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Haydn: String Quartets Op. 42 and Op. 2, Nos 4 and 6 Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Oct/2007 ] "it is impossible not to enjoy this" - Classic CD |
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Haydn: String Quartets Op. 20, Nos. 4-6 Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Feb/2002 ] "beautiful rich string-textures" - Penguin Guide |
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Haydn: String Quartets Op 33 Nos 1, 2 'Joke' & 5 'How do you do?' Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Oct/2007 ] "The recordings are beautifully balanced and real within a pleasingly warm but not muddy acoustic." - Classic CD - May |
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Haydn: String Quartets Op. 50, Nos. 4-6, 'Prussian' Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Oct/2007 ] "Competition, in fact, falls by the wayside after the Kodaly's cycle." |
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Haydn: String Quartets Op. 74, Nos. 1-3 Kodaly Quartet [ NAXOS / CD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] "All three of the Op. 74 works are among Haydn's greatest masterpieces for the medium, and they are marvellously done." (Penguin Guide) |
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Haydn: String Quartets Op 3 Nos 3-6 Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Sep/2002 ] "Truthful, well-balanced sound and faultless musicianship makes this another winner." - Michael Jameson, classicstoday.com |
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Haydn: Il Ritorno di Tobia (complete oratorio) Roberta Invernizzi, Sophie Karthauser, Ann Hallenberg / Capella Augustina / Andreas Spering [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/2008 ] Although Haydn's place in the history of the oratorio has been secured by his great vocal masterpieces The Creation and The Seasons, his first oratorio, Il ritorno di Tobia (The Return of Tobias), is among the better-kept secrets of music history.... |