Haydn: String Quartets Op 33
performed from the Schmitt edition published in Amsterdam in 1782

A fourth volume of Haydn String Quartets finds period band The London Haydn Quartet on sparkling form. Their previous recordings have been praised for the ‘glowing sound of gut strings played perfectly in tune … the ensemble’s delicacy of nuance and sensitivity to harmonic colour, treating the listener as a privileged eavesdropper’ (Gramophone).

This competitively priced set contains the six Op 33 quartets, which Haydn wrote in Esterhazy after neglecting the genre for a decade, and which immediately became popular around Europe on publication.

CDA67955  133 minutes 19 seconds (2 discs)
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THE SUNDAY TIMES CLASSICAL ALBUM OF THE WEEK
‘The lovely plangency of gut strings … the many examples of Haydn's wit are laid out with an audible twinkle in the eye. The musicians know how to have gentle fun together—and they seem happy to ...
‘As in their previous releases, these four players led by Catherine Manson deliver an amazing precision of intonation and articulation’ (BBC Music Magazine)
‘Lucky Haydn, lucky Haydn lovers … great clarity to textures and there are many exquisitely shaded ends to phrases among the innumerable brilliant moments’ (Early Music Review)