String Quartets
Album by Joseph Haydn & Pro Arte Quartet
The String Quartets are a series of chamber-music works by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, composed across several decades from the mid-1750s to the early 1800s. They chart the development of the classical string quartet genre, featuring conversational interplay among two violins, viola and cello, increased formal clarity, motivic economy and balanced multi-movement structures that mark a central phase of Haydn's compositional career.
First released: 1998
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- 1.String quartet in E flat, n°1 from 6 string quartets 'Sonnenquartette', Op.20 (Hob.III/31-36), Allegro moderato4:25
- 2.String quartet in E flat, n°1 from 6 string quartets 'Sonnenquartette', Op.20 (Hob.III/31-36), Menuetto (Allegretto) & trio3:33
- 3.String quartet in E flat, n°1 from 6 string quartets 'Sonnenquartette', Op.20 (Hob. III/31-36), Affettuoso e sostenuto4:13
- 4.String quartet in E flat, n°1 from 6 string quartets 'Sonnenquartette', Op.20 (Hob. III/31-36), Finale (Presto)3:46
- 5.String quartet in D, n°4 from 6 string quartets 'Sonnenquartette', Op.20 (Hob.III/31-36), Allegro di molto3:53
- 6.String quartet in D, n°4 from 6 string quartets 'Sonnenquartette', Op.20 (Hob.III/31-36), Un po adagio affettuoso ; Variationen 1/41:48
- 7.String quartet in D, n°4 from 6 string quartets 'Sonnenquartette', Op.20 (Hob.III/31-36), Menuetto (Allegretto alla zingarese) & trio8:07
- 8.String quartet in D, n°4 from 6 string quartets 'Sonnenquartette', Op.20 (Hob.III/31-36), Presto scherzando3:40
- 9.String quartet in C, n°3 'The bird' from 6 string quartets Op.33 (Hob.III/37-42), Allegro moderato4:58
- 10.String quartet in C, n°3 'The bird' from 6 string quartets Op.33 (Hob.III/37-42), Scherzando (Allegretto)2:42
- 11.String quartet in C, n°3 'The bird' from 6 string quartets Op.33 (Hob.III/37-42), Adagio5:50
- 12.String quartet in C, n°3 'The bird' from 6 string quartets Op.33 (Hob.III/37-42), Rondo (Presto)2:31
- 13.String quartet in D, n°6 'The frog' from 6 string quartets Op.50 (Hob.III/44-49), Allegro4:32
- 14.String quartet in D, n°6 'The frog' from 6 string quartets Op.50 (Hob.III/44-49), Poco adagio4:05
- 15.String quartet in D, n°6 'The frog' from 6 string quartets Op.50 (Hob.III/44-49), Menuetto (Allegretto) & trio3:26
- 16.String quartet in D, n°6 'The frog' from 6 string quartets Op.50 (Hob.III/44-49), Finale (Allegro con spirito)3:42





