String Quartets: Op. 9, nos. 1, 3 and 4

Album by Joseph Haydn & Kodály Quartet

String Quartets, Op. 9, nos. 1, 3 and 4 is a set of string quartets by Joseph Haydn, composed around 1770. They exemplify Haydn's early Classical style, featuring galant melodies, clear formal structures and increasing conversational interplay among the four instruments as he developed techniques of motivic development and textural contrast that were important in the evolution of the string quartet.

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  1. 1.
    Quartet no. 11 in D minor, op. 9 no. 4: I. Moderato
    5:16
  2. 2.
    Quartet no. 11 in D minor, op. 9 no. 4: II. Menuet
    4:28
  3. 3.
    Quartet no. 11 in D minor, op. 9 no. 4: III. Adagio - Cantabile
    5:29
  4. 4.
    Quartet no. 11 in D minor, op. 9 no. 4: IV. Finale: Presto
    3:15
  5. 5.
    Quartet no. 12 in C major, op. 9 no. 1: I. Moderato
    6:40
  6. 6.
    Quartet no. 12 in C major, op. 9 no. 1: II. Menuet: Un poco allegretto
    3:10
  7. 7.
    Quartet no. 12 in C major, op. 9 no. 1: III. Adagio
    5:07
  8. 8.
    Quartet no. 12 in C major, op. 9 no. 1: IV. Finale: Presto
    3:01
  9. 9.
    Quartet no. 13 in G major, op. 9 no. 3: I. Moderato
    3:59
  10. 10.
    Quartet no. 13 in G major, op. 9 no. 3: II. Menuet: Allegretto
    2:31
  11. 11.
    Quartet no. 13 in G major, op. 9 no. 3: III. Largo
    5:57
  12. 12.
    Quartet no. 13 in G major, op. 9 no. 3: IV. Finale: Presto
    2:43

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