String Quartets: Op. 50 "Prussian", nos. 1–3

Album by Joseph Haydn & Kodály Quartet

String Quartets, Op. 50 'Prussian', nos. 1–3 are chamber music works by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, published in 1787. These Classical-period string quartets showcase Haydn's mature chamber style, combining contrapuntal textures and lyrical melodic writing with notable cello prominence and formal experimentation, and they occupy a position between his earlier Op. 33 quartets and the later Op. 76 set in his development of the quartet genre.
First released: May 1998

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 50 no. 1: I. Allegro
    6:45
  2. 2.
    String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 50 no. 1: II. Adagio non lento
    6:17
  3. 3.
    String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 50 no. 1: III. Menuetto: Poco allegretto
    3:29
  4. 4.
    String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 50 no. 1: IV. Finale: Vivace
    5:04
  5. 5.
    String Quartet in C major, op. 50 no. 2: I. Vivace
    8:50
  6. 6.
    String Quartet in C major, op. 50 no. 2: II. Adagio: Cantabile
    4:43
  7. 7.
    String Quartet in C major, op. 50 no. 2: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    4:10
  8. 8.
    String Quartet in C major, op. 50 no. 2: IV. Finale: Vivace assai
    5:10
  9. 9.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 50 no. 3: I. Allegro con brio
    5:59
  10. 10.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 50 no. 3: II. Andante più tosto Allegretto
    5:56
  11. 11.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 50 no. 3: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    4:26
  12. 12.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 50 no. 3: IV. Finale: Presto
    4:04

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