String Quartets Vol 1 [Op 9 Nos 1-6]

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JOSEF HAYDN
String Quartets Vol 1 [Op 9 Nos 1-6]
Buchberger Quartet

[ Brilliant Classics / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Wednesday 1 August 2007

This item is only available to us via Special Order. We should be able to get it to you in 3 - 6 weeks from when you order it.

Joseph Haydn is considered to be more or less the inventor of the genre string quartet. Although he also wrote quite a number of trio's for various instruments, his quartets excel in equilibrium in every possible way. He wrote two violins, a viola and a cello into a perfect match. And he apparently loved it so much that he wrote no less than 83 of them.

We have started to record them all with the Buchberger Quartet. This ensemble is probably more associated with twentienth-century music, but they know their classics very well. We begin at the beginning: Opus 9, quartets 1 to 6. This means we will have another dozen or so instalments to go of this at least most enjoyable and at best absolutely brilliant music.

Tracks:

String Quartet in D minor Op. 9 No. 4

String Quartet in C major Op. 9 No. 1

String Quartet in G major Op. 9 No. 3

String Quartet in E flat major Op. 9 No. 2

String Quartet in B flat major Op. 9 No. 5

String Quartet in A major Op. 9 No. 6