CDA67109 - Disc 1 Track 10 - String Quartet in A flat major, Op 44 No 3

String Quartet in A flat major, Op 44 No 3

composer

Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763-1850)

1804

Recordings

Gyrowetz: String Quartets Op 44

Salomon Quartet

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Details

Movement 1: Allegretto moderato

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Track 8 on CDA67109 [6'16] Archive Service Only

Movement 2: Adagio

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Track 9 on CDA67109 [5'46] Archive Service Only

Movement 3: Menuetto

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Track 10 on CDA67109 [3'41] Archive Service Only

Movement 4: Allegro

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Track 11 on CDA67109 [7'18] Archive Service Only

String Quartet in A flat major, Op 44 No 3

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The String Quartet in A flat major Op 44 No 3 is in the relatively unusual key of A flat and opens with thematic invention worthy of Haydn, but which departs after some thirteen bars along less related paths, a feature of his music which brought him some criticism at the time. The lyrical opening melody of the Adagio introduces a movement whose gentle mood is well sustained throughout while, following the Menuetto, the work is rounded off by a busy, rhythmically lolloping equestrian finale.