Poll: Haydn String Quartets

[chasmaniac]

Just curious. Mine is 64.

[mszczuj]

77.

[Karl Henning]

I think I must go with Op.50. Davey should be pleased : )

[Gurn Blanston]

Mine has always been Op 50.

[DavidW]

I think I must go with Op.50. Davey should be pleased : )

Excellent.

[Sergeant Rock]

Checking out my Top Ten list, it seems Op.33 has to be my choice.

op.9/4   D minor
op.20/2 C major
op.33/1 B minor
op.33/2 E flat "Joke"
op:33/3 C major "Bird"
op.50/4 F sharp minor
op.64/3 B flat major
op.74/3 G minor "Rider"
op.76/2 D minor "Fifths"
op.77/1 G major


Sarge

[chasmaniac]

6 votes in and no 76s. Bit of a surprise that.

[Madiel]

6 votes in and no 76s. Bit of a surprise that.

I can 'fix' that for you, but it didn't seem appropriate because I only know 2 sets (76 and 71/4).  And even then it's not a very fair fight when I know 76 intimately and 71/4 considerably less well.

[Gurn Blanston]

6 votes in and no 76s. Bit of a surprise that.

If it had been 'vote for your top 2 faves'....

[chasmaniac]

I can 'fix' that for you, but it didn't seem appropriate because I only know 2 sets (76 and 71/4).  And even then it's not a very fair fight when I know 76 intimately and 71/4 considerably less well.

I reckon as long as you know more than one, it's fair to say what your fave is.

[chasmaniac]

If it had been 'vote for your top 2 faves'....

Ha! More than 1 is hopeless! Mine would start at one end and run clear to the other! 

[Madiel]

I reckon as long as you know more than one, it's fair to say what your fave is.

76 it is then.

[Gurn Blanston]

Ha! More than 1 is hopeless! Mine would start at one end and run clear to the other! 

Yes, in truth it is whatever one I'm listening to at the moment...  I'm even sort of disappointed not to see Op 1 & 2 in there; they were some of the best music of their time, without which Haydn would have never got his start.

[chasmaniac]

I'm even sort of disappointed not to see Op 1 & 2 in there; they were some of the best music of their time, without which Haydn would have never got his start.

Fixed.

[Leon]

Since I enjoy all of these works fairly uniformly, this was a somewhat meaningless choice. 

Each work has it own strengths and Haydn was such a masterful composer, especially in the string quartet idiom, that it is hard for me to claim any strong preference.

That said, Op. 76 edges out the others as my favorite primarily because of my special affection for #2.

[kishnevi]

Ha! More than 1 is hopeless! Mine would start at one end and run clear to the other! 

I'd have to vote for all of them except 1, 2 and 42, and that's only because I've never heard those particular sets  complete through.

[Gurn Blanston]

Since I enjoy all of these works fairly uniformly, this was a somewhat meaningless choice. 

Each work has it own strengths and Haydn was such a masterful composer, especially in the string quartet idiom, that it is hard for me to claim any strong preference.

That said, Op. 76 edges out the others as my favorite primarily because of my special affection for #2.

That d minor is probably my favorite single quartet.

[Gurn Blanston]

Fixed.

Thanks. I hope someone now can also show them some love.

[Mirror Image]

  Shouldn't this be in the polling section of the forum?

[Gurn Blanston]

Shouldn't this be in the polling section of the forum?

Yup. Thought it was. Where would I be?