5 thoughts on “ III Adagio Cantabile Sostenuto - Haydn*, The Aeolian String Quartet* - The Complete String Quartets (File, MP3) ”

1. I have admired the Haydn quartet for more than 40 years and have sampled my favorites (op. 20, 33, 55, and 76) from most of the available quartets, many now long since unavailable. I purchased the aeolian complete set in 8 volumes on London Treasury LPs in the 70s and found that I returned to them when I sought the genuine article: direct /5(74).

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2. Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in G Major, Op. 77, No 1, quietly witnessed a great turning point in the history of the string quartet. With Mozart gone, both an elderly Haydn and a young Beethoven were simultaneously working on a new set of string quartets: Haydn's last and Beethoven's first.

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4. When Chiaroscuros now return to Haydn, it is with his last complete set of quartets, begun in when he was 64 years old. The Six String Quartets, Op. 76, form one of the most renowned of Haydn's sets of quartets, and carry the stamp of their maker: No other set of eighteenth-century string quartets is so diverse, or so unconcerned with the.

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5. Dec 09,  · The 'Emperor' Quartet. I. Allegro II. Poco Adagio: Cantabile III. Menuetto IV. Finale: Presto Performers: Alban Berg Quartett.

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