Haydn: String Quartets, Vol. 5 Op. 20
Composer
Franz Joseph Haydn
Artist
Buchberger Quartet
Format
2 CD
Cat. number
93545
EAN code
5028421935454
Release
September 2007
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About this release
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.
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.
Listening
Track list
Disk 1
1 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20 No. 5: Moderato
2 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20 No. 5: Menuet
3 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20 No. 5: Adagio
4 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20 No. 5: Finale, Fuga a 2 soggetti
5 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in A Major, Op. 20 No. 6: Allegro di molto e scherzando
6 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in A Major, Op. 20 No. 6: Adagio
7 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in A Major, Op. 20 No. 6: Menuet
8 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in A Major, Op. 20 No. 6: Fuga a 3 soggetti: allegro
9 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20 No. 2: Moderato
10 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20 No. 2: Capriccio-adagio
11 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20 No. 2: Menuet
12 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in C Major, Op. 20 No. 2: Fuga a 4 soggetti: allegro
Disk 2
1 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 20 No. 3: Allegro con spirito
2 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 20 No. 3: Menuet
3 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 20 No. 3: Poco adagio
4 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 20 No. 3: Finale, allegro di molto
5 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20 No. 4: Allegro di molto
6 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20 No. 4: Un poco adagio e affettuoso
7 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20 No. 4: Menuet alla Zingarese
8 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in D Major, Op. 20 No. 4: Presto e scherzando
9 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 No. 1: Allegro moderato
10 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 No. 1: Menuet
11 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 No. 1: Affettuoso e sostenuto
12 Franz Joseph Haydn: String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 20 No. 1: Finale, presto