String Quartets, op. 74

Album by Joseph Haydn & Takács Quartet

String Quartets, Op. 74 is a set of six string quartets by Joseph Haydn, composed in 1793. The quartets are in Haydn's mature classical style and have denser contrapuntal writing and an expanded harmonic and formal language that further develop his quartet practice.

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  1. 1.
    String Quartet in C major, op. 74 no. 1: Allegro
    6:36
  2. 2.
    String Quartet in C major, op. 74 no. 1: Andantino Grazioso
    6:07
  3. 3.
    String Quartet in C major, op. 74 no. 1: Menuetto: Allegro – Trio
    4:13
  4. 4.
    String Quartet in C major, op. 74 no. 1: Vivace
    5:32
  5. 5.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 74 no. 2: Allegro Spiritoso
    6:28
  6. 6.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 74 no. 2: Andante Grazioso
    6:58
  7. 7.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 74 no. 2: Menuetto – Trio
    3:28
  8. 8.
    String Quartet in F major, op. 74 no. 2: Presto
    3:59
  9. 9.
    String Quartet in G minor ‘Rider’, op. 74 no. 3: Allegro
    5:19
  10. 10.
    String Quartet in G minor ‘Rider’, op. 74 no. 3: Largo Assai
    6:04
  11. 11.
    String Quartet in G minor ‘Rider’, op. 74 no. 3: Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio
    3:10
  12. 12.
    String Quartet in G minor ‘Rider’, op. 74 no. 3: Allegro Con Brio
    5:47

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