String Quartet in D major, Op 71 No 2 (Haydn)
from Haydn: String Quartets Opp 71 & 74 (CDA68230)
1 Adagio – Allegro [10'06]
2 Adagio cantabile [5'37]
3 Menuetto: Allegro [2'44]
4 Allegretto – Allegro [4'00]
22 minutes 27 seconds 4 tracks
‘Slow movements have a natural lilt (the Andantino of Op 74 No 1 feels almost like a Mozart serenade), and there’s wit in play too: the elegant strut of Op 71 No 3’s Andante con moto is almost dandyis ...
‘There are moments where it's really stunning and I don't think it could have been done quite so well in any other way … wonderful stuff … something that's airbrushed into anonymity is not s ...