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Release Date: 28th Apr 2008
Catalogue No: 777173-2
Label: CPO
Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

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Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 2 in C Major

Work length20:40

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Pellegrini Quartet

I. Moderato

Track length7:37

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II. Capriccio: Adagio

Track length5:48

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III. Minuet: Allegretto

Track length3:17

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IV. Fuga a quattro soggetti

Track length3:58

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Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 5 in F minor

Work length23:50

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Pellegrini Quartet

I. Allegro moderato

Track length10:58

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II. Menuetto

Track length4:41

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III. Adagio

Track length5:11

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IV. Finale: Fuga a due soggetti

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Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 4 in D major 'Sun'

Work length24:02

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Pellegrini Quartet

I. Allegro di molto

Track length7:06

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II. Un poco adagio affetuoso

Track length7:50

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III. Menuetto: Allegretto alla zingarese

Track length2:01

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IV. Presto scherzando

Track length7:05

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Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 6 in A Major

Work length19:32

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Pellegrini Quartet

I. Allegro di molto e scherzando

Track length8:32

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II. Adagio

Track length5:38

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III. Menuet

Track length2:13

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IV. Fuga con tre soggetti

Track length3:09

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Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 3 in G minor

Work length22:22

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Pellegrini Quartet

I. Allegro con spirito

Track length6:34

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II. Menuetto: Allegretto

Track length3:25

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III. Poco adagio

Track length8:07

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IV. Allegro molto

Track length4:16

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Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 20 No. 1 in E flat major

Work length23:52

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Pellegrini Quartet

I. Allegro moderato

Track length10:10

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II. Minuet: Un poco Allegretto

Track length3:25

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III. Affetuoso e sostenuto

Track length6:15

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IV. Finale: Presto

Track length4:02

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Haydn's chamber music centres on his 68 string quartets, a genre of which he was more nearly the literal ‘father’ than the symphony. Haydn’s six Sun Quartets Op. 20 concluded the astonishing series of eighteen works with which Haydn laid the foundations of the classical string quartet and was a decisive factor in the establishment of the composer’s fame. Together with the Quartets op. 17 composed during the previous year, the Quartets op. 20 operated on a level that no Haydn contemporary could even come close to matching, and it would not be exaggerating to rank this collection as one of the most manifold, most experimental, and most enthralling of the eighteenth century. Opp.9, 17 and 20 established the four-movement form with two outer fast movements, a slow movement and a minuet (although in this period the minuet usually precedes the slow movement). They also – op.20 in particular – established the larger dimensions, higher aesthetic pretensions and greater emotional range that were to characterize the genre from this point onwards. They are important exemplars of Haydn's Sturm und Drang manner.

Haydn - Sun Quartets

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