String Quartets op. 76 "Erdödy"

Album by Joseph Haydn & Budapest String Quartet

String Quartets Op. 76, nicknamed 'Erdödy', are a set of six string quartets by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, composed in 1797. Musically they exemplify Classical-era chamber music with balanced four-movement structures, intricate motivic development, conversational interplay among the instruments and advanced harmonic and formal techniques, representing a mature stage in Haydn's quartet writing that helped shape the genre's subsequent development.

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Quartet in G major, op. 76 no. 1 (Hob. III:75): I. Allegro con spirito
    4:17
  2. 2.
    Quartet in B-flat major, op. 76 no. 4 "Sunrise" (Hob. III:78): I. Allegro con spirito
    6:02
  3. 3.
    Quartet in G major, op. 76 no. 1 (Hob. III:75): II. Adagio sostenuto
    6:56
  4. 4.
    Quartet in B-flat major, op. 76 no. 4 "Sunrise" (Hob. III:78): II. Adagio
    5:43
  5. 5.
    Quartet in G major, op. 76 no. 1 (Hob. III:75): III. Menuet. Presto
    2:22
  6. 6.
    Quartet in B-flat major, op. 76 no. 4 "Sunrise" (Hob. III:78): III. Menuetto (Allegro)
    3:54
  7. 7.
    Quartet in G major, op. 76 no. 1 (Hob. III:75): IV. Finale. Allegro ma non troppo
    4:45
  8. 8.
    Quartet in B-flat major, op. 76 no. 4 "Sunrise" (Hob. III:78): IV. Finale (Allegro ma non troppo)
    4:00
  9. 9.
    Quartet in D major, op. 76 no. 5 (Hob. III:79): I. Allegretto - Allegro
    4:39
  10. 10.
    Quartet in D minor, op. 76 no. 2 "Fifths" (Hob. III:76): I. Allegro
    5:23
  11. 11.
    Quartet in D minor, op. 76 no. 2 "Fifths" (Hob. III:76): II. Andante o piu tosto Allegretto
    6:06
  12. 12.
    Quartet in D major, op. 76 no. 5 (Hob. III:79): II. Largo cantabile e mesto
    8:03
  13. 13.
    Quartet in D major, op. 76 no. 5 (Hob. III:79): III. Menuetto
    2:53
  14. 14.
    Quartet in D minor, op. 76 no. 2 "Fifths" (Hob. III:76): III. Menuetto. Allegro ma non troppo
    3:33
  15. 15.
    Quartet in D minor, op. 76 no. 2 "Fifths" (Hob. III:76): IV. Finale. Vivace assai
    4:27
  16. 16.
    Quartet in D major, op. 76 no. 5 (Hob. III:79): IV. Finale (Presto)
    3:37
  17. 17.
    Quartet in C major, op. 76 no. 3 "Emperor" (Hob. III:77): I. Allegro
    5:01
  18. 18.
    Quartet in E-flat major, op. 76 no. 6 (Hob. III:80): I. Allegretto - Allegro
    6:53
  19. 19.
    Quartet in C major, op. 76 no. 3 "Emperor" (Hob. III:77): II. Poco adagio. Cantabile -- Var.I-IV
    7:13
  20. 20.
    Quartet in E-flat major, op. 76 no. 6 (Hob. III:80): II. Fantasia (Adagio)
    6:55
  21. 21.
    Quartet in E-flat major, op. 76 no. 6 (Hob. III:80): III. Menuetto (Presto)
    3:18
  22. 22.
    Quartet in C major, op. 76 no. 3 "Emperor" (Hob. III:77): III. Menuet. Allegro
    4:59
  23. 23.
    Quartet in E-flat major, op. 76 no. 6 (Hob. III:80): IV. Finale (Allegro spiritoso)
    3:04
  24. 24.
    Quartet in C major, op. 76 no. 3 "Emperor" (Hob. III:77): IV. Finale. Presto
    4:11

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