Haydn / London Haydn Quartet String Quartets Op.33 CD

This fourth volume of Haydn String Quartets finds period band the London Haydn Quartet on sparkling form. Their previous recordings have been praised for the "glowing sound of gut strings played perfectly in tune... The ensemble's delicacy of nuance and sensitivity to harmonic color, treating the listener as a privileged eavesdropper" (Gramophone). This competitively priced set contains the six Op. 33 quartets, which Haydn wrote in Esterhazy after neglecting the genre for a decade, and which immediately became popular around Europe on publication.

1. Allegro: Moderato (No. 2 in E Flat Major the Joke) 2. Scherzo: Allegro 3. Largo E Sostenuto 4. Presto 5. Allegro Moderato (No. 4 in B Flat Major) 6. Scherzo: Allegretto 7. Largo 8. Presto 9. Allegro Moderato (No. 1 in B minor) 10. Scherzo: Allegro Di Molto 11. Andante 12. Presto 13. Vivace Assai (No. 6 in D Major) 14. Scherzo: Allegro 15. Adagio 16. Andante 17. Vivace Assai (No 5 in G Major How Do You Do?) 18. Scherzo: Allegro 19. Largo E Cantabile 20. Allegretto 21. Allegro Moderato (No. 3 in C Major the Bird) 22. Scherzo: Allegretto 23. Adagio 24. Presto