String Quartets, op. 50

Album by Joseph Haydn & London Haydn Quartet

String Quartets, Op. 50 is a set of six string quartets by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, composed in 1787. They exemplify the classical string quartet through balanced four-part writing, clear motivic development, increased contrapuntal textures and occasional formal experimentation, occupying an intermediate position in Haydn's quartet output as they consolidate techniques from his earlier works while pointing toward ideas he would expand in later quartets.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 1 in B-flat major: Allegro
    8:43
  2. 2.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 1 in B-flat major: Adagio
    7:28
  3. 3.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 1 in B-flat major: Menuetto: Poco allegretto
    3:14
  4. 4.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 1 in B-flat major: Vivace assai
    4:49
  5. 5.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 2 in C major: Vivace
    12:16
  6. 6.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 2 in C major: Adagio
    4:44
  7. 7.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 2 in C major: Menuetto: Allegro
    4:00
  8. 8.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 2 in C major: Vivace assai
    7:01
  9. 9.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 3 in E-flat major: Allegro con brio
    6:22
  10. 10.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 3 in E-flat major: Andante più tosto allegretto
    7:23
  11. 11.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 3 in E-flat major: Menuetto: Allegretto
    4:47
  12. 12.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 3 in E-flat major: Presto
    4:44

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 4 in F-sharp minor: Spiritoso
    9:05
  2. 3.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 4 in F-sharp minor: Andante
    7:54
  3. 4.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 4 in F-sharp minor: Menuetto: Poco allegretto
    4:14
  4. 5.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 4 in F-sharp minor: Fuga: Allegro molto
    2:06
  5. 6.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 5 in F major “The Dream”: Allegro moderato
    7:45
  6. 7.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 5 in F major “The Dream”: Poco adagio
    3:46
  7. 8.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 5 in F major “The Dream”: Menuetto: Allegretto
    4:21
  8. 9.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 5 in F major “The Dream”: Vivace
    6:06
  9. 10.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 6 in D major “The Frog”: Allegro
    9:50
  10. 11.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 6 in D major “The Frog”: Poco adagio
    6:41
  11. 12.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 6 in D major “The Frog”: Menuetto: Allegretto
    4:41
  12. 13.
    String Quartets, op. 50 “Prussian”: No. 6 in D major “The Frog”: Allegro con spirito
    6:44

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