Haydn: Three String Quartets Op. 20 - ASV: CDDCA1027 - Presto CD | Presto Classical

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The Lindsays are Haydn interpreters of rare understanding and communicative flair. Their characterisation is bold and decisive, enhanced by a scrupulous observation of the composer's expression... — Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 More…

Catalogue No: CDDCA1027
Label: ASV
Length: 78 minutes

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

25:59

Lindsay String Quartet (string quartet), Robin Ireland (viola), Peter Cropper (violin), Ronald Birks (violin), Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello)
Recorded: 1997-09-26
Recording Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Wentworth, Yorkshire

1. Allegro moderato

10:10

2. Menuetto - Allegretto

3:42

3. Affettuoso e sostenuto

9:28

4. Finale. Presto

2:39

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

25:53

Lindsay String Quartet (string quartet), Robin Ireland (viola), Peter Cropper (violin), Ronald Birks (violin), Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello)
Recorded: 1997-09-26
Recording Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Wentworth, Yorkshire

1. Allegro con spirito

8:46

2. Menuetto allegretto

4:23

3. Poco adagio

8:58

4. Finale. Allegro molto

3:46

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

26:58

Lindsay String Quartet (string quartet), Robin Ireland (viola), Peter Cropper (violin), Ronald Birks (violin), Bernard Gregor-Smith (cello)
Recorded: 1997-09-26
Recording Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Wentworth, Yorkshire

1. Allegro di molto

10:38

2. Un poco adagio affettuoso

8:06

3. Menuetto. Allegretto alla zingarese

1:39

4. Presto scherzando

6:35

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The Lindsays are Haydn interpreters of rare understanding and communicative flair. Their characterisation is bold and decisive, enhanced by a scrupulous observation of the composer's expression and dynamic markings. Faster movements tend to be more urgent, less ruminative, than those from the Quatuor Mosaïques.
The zingarese cross-rhythms of No 4's Minuet have an abrasive edge, and the Presto e scherzando finale is no mere frolic in The Lindsays' hands – its wit can scathe and sting, and the closing theme, with its gypsy acciaccaturas, has an almost manic insistence. Elsewhere they bring an ideal warmth and lyricism to the opening movement of No 1, characteristically phrasing in long, eloquent spans, and a quixotic energy to the outer movements of the G minor, No 3, where the Quatuor Mosaïques is broader and tougher. In the Minuet The Lindsays' singing line and flexibility of pulse realise to the full Haydn's searching harmonic progressions; and the lulling E flat Trio is exquisitely floated.
Each of the slow movements reveals dedication and profound identification. The players vindicate their dangerously slow tempo in the sublime Affettuoso e sostenuto of No 1 with the breadth and intensity of their phrasing, subtlety of colour and feeling for harmonic flux. As ever, the occasional moment of impure intonation is a small price to pay for performances of such colour, character and spontaneity.
The Lindsays observe all the important marked repeats and the recording is vivid and truthful. Characterisation of the sharply contrasted Nos 2, 5 and 6 is invariably vivid, phrasing is alive and inventive, and the players combine a scrupulous care for Haydn's dynamic and expression markings with a strong feeling for the music's larger contours.

No Haydn collector will want to be without

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