String Quartets, op. 76

Album by Joseph Haydn & Doric String Quartet

String Quartets, Op. 76 is a set of six string quartets by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, composed in 1796–1797 and first published in 1799. These works exemplify Classical-period chamber music through balanced sonata forms, motivic development, varied textures and contrapuntal writing, and they represent a culminating phase in Haydn's quartet output that helped shape the genre's development.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Quartet in G major, op. 76 no. 1, Hob. III:75: I. Allegro con spirito
    8:43
  2. 2.
    Quartet in G major, op. 76 no. 1, Hob. III:75: II. Adagio sostenuto
    7:11
  3. 3.
    Quartet in G major, op. 76 no. 1, Hob. III:75: III. Menuetto: Presto
    2:16
  4. 4.
    Quartet in G major, op. 76 no. 1, Hob. III:75: IV. Allegro ma non troppo
    6:25
  5. 5.
    Quartet in D minor, op. 76 no. 2 "Quinten", Hob. III:76: I. Allegro
    9:38
  6. 6.
    Quartet in D minor, op. 76 no. 2 "Quinten", Hob. III:76: II. Andante o più tosto allegretto
    5:57
  7. 7.
    Quartet in D minor, op. 76 no. 2 "Quinten", Hob. III:76: III. Menuetto: Allegro ma non troppo
    3:02
  8. 8.
    Quartet in D minor, op. 76 no. 2 "Quinten", Hob. III:76: IV. Vivace assai
    4:14
  9. 9.
    Quartet in C major, op. 76 no. 3 "Kaiser", Hob. III:77: I. Allegro
    10:43
  10. 10.
    Quartet in C major, op. 76 no. 3 "Kaiser", Hob. III:77: II. Poco adagio, cantabile
    8:04
  11. 11.
    Quartet in C major, op. 76 no. 3 "Kaiser", Hob. III:77: III. Menuetto: Allegro
    4:38
  12. 12.
    Quartet in C major, op. 76 no. 3 "Kaiser", Hob. III:77: IV. Finale: Presto
    5:46

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Quartet in B-flat major, op. 76 no. 4 "Sonnenaufgang", Hob. III:78: I. Allegro con spirito
    9:20
  2. 3.
    Quartet in B-flat major, op. 76 no. 4 "Sonnenaufgang", Hob. III:78: II. Adagio
    6:16
  3. 4.
    Quartet in B-flat major, op. 76 no. 4 "Sonnenaufgang", Hob. III: 78: III. Menuetto (Allegro)
    4:30
  4. 5.
    Quartet in B-flat major, op. 76 no. 4 "Sonnenaufgang", Hob. III: 78: IV. Finale (Allegro ma non troppo)
    5:15
  5. 6.
    Quartet in D major, op. 76 no. 5, Hob. III:79: I. Allegretto - Allegro
    5:11
  6. 7.
    Quartet in D major, op. 76 no. 5, Hob. III:79: II. Largo cantabile e mesto
    8:11
  7. 8.
    Quartet in D major, op. 76 no. 5, Hob. III:79: III. Menuetto
    3:20
  8. 9.
    Quartet in D major, op. 76 no. 5, Hob. III:79: IV. Finale (Presto)
    3:32
  9. 10.
    Quartet in E-flat major, op. 76 no. 6, Hob. III:80: I. Allegretto - Allegro
    7:04
  10. 11.
    Quartet in E-flat major, op. 76 no. 6, Hob. III:80: II. Fantasia (Adagio)
    7:09
  11. 12.
    Quartet in E-flat major, op. 76 no. 6, Hob. III:80: III. Menuetto (Presto)
    4:02
  12. 13.
    Quartet in E-flat major, op. 76 no. 6, Hob. III:80: IV. Finale (Allegro spiritoso)
    6:19

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