Haydn: String Quartets (The RIAS Amadeus Quartet Recordings, Vol. VI - Remastered Mono) Amadeus Quartet

• Joseph Haydn (1732-1809): String Quartet in G Major, Op. 9/3, Hob. III:21:
• 1 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 9/3, Hob. III:21: I. Moderato 02:49
• 2 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 9/3, Hob. III:21: II. Menuet. Allegretto 02:27
• 3 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 9/3, Hob. III:21: III. Largo 06:20
• 4 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 9/3, Hob. III:21: IV. Finale. Presto 02:44
• String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20/5, Hob. III:35, "Sun Quartet":
• 5 String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20/5, Hob. III:35, "Sun Quartet": I. Allegro moderato 05:12
• 6 String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20/5, Hob. III:35, "Sun Quartet": II. Menuet 05:19
• 7 String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20/5, Hob. III:35, "Sun Quartet": III. Adagio 05:57
• 8 String Quartet in F Minor, Op. 20/5, Hob. III:35, "Sun Quartet": IV. Finale. Fuga a due Soggetti 03:03
• String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 33/2, Hob. III:38 "The Joke":
• 9 String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 33/2, Hob. III:38 "The Joke": I. Allegro moderato 05:50
• 10 String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 33/2, Hob. III:38 "The Joke": II. Scherzo 03:28
• 11 String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 33/2, Hob. III:38 "The Joke": III. Largo e sostenuto 05:36
• 12 String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 33/2, Hob. III:38 "The Joke": IV. Finale 03:35
• String Quartet in C Major, Op. 54/2, Hob. III:58:
• 13 String Quartet in C Major, Op. 54/2, Hob. III:58: I. Vivace 05:29
• 14 String Quartet in C Major, Op. 54/2, Hob. III:58: II. Adagio 03:19
• 15 String Quartet in C Major, Op. 54/2, Hob. III:58: III. Menuet. Allegretto 03:36
• 16 String Quartet in C Major, Op. 54/2, Hob. III:58: IV. Finale. Adagio - Presto - Adagio 06:02
• 17 String Quartet in C Major, Op. 54/2, Hob. III:58: II. Adagio (1950 recording) (1950 recording) 03:40
• String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 64/3, Hob. III:67:
• 18 String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 64/3, Hob. III:67: I. Vivace assai 04:16
• 19 String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 64/3, Hob. III:67: II. Adagio 05:45
• 20 String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 64/3, Hob. III:67: III. Menuetto. Allegretto 04:05
• 21 String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 64/3, Hob. III:67: IV. Finale. Allegro con spirito 03:50
• String Quartet in G Major, Op. 64/4, Hob. III:66:
• 22 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 64/4, Hob. III:66: I. Allegro con brio 03:31
• 23 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 64/4, Hob. III:66: II. Menuetto. Allegretto 02:56
• 24 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 64/4, Hob. III:66: III. Adagio. Cantabile e sostenuto 05:00
• 25 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 64/4, Hob. III:66: IV. Finale. Presto 03:28
• String Quartet in C Major, Op. 74/1, Hob. III:72:
• 26 String Quartet in C Major, Op. 74/1, Hob. III:72: I. Allegro (moderato) 06:37
• 27 String Quartet in C Major, Op. 74/1, Hob. III:72: II. Andantino (grazioso) 05:42
• 28 String Quartet in C Major, Op. 74/1, Hob. III:72: III. Menuet. Allegro 04:05
• 29 String Quartet in C Major, Op. 74/1, Hob. III:72: IV. Finale. Vivace 03:46
• String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74/3, Hob. III:74 "The Rider":
• 30 String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74/3, Hob. III:74 "The Rider": I. Allegro non troppo 03:44
• 31 String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74/3, Hob. III:74 "The Rider": II. Largo assai 06:29
• 32 String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74/3, Hob. III:74 "The Rider": III. Menuet. Allegretto 03:29
• 33 String Quartet in G Minor, Op. 74/3, Hob. III:74 "The Rider": IV. Finale. Allegro con brio 04:22
• String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76/1, Hob. III:75:
• 34 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76/1, Hob. III:75: I. Allegro con spirito 04:19
• 35 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76/1, Hob. III:75: II. Adagio sostenuto 06:43
• 36 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76/1, Hob. III:75: III. Menuet. Presto 02:24
• 37 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76/1, Hob. III:75: IV. Finale. Allegro ma non troppo 04:27
• String Quartet in C Major, Op. 76/3, Hob. III:77 "Emperor":
• 38 String Quartet in C Major, Op. 76/3, Hob. III:77 "Emperor": I. Allegro 05:07
• 39 String Quartet in C Major, Op. 76/3, Hob. III:77 "Emperor": II. Poco adagio. Cantabile - Variation I-IV 07:34
• 40 String Quartet in C Major, Op. 76/3, Hob. III:77 "Emperor": III. Menuet. Allegro 04:40
• 41 String Quartet in C Major, Op. 76/3, Hob. III:77 "Emperor": IV. Finale. Presto 04:13
• String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 76/4, Hob. III:78 "The Sunrise":
• 42 String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 76/4, Hob. III:78 "The Sunrise": I. Allegro con spirito 06:02
• 43 String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 76/4, Hob. III:78 "The Sunrise": II. Adagio 05:51
• 44 String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 76/4, Hob. III:78 "The Sunrise": III. Menuet. Allegro 04:06
• 45 String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 76/4, Hob. III:78 "The Sunrise": IV. Finale. Allegro ma non troppo 04:22
• String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77/1, Hob. III:81:
• 46 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77/1, Hob. III:81: I. Allegro moderato 07:32
• 47 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77/1, Hob. III:81: II. Adagio 05:51
• 48 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77/1, Hob. III:81: III. Menuet. Presto 03:59
• 49 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77/1, Hob. III:81: IV. Finale. Presto 04:04
• String Quartet in F Major, Op. 77/2, Hob. III:82:
• 50 String Quartet in F Major, Op. 77/2, Hob. III:82: I. Allegro moderato 07:22
• 51 String Quartet in F Major, Op. 77/2, Hob. III:82: II. Menuet. Presto ma non troppo 04:19
• 52 String Quartet in F Major, Op. 77/2, Hob. III:82: III. Andante 07:14
• 53 String Quartet in F Major, Op. 77/2, Hob. III:82: IV. Finale. Vivace assai 05:32
• String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 103, Hob. III:83 (Unfinished):
• 54 String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 103, Hob. III:83 (Unfinished): I. Andante grazioso 05:19
• 55 String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 103, Hob. III:83 (Unfinished): II. Menuetto ma non troppo presto 05:19
• The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Op. 51, Hob. III:50-56:
• 56 The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Op. 51, Hob. III:50-56: Introduzione. Maestoso ed Adagio 05:25
• 57 The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Op. 51, Hob. III:50-56: Sonata 1. Largo 07:27
• 58 The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Op. 51, Hob. III:50-56: Sonata 2. Grave e Cantabile 06:00
• 59 The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Op. 51, Hob. III:50-56: Sonata 3. Grave 07:03
• 60 The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Op. 51, Hob. III:50-56: Sonata 4. Largo 05:26
• 61 The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Op. 51, Hob. III:50-56: Sonata 5. Adagio 06:11
• 62 The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Op. 51, Hob. III:50-56: Sonata 6. Lento 05:16
• 63 The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Op. 51, Hob. III:50-56: Sonata 7. Largo 06:28
• 64 The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Op. 51, Hob. III:50-56: Il terremoto. Presto e con tutta la forza 01:43
• Total Runtime 05:12:49

Info for Haydn: String Quartets (The RIAS Amadeus Quartet Recordings, Vol. VI - Remastered Mono)

This sixth volume of the RIAS Amadeus Quartet Recordings completes the 27-CD edition.

Joseph Haydn's string quartets, often rated as the basis for playing quartets, represented far more than an obligation to the Amadeus Quartet. During their entire career, spanning four decades, they thoroughly and continually dedicated themselves to these works, especially those of Haydn's middle and late periods. Most of their concert programmes featured a quartet by Haydn and in their sonic legacy - recordings on disc and for the radio - Haydn's string quartets make up more than a fifth of the total (only Beethoven's quartets were recorded with a similar frequency). The musicians held these works in such high esteem due, on the one hand, to their relative technical ease and, on the other, their high musical demands, as Norbert Brainin explained: "Everything that one plays in public is difficult. And the easier it is, the more difficult it becomes, as one then hears the fleas cough. Haydn and Mozart are a tightrope act."When preparing and rehearsing these works, the players had to examine the music closely, for many sections which appeared implausible in the old editions later on indeed proved erroneous when they were able to study Haydn's manuscripts and once the Urtext editions had been published.

Amadeus Quartet

Amadeus Quartet
English string quartet (1948–87), one of the most durable and highly regarded quartets of Europe. The quartet was formed in 1947, the result of an internment-camp meeting during World War II between three young Austrian Jewish refugees—Peter Schidlof, the group’s violist; Norbert Brainin, a violinist; and Siegmund Nissel, also a violinist. They were released from the camp with help from Dame Myra Hess and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Schidlof, who had been a violinist, began to study the viola. With the introduction in 1946 of Martin Lovett, a British cellist, to the group, the Brainin Quartet was formed.

The group gave its first performance as the Amadeus Quartet in London on Jan. 10, 1948. Touring extensively, the Amadeus performed throughout Europe, Canada, the United States, Japan, and South America. Noted for its smooth, sophisticated style, its seamless ensemble playing, and its sensitive interpretation, the quartet made some 200 recordings, among them the complete quartets of Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, and W.A. Mozart. Though they emphasized a standard Classical and Romantic repertory, they also performed works by such 20th-century composers as Bela Bartók and Benjamin Britten (who wrote his third quartet expressly for them). The group disbanded upon the death of Schidlof in 1987.

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