certainly works.” *****
Steve Moffat – Limelight magazine.com.au – 18 September 2018
Performance **** Recording *****
“… These are performances that take you inside the music, so that it’s almost possible to hear them with a performer’s ear and experience the delight as the notes leap of the page and into life – the expertly attuned recordings certainly help…”
Stephen Johnson - BBC Music magazine - July 2018
“… Nos 5 and 6 are profoundly satisfying throughout, their first movements amply spacious, the minuets unpredictably and wittily timed, and the finales – high-class show-off music if ever there was – breathtaking in their mingled precision, delicacy and whooping high spirits. The recording, as in previous issues, is in the demonstration class while Dean Sutcliffe’s notes. Like the playing, are guaranteed to make you hear these quartets with fresh ears.”
Richard Wigmore – Gramophone magazine – April 2018
“The Op. 64s are among Haydn’s least played quartets: only the Lark, No 5, is familiar ... Yet what treasures of invention, innovation, humour and beauty they contain. No 6 in E flat is a particular delight, but so is much else in these richly varied works, to which the excellent Doric players do ample justice.”
David Cairns – The Sunday Times (Culture magazine) – 25 February 2018
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