Quatuor Hanson – Haydn: String Quartets “All shall not die” (2019) [FLAC 24bit/96kHz]

Quatuor Hanson – Haydn: String Quartets “All shall not die” (2019)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time – 02:15:40 minutes | 2,08 GB | Genre: Classical
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Six quartets: six works that are key to understanding what Joseph Haydn brought to western music. This effort by the Quatuor Hanson is particularly successful because they are past masters in constructing and expressing the soul of this subtle art. And what’s more, they bring it off with a fascinating level of instrumental skill. Listening to this piece, we have to bow down once again before the genius of a composer who, along with Boccherini, invented a new genre and immediately studded it with masterpieces of staggering quality.

Judiciously picked out from among Haydn’s vast corpus, these six quartets are touching both in their expressiveness and in the perfection of their writing. Not a single note out of place, a perfect balance of four voices and inspired right from the first moment up to the incomplete closing Opus 77, which was a contemporary of Beethoven’s first Quartets, Op. 18 – works that betray the lessons their writer learned from his master.

More than two hundred years after his death, Haydn has only just found recognition as one of the greats, although he had been accorded that status during his life. But his works for keyboards, the symphonies, the oratorios, and to a lesser extent, the operas, speak in his favour. More than a forerunner, Haydn is a founder, a genius whose influence was felt by those who came after him, foremost amongst whom Beethoven and Schubert. This splendid album puts him (back) in his rightful place. – François Hudry

Tracklist:
1. String Quartet No. 6 in D Major, Op.50 “The Frog”: I. Allegro (06:27)
2. String Quartet No. 6 in D Major, Op.50 “The Frog”: II. Poco adagio (07:26)
3. String Quartet No. 6 in D Major, Op.50 “The Frog”: III. Menuetto. Allegretto (04:06)
4. String Quartet No. 6 in D Major, Op.50 “The Frog”: IV. Finale. Allegro con spirito (04:57)
5. String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 76 “Fifths”: I. Allegro (09:38)
6. String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 76 “Fifths”: II. Andante o più tosto allegretto (06:16)
7. String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 76 “Fifths”: III. Menuet. Allegro ma non troppo (03:40)
8. String Quartet No. 2 in D Minor, Op. 76 “Fifths”: IV. Finale. Vivace assai (04:22)
9. String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 54: I. Vivace (06:10)
10. String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 54: II. Adagio (02:51)
11. String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 54: III. Menuetto. Allegretto (03:15)
12. String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 54: IV. Finale. Adagio. Presto. Adagio (06:52)
13. String Quartet No. 5 in G Major, Op.33 “How do you do?”: I. Vivace assai (06:06)
14. String Quartet No. 5 in G Major, Op.33 “How do you do?”: II. Largo e cantabile (04:00)
15. String Quartet No. 5 in G Major, Op.33 “How do you do?”: III. Scherzo. Allegro (03:43)
16. String Quartet No. 5 in G Major, Op.33 “How do you do?”: IV. Finale. Allegretto. (04:56)
17. String Quartet No. 5 in F Minor, Op. 20: I. Moderato (10:41)
18. String Quartet No. 5 in F Minor, Op. 20: II. Menuet (05:31)
19. String Quartet No. 5 in F Minor, Op. 20: III. Adagio (05:32)
20. String Quartet No. 5 in F Minor, Op. 20: IV. Finale. Fuga e due soggetti (03:08)
21. String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 77: I. Allegro moderato (07:54)
22. String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 77: II. Menuet. Presto (04:31)
23. String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 77: III. Andante (08:11)
24. String Quartet No. 2 in F Major, Op. 77: IV. Finale. Vivace assai (05:27)

Details of original recording : Recorded November 2018 & April 2019, Arras (Theater), France

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