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Haydn: String Quartets Nos. 1-3, Op. 33 / Chiaroscuro Quartet
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Haydn: String Quartets Nos. 1-3, Op. 33 / Chiaroscuro Quartet

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Details

Composer
Joseph Haydn
Artist
Chiaroscuro Quartet
Format
SACD
Label
BIS
Released
May 05, 2023
Catalog #
BIS-2588
UPC
7318599925882

About

“Gut strings and classical bows are also the tools of a captivating quest for sonority”, French magazine Diapason recently wrote to describe the Chiaroscuro Quartet. After Op. 20, Joseph Haydn’s first major string quartet cycle, and Op. 76, his last, the internationally renowned ensemble is now embarking on the Quartets Op. 33, dubbed the “Russian Quartets” and dedicated to the Russian Grand Duke Paul, the future Tsar Paul I. Having earned a reputation as eccentric and non-conformist, sometimes downright offensive, Haydn felt the need to write music more in keeping with the public’s lighter, more ‘popular’, less ‘scholarly’ tone, with a livelier sense of rhythm. And while there is comedy in some of the scherzos, it would be wrong to reduce these works to what some dour critics have called ‘comic fooling’.

In Quartet No 1 in B minor, the comedy is cerebral, often disturbing. This is certainly not the case in Quartet No 2 in E flat major, nicknamed “The Joke” because of the sparkling tarantella that concludes it. In Quartet No 3 in C major, “The Bird”, Haydn invites us to a veritable bird concert before concluding brilliantly with its persistent refrain inspired by a wild Slavic folk dance.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 I. Allegro moderato 07:18
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    07:18
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  2. 2 II. Scherzo: Allegro di molto 02:06
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegro di molto
    Duration
    02:06
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  3. 3 III. Andante 07:48
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Andante
    Duration
    07:48
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  4. 4 IV. Finale: Presto 04:57
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Presto
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  5. 5 I. Allegro moderato 06:56
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    06:56
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  6. 6 II. Scherzo: Allegro 02:57
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegro
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  7. 7 III. Largo e sostenuto 04:19
    Track
    7
    Title
    III. Largo e sostenuto
    Duration
    04:19
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  8. 8 IV. Finale: Presto 03:20
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Finale: Presto
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  9. 9 I. Allegro moderato 08:48
    Track
    9
    Title
    I. Allegro moderato
    Duration
    08:48
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  10. 10 II. Scherzo: Allegretto 02:44
    Track
    10
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Allegretto
    Duration
    02:44
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  11. 11 III. Adagio ma non troppo 05:00
    Track
    11
    Title
    III. Adagio ma non troppo
    Duration
    05:00
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet
  12. 12 IV. Rondo: Presto 02:37
    Track
    12
    Title
    IV. Rondo: Presto
    Duration
    02:37
    Composer
    Franz Joseph Haydn
    Ensemble
    Chiaroscuro Quartet