A Night of "Spanish" HAYDN: Casals Quartet

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That is, Spanish commissioned work by Joseph Haydn. The fine ensemble, Cuarteto Casals, perform works written by the composer in the 1790s during which he composed two string quartets for the Duke of Alba and his Opus 51 for a brotherhood of monks from Cadiz. Here are String Quartet in D Minor, No. 42, an unpublished String Quartet in B Flat Major and The Last Seven Words of Christ, respectively. They're quite a contemplative grouping, befitting a meditative Sunday evening. They're followed by a nice encore from J.S. Bach's Art of the Fuge.

Abel Tomás, violin
Vera Martínez Mehner, violin
Jonathan Brown, viola
Arnau Tomàs, cello