Hyperion Records
Mozart: Six Haydn String Quartets
CDS44001/3
(Originally issued on CDA66170)
Boxed set (at a special price)

Buy? £20.97

Recording details: Various dates
Various recording venues
Produced by Thomas Daye
Engineered by Antony Howell
Release date: May 1991
Total duration: 187 minutes 41 seconds
Available for download on iTunes: Yes

'Admirers of the Salomon Quartet's 'authentic' approach to Mozart will be glad to learn that their versions of the 'Haydn' Quartets ... are now available in a 3-CD boxed set at a slightly reduced price' (The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs)

'They strike me as the musical equivalent of a breath of fresh spring air' (Records & Recording)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
Six Haydn String Quartets
The Salomon String Quartet
String Quartet in G major, K387
CD1
1
Movement 1: Allegro vivace assai  [7:39]
2
Movement 2: Menuetto. Allegretto – Trio  [7:36]
3
Movement 3: Andante cantabile  [7:31]
4
Movement 4: Molto allegro  [5:44]
String Quartet in D minor, K421
5
Movement 1: Allegro  [11:11]
6
Movement 2: Andante  [7:31]
7
Movement 3: Menuetto. Allegretto – Trio  [3:33]
8
Movement 4: Allegretto ma non troppo  [8:48]
String Quartet in E flat major, K428
CD2
1
Movement 1: Allegro non troppo  [10:12]
2
Movement 2: Andante con moto  [8:33]
3
Movement 3: Menuetto – Trio  [5:32]
4
Movement 4: Allegro vivace  [5:21]
String Quartet in B flat major 'The Hunt', K458
5
Movement 1: Allegro vviace assai  [11:40]
6
Movement 2: Menuetto  [3:49]
7
Movement 3: Adagio  [6:44]
8
Movement 4: Allegro assai  [9:35]
String Quartet in A major 'The Drum', K464
CD3
1
Movement 1: Allegro  [7:36]
2
Movement 2: Menuetto  [5:44]
3
Movement 3: Andante  [12:34]
4
Movement 4: Allegro non troppo  [9:32]
String Quartet in C major 'Dissonance', K465
5
Movement 1: Adagio – Allegro  [11:19]
6
Movement 2: Andante cantabile  [7:33]
7
Movement 3: Menuetto. Allegretto – Trio  [4:48]
8
Movement 4: Allegro molto  [7:36]