String Quartets, op. 20

Album by Joseph Haydn & London Haydn Quartet

String Quartets, Op. 20 is a set of six string quartets by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, composed in 1772. They exhibit increased contrapuntal complexity, dramatic dynamic contrasts and formal experimentation within the classical quartet idiom, and occupy a formative position in Haydn's development as a chamber-music composer and in the evolution of the string quartet as a genre.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 1 in E-flat major: I. Allegro moderato
    11:47
  2. 2.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 1 in E-flat major: II. Menuetto: Allegretto
    4:12
  3. 3.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 1 in E-flat major: III. Affettuoso e sostenuto
    6:18
  4. 4.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 1 in E-flat major: IV. Presto
    3:39
  5. 5.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 2 in C major: I. Moderato
    11:35
  6. 6.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 2 in C major: II. Capriccio: Adagio
    7:00
  7. 7.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 2 in C major: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    4:30
  8. 8.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 2 in C major: IV. Fuga a 4 soggetti: Allegro
    3:48
  9. 9.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 3 in G minor: I. Allegro con spirito
    8:37
  10. 10.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 3 in G minor: II. Menuetto: Allegretto
    5:20
  11. 11.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 3 in G minor: III. Poco adagio
    7:36
  12. 12.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 3 in G minor: IV. Allegro molto
    5:19

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 4 in D major: I. Allegro di molto
    10:55
  2. 3.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 4 in D major: II. Un poco adagio affettuoso
    10:58
  3. 4.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 4 in D major: III. Menuetto: Allegretto alla zingarese
    1:51
  4. 5.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 4 in D major: IV. Presto scherzando
    6:22
  5. 6.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 5 in F minor: I. Allegro moderato
    13:51
  6. 7.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 5 in F minor: II. Menuetto
    5:48
  7. 8.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 5 in F minor: III. Adagio
    6:15
  8. 9.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 5 in F minor: IV. Fuga a 2 soggetti
    4:03
  9. 10.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 6 in A major: I. Allegro di molto e scherzando
    7:50
  10. 11.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 6 in A major: II. Adagio cantabile
    6:22
  11. 12.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 6 in A major: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
    2:31
  12. 13.
    String Quartet, op. 20 no. 6 in A major: IV. Fuga a 3 soggetti: Allegro
    3:14

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