HAYDN String Quartets Op 20 Nos 1, 3 & 4
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Composer or Director: Joseph Haydn
Genre:
Chamber
Label: Move Records
Magazine Review Date: AW2014
Media Format: CD or Download
Media Runtime: 64
Mastering:
DDD
Catalogue Number: MD3374

Tracks:
Composition | Artist Credit |
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(6) String Quartets (Divertimentos), 'Sun', Movement: D |
Joseph Haydn, Composer
Joseph Haydn, Composer Tinalley String Quartet |
(6) String Quartets (Divertimentos), 'Sun', Movement: E flat |
Joseph Haydn, Composer
Joseph Haydn, Composer Tinalley String Quartet |
(6) String Quartets (Divertimentos), 'Sun', Movement: G minor |
Joseph Haydn, Composer
Joseph Haydn, Composer Tinalley String Quartet |
Author: Nalen Anthoni
This is not always the case though. Be moved at the level of emotional involvement in the Affettuoso e sostenuto of No 1; and be pleased at how particular the musicians are about tempo and phrasing in the preceding Minuet and Trio. That too is an unexpected surprise after its equivalent in No 4, so politely played that the instruction alla zingarese reinforced by edgy sforzandos barely registers. Stay with No 1 and then wonder why the first movement, too fast for Allegro moderato, is also bland and without much expression; and why, between 3'25" and 3'38" in the development, a sort of mid-range pedal created by held notes from second violin and viola is drowned by loud first violin and cello lines. Then, chameleon-like, the musicians return to excellence in the last three movements of No 3. Why veer between the extremes of giving so much or so little of themselves?
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