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Track(s) taken from CDA67109

String Quartet in G major, Op 44 No 1

composer
1804

Salomon Quartet
Recording details: March 1999
St Michael's Church, Highgate, London, United Kingdom
Produced by Arthur Johnson
Engineered by Antony Howell & Julian Millard
Release date: November 2000
Total duration: 20 minutes 49 seconds
 

Reviews

‘The performances are superb, with neat, exciting playing … this disc cannot be recommended too highly’ (Early Music Review)

‘I enjoyed this release: it is quite a treat for the curious listener’ (International Record Review)

‘Sheer delight. Anyone who enjoys Haydn should find himself happily at home in these works’ (Crisis, USA)
The String Quartet in G major Op 44 No 1 has an opening movement whose simple four-bar figure reappears throughout. The following Adagio in D major is conversation-like with its dotted rhythms and triplet passages. This quartet is marked by a minuet which could easily be mistaken for Haydn and the echoes of the finale of Haydn’s Quartet in G major (Op 77 No 1) of 1799 in relation to the concluding Allegro has been remarked upon.

from notes by Graham Melville-Mason © 2000

Le Quatuor à cordes en sol majeur op. 44 no 1 présente un mouvement d’ouverture dont la simple figure de quatre mesures reparaît de bout en bout. L’Adagio suivant, en ré majeur, est conversant, avec ses rythmes pointés et ses passages en triolets. Ce quatuor est marqué par un menuet qui pourrait facilement être pris pour du Haydn, et l’on notera les échos du finale du Quatuor en sol majeur (op.77 n°1) de ce dernier (1799) dans l’Allegro conclusif.

extrait des notes rédigées par Graham Melville-Mason © 2000
Français: Hypérion

Das Quartett Op. 44 Nr. 1 hat einen Kopfsatz, dessen schlichte viertaktige Figur immer wieder erscheint. Das folgende Adagio in D-Dur mit seinen punktierten Rhythmen und Triolen scheint im Plauderton gehalten zu sein. Dies Quartett ist durch ein Menuett gekennzeichnet, das ohne weiteres mit einem von Haydn verwechselt werden könnte, und die Anklänge des abschließenden Allegro an das Finale von Haydns Quartett in G-Dur von 1799 (op. 77, Nr. 1) haben zu Kommentaren Anlaß gegeben.

aus dem Begleittext von Graham Melville-Mason © 2000
Deutsch: Anne Steeb/Bernd Müller

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