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The Chiaroscuro Quartet made their first appearance on BIS Records with acclaimed recordings of Joseph Haydn’s "Sun" Quartets, Op. 20, described in "The Strad" as ‘period-instrument performances of the utmost subtlety and refinement’. The Op. 20 Quartets are widely regarded as a mile-stone in the history of the genre. When Chiaroscuros now return to Haydn, it is with his last complete set of quartets, begun in 1796 when he was 64 years old.
The Six String Quartets, Op. 76, form one of the most renowned of Haydn's sets of quartets, and carry the stamp of their maker: No other set of eighteenth-century string quartets is so diverse, or so unconcerned with the norms of the time. In the words of Haydn’s friend and contemporary Charles Burney ‘they are full of invention, fire, good taste and new effects’. On the present disc, the first of two, we hear the first three quartets, including the ‘Fifths’ Quartet (No. 2) so named after the falling perfect fifths with which it begins. The most famous of the set – and possibly of all Haydn quartets – is No. 3, however: the ‘Emperor’ quartet with its second movement: a set of variations on the ‘Kaiserlied’ which Haydn had recently composed to the greater glory of the Austrian Emperor Franz II. © BIS Records
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String Quartet in G Major, Op. 76 No. 1, Hob. III:75 (Joseph Haydn)
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andrew Keener, Producer - Fabian Frank, SoundEngineer - Chiaroscuro Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2020 BIS 2020 (P) BIS
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andrew Keener, Producer - Fabian Frank, SoundEngineer - Chiaroscuro Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2020 BIS 2020 (P) BIS
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andrew Keener, Producer - Fabian Frank, SoundEngineer - Chiaroscuro Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2020 BIS 2020 (P) BIS
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andrew Keener, Producer - Fabian Frank, SoundEngineer - Chiaroscuro Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2020 BIS 2020 (P) BIS
String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 76 No. 2, Hob. III:76 "Fifths" (Joseph Haydn)
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andrew Keener, Producer - Fabian Frank, SoundEngineer - Chiaroscuro Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2020 BIS 2020 (P) BIS
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andrew Keener, Producer - Fabian Frank, SoundEngineer - Chiaroscuro Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2020 BIS 2020 (P) BIS
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andrew Keener, Producer - Fabian Frank, SoundEngineer - Chiaroscuro Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2020 BIS 2020 (P) BIS
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andrew Keener, Producer - Fabian Frank, SoundEngineer - Chiaroscuro Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2020 BIS 2020 (P) BIS
String Quartet in C Major, Op. 76 No. 3, Hob. III:77 "Emperor" (Joseph Haydn)
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andrew Keener, Producer - Fabian Frank, SoundEngineer - Chiaroscuro Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2020 BIS 2020 (P) BIS
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andrew Keener, Producer - Fabian Frank, SoundEngineer - Chiaroscuro Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2020 BIS 2020 (P) BIS
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andrew Keener, Producer - Fabian Frank, SoundEngineer - Chiaroscuro Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2020 BIS 2020 (P) BIS
Franz Joseph Haydn, Composer - Andrew Keener, Producer - Fabian Frank, SoundEngineer - Chiaroscuro Quartet, Ensemble, MainArtist
2020 BIS 2020 (P) BIS
Album review
The Chiaroscuro Quartet made their first appearance on BIS Records with acclaimed recordings of Joseph Haydn’s "Sun" Quartets, Op. 20, described in "The Strad" as ‘period-instrument performances of the utmost subtlety and refinement’. The Op. 20 Quartets are widely regarded as a mile-stone in the history of the genre. When Chiaroscuros now return to Haydn, it is with his last complete set of quartets, begun in 1796 when he was 64 years old.
The Six String Quartets, Op. 76, form one of the most renowned of Haydn's sets of quartets, and carry the stamp of their maker: No other set of eighteenth-century string quartets is so diverse, or so unconcerned with the norms of the time. In the words of Haydn’s friend and contemporary Charles Burney ‘they are full of invention, fire, good taste and new effects’. On the present disc, the first of two, we hear the first three quartets, including the ‘Fifths’ Quartet (No. 2) so named after the falling perfect fifths with which it begins. The most famous of the set – and possibly of all Haydn quartets – is No. 3, however: the ‘Emperor’ quartet with its second movement: a set of variations on the ‘Kaiserlied’ which Haydn had recently composed to the greater glory of the Austrian Emperor Franz II. © BIS Records
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 01:10:47
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Chiaroscuro Quartet
- Composer: Joseph Haydn
- Label: BIS
- Genre: Classical Chamber Music
2020 BIS 2020 BIS
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