String Quartets: Op. 71 "Apponyi Quartets", nos. 1–3

Album by Joseph Haydn & Kodály Quartet

String Quartets Op. 71 'Apponyi', nos. 1–3 is a set of three string quartets by Joseph Haydn, composed in 1793. They feature Classical-period chamber textures with conversational interplay between the four instruments, clear sonata and rondo structures, rhythmic contrasts and inventive harmonic turns, and represent a mature phase in Haydn's quartet-writing that contributed to the development of the string quartet repertoire.
First released: April 1990

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 71 no. 1, Hob. III:69: I. Allegro
    6:49
  2. 2.
    String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 71 no. 1, Hob. III:69: II. Adagio
    6:32
  3. 3.
    String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 71 no. 1, Hob. III:69: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    3:52
  4. 4.
    String Quartet in B-flat major, op. 71 no. 1, Hob. III:69: IV. (Finale): Vivace
    5:08
  5. 5.
    String Quartet in D major, op. 71 no. 2, Hob. III:70: I. Adagio - Allegro
    6:01
  6. 6.
    String Quartet in D major, op. 71 no. 2, Hob. III:70: II. Adagio (cantabile)
    5:51
  7. 7.
    String Quartet in D major, op. 71 no. 2, Hob. III:70: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    2:30
  8. 8.
    String Quartet in D major, op. 71 no. 2, Hob. III:70: IV. Finale: Allegretto
    3:43
  9. 9.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 71 no. 3, Hob. III:71: I. Vivace
    6:05
  10. 10.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 71 no. 3, Hob. III:71: II. Andante con moto
    6:59
  11. 11.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 71 no. 3, Hob. III:71: III. Menuetto
    4:26
  12. 12.
    String Quartet in E-flat major, op. 71 no. 3, Hob. III:71: IV. Finale: Vivace
    4:13

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