String Quartets: Op. 50 "Prussian", nos. 4–6

Album by Joseph Haydn & Kodály Quartet

String Quartets Op. 50, nos. 4–6 are a set of string quartets by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, composed in 1787. They display Classical-era chamber music traits, characterised by clear textures, inventive motivic development and conversational interplay among the four instruments, and they mark a key stage in Haydn's evolution of the string quartet during his mature middle-period output.
First released: November 1998

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    String Quartet in F-sharp minor, op. 50 no. 4: I. Allegro spirituoso
    6:01
  2. 2.
    String Quartet in F-sharp minor, op. 50 no. 4: II. Andante
    6:02
  3. 3.
    String Quartet in F-sharp minor, op. 50 no. 4: III. Menuetto: Poco allegretto
    3:43
  4. 4.
    String Quartet in F-sharp minor, op. 50 no. 4: IV. Finale: Fuga: Allegro moderato
    2:33
  5. 5.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 50 no. 5: I. Allegro moderato
    4:52
  6. 6.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 50 no. 5: II. Poco adagio
    3:26
  7. 7.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 50 no. 5: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    4:16
  8. 8.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 50 no. 5: IV. Finale: Vivace
    4:38
  9. 9.
    String Quartet in D major, op. 50 no. 6: I. Allegro
    6:29
  10. 10.
    String Quartet in D major, op. 50 no. 6: II. Poco adagio
    6:06
  11. 11.
    String Quartet in D major, op. 50 no. 6: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    5:04
  12. 12.
    String Quartet in D major, op. 50 no. 6: IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito
    5:32

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