Haydn's Haus

[George]

What happened?

Commitment issues? 

[Que]

Commitment issues? 

Very much so! 

Q

[Harry]

I think Harry would agree as well: GET THIS, you will have it for the rest of your life. Opp.s 20-77 are overall the most remarkable effort in the String Quartet genre. Beethoven bested them only in his later SQS, and Mozart drew up short as a whole.
Just my opinion.

Harry does indeed!

[hornteacher]

Well he wrote a lot of them.  I would very much like suggestions for a "Top 5" or "Top 10" list of Haydn String Quartets.

[Gurn Blanston]

Well, yes, he did. <> 68 of them, in fact.

You aren't going to buy them individually, you are going to buy Opera. I would strongly suggest the following as a first choice:

Op 76 - 6 quartets. Absolutely wonderful

Op 50 - 6 quartets. My personal favorites.

Op 74 - 3 quartets. Some very intriguing advances in form harmonics.

Op 33 - 6 quartets. The first great quartets by anyone.

Op 55 - 3 quartets. A great set, hard to eat just one.

So there, a Top 5 to start on. After that, Op 54 (3), Op 64 (6), Op 71 (3), Op 77 (2), Op 20 (6). OK, so that's a Top 10.


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Now playing: Divertimentos & Sestetto - L'Archibudelli - K 320d 364alt Grande Sestetto in Eb (from Sinfonia Concertante) 2nd mvmt - Andante

[George]

Thanks for that, Gurn! 

[Gurn Blanston]

Thanks for that, Gurn! 

Y'r welcome, George. We're talking my favorite music now!



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Now playing: L'Archibudelli / Immerseel - Bia 536 Op 97 Trio #6 in Bb for Piano & Strings 4th mvmt - Allegro moderato

[Bonehelm]

The first one I heard was the Emperor quartet. op.76 if I recall correctly.

[Gurn Blanston]

The first one I heard was the Emperor quartet. op.76 if I recall correctly.

Yes, Op 76 #3. Very nice piece. As a first disk, if one would only get a single CD to start with, I would say any of those that have Op 76 #1-3, this is a great introduction.



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Now playing: L'Archibudelli / Immerseel - Schubert D 898 Piano Trio in Bb 2nd mvmt - Andante un poco mosso

[springrite]

Go with the nicknamed ones first! --- Emperor, Sunrise, Bird, Fifth, Lark, etc.

[Daverz]

One of my favorite Haydn discs:



(Though the "Serenade" quartet is supposedly by Hoffmeister, not Haydn.)

[Gurn Blanston]

Go with the nicknamed ones first! --- Emperor, Sunrise, Bird, Fifth, Lark, etc.

Yes, those are the memorable ones. But he will still have to buy the Opera to get them that way. Emperor, Sunrise and Fifths (Quintens) are all in Op 76, The Bird is in Op 33, and The Lark is in Op 64. If you could just buy singles...



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Now playing: L'Archibudelli / Immerseel - Schubert D 898 Piano Trio in Bb 3rd mvmt - Scherzo: Allegro - Trio

[George]

Yes, those are the memorable ones. But he will still have to buy the Opera to get them that way.

What is this Opera you speak of?

[DavidW]

If you could just buy singles...

You probably can through amazon now that they sell music online by track.  I like Op 76 #5.

[Daverz]

What is this Opera you speak of?

As in the plural of "Opus".  Or the whole kit and kaboodle as we say around here.

[henry]

any good recordings on period instruments?

[Daverz]

any good recordings on period instruments?

The Quatour Mosaiques are excellent in Op. 20.  I'm a little less impressed with their Op. 33 and Op. 64, but there's more competition in those.  They tend to be somewhat first violin dominated, which doesn't work as well for me in the later works.

I have the Quatour Festetics in Ops. 71 & 74.  They are a little bland.  Hard to find in any case. 

[Bogey]

My three favorite, at this time, in this order:
Op. 77
Op. 20
Op. 17

[Mozart]

You probably can through amazon now that they sell music online by track.  I like Op 76 #5.

Is that the d minor one with the annoying false ending in the first movement? Why does it always trick me...

[val]

hornteacher
Well he wrote a lot of them.  I would very much like suggestions for a "Top 5" or "Top 10" list of Haydn String Quartets.

I woud suggest the opus 20/2 and 5 (Mosaiques Quartet), 33/3 (Lindsay Quartet), the opus 50/4 (Festetics Quartet), the opus 54/2 (Lindsay Quartet), the opus 74/3 (Alban Berg Quartet), the opus 76/ 2, 4 and 5 (Mosaiques Quartet), the opus 77/1 and 2 (Mosaiques Quartet).

But the best would be to listen to them all, in special the 6 opus 20, the 6 opus 33, the 6 opus 50, the 3 opus 54, the 3 opus 55, the 3 opus 71 and 3 opus 74, the 6 opus 76 and the 2 opus 77.

And, for further listening the 6 opus 17, the opus 42, the opus 51, and the 6 opus 64.