Special offer. Haydn: Six Quartets, Op. 20
Daedalus Quartet
Certainly there are moments of frolic but no slow movement could be considered light entertainment, a point the Daedulus Quartet are well aware of. In that of No. 1, headed Affetuoso e sostenuto,...
Special offer. Haydn: Six Quartets, Op. 20
Daedalus Quartet
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Certainly there are moments of frolic but no slow movement could be considered light entertainment, a point the Daedulus Quartet are well aware of. In that of No. 1, headed Affetuoso e sostenuto,...
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On this specially-priced two-disc set, the Daedalus Quartet performs Haydn's six revolutionary Op. 20 “Sun” quartets. These six quartets, composed in 1772, were among the most influential quartets of their era. Before embarking on his own first (Op. 18) string quartets, Beethoven studied the scores of Haydn's six masterpieces, copying them out and scoring the first quartet for string orchestra.
“The excellent Daedalus Quartet… opened the season by playing Haydn's Quartet Op. 20, No. 2, one of the six “Sun” Quartets from that opus. The performance was insightful and vibrant. Hearing such an excellent, up-close performance made this Haydn piece seem even more monumental.” New York Times
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Awards and reviews
November 2010
Certainly there are moments of frolic but no slow movement could be considered light entertainment, a point the Daedulus Quartet are well aware of. In that of No. 1, headed Affetuoso e sostenuto, the musicians, violinists antiphonally seated, appropriately capture a lot of feeling through adept control of a sustained sonority.
