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HAYDN: String Quartets Op. 42 and Op. 2, Nos 4 and 6
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Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809)
String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 42, Hob. III: 43
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 2, No.4, Hob. III: 10
String Quartet in B Flat Major, Op. 2, No.6, Hob. 111: 12
String Quartet in D Minor, Op. 42, Hob. III: 43
String Quartet in F Major, Op. 2, No.4, Hob. III: 10
String Quartet in B Flat Major, Op. 2, No.6, Hob. 111: 12
Joseph Haydn was born in the village of Rohrau in 1732, the son of a
wheelwright. Trained at the choir-school of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna,
he spent some years earning a living as best he could from teaching and playing
the violin or keyboard, and was able to learn from the old musician Porpora,
whose assistant he became. Haydn's first appointment was in 1759 as
Kapellmeister to a Bohemian nobleman, Count von Morzin. This was followed in
1761 by employment as Vice-Kapellmeister to one of the richest men in the
Empire, Prince Paul Anton Esterhazy, succeeded on his death in 1762 by his
brother Prince Nikolaus. On the death in 1766 of the elderly and somewhat
obstructive Kapellmeister, Gregor Werner, Haydn succeeded to his position, to
remain in the same employment, nominally at least, for the rest of his life.
On the completion of the magnificent palace at Esterhaza, on the site of a
former hunting-lodge on the Hungarian plains under the new Prince, Haydn assumed
command of an increased musical establishment. Here he had responsibility for
the musical activities of the palace, which included the provision and direction
of instrumental music, opera and theatre music, and music for the church. For
his patron he provided a quantity of chamber music of all kinds, particularly
for the Prince's own peculiar instrument, the baryton, a bowed string instrument
with sympathetic strings that could also be plucked.
On the death of Prince Nikolaus in 1790, Haydn was able to accept an
invitation to visit London, where he provided music for the concert season
organized by the violinist-impresario Salomon. A second successful visit to
London in 1794 and 1795 was followed by a return to duty with the Esterhazy
family, the new head of which had settled principally at the family property in
Eisenstadt, where Haydn had started his career. Much of the year, however, was
to be spent in Vienna, where Haydn passed his final years, dying in 1809, as The
French armies of Napoleon approached the city yet again.
Haydn lived during the period of the 18th century that saw the development of
instrumental music from the age of Bach and Handel to the era of the classical
sonata, with its tripartite form, the basis of much instrumental composition.
The string quartet itself, which came to represent classical music in its purest form, grew from a genre that was relatively insignificant, at least in its nomenclature, the Divertimento, into music of greater weight, substance and complexity, although Haydn, like any great master, knew well how to conceal the technical means by which he achieved his ends. The exact number of string quartets that Haydn wrote is not known, although he listed some 83. The earlier of these, often under the title Divertimento, proclaim Their origin and purpose. The last quartet, Opus 103, started in 1803, remained unfinished.
The string quartet itself, which came to represent classical music in its purest form, grew from a genre that was relatively insignificant, at least in its nomenclature, the Divertimento, into music of greater weight, substance and complexity, although Haydn, like any great master, knew well how to conceal the technical means by which he achieved his ends. The exact number of string quartets that Haydn wrote is not known, although he listed some 83. The earlier of these, often under the title Divertimento, proclaim Their origin and purpose. The last quartet, Opus 103, started in 1803, remained unfinished.
It has been suggested that Haydn's D minor Quartet, Opus 42, was
written in response to a commission from Spain, mentioned in a letter of 5th
April 1784. Certainly quartets had been requested by the Countess-Duchess of
Benavente and Osuna and by the Duke of Alba and Haydn apparently sent two string
quartets to the agent of the Countess, The poet Tomas de Yriarte, as part of a
larger number of works for which he had a contract. The only quartet that
survives from the period in question, late 1784 and early 1785, is Opus 42,
which is in four movements rather than the three implied in Haydn's letter, but
is relatively short and straightforward. The first movement is a charming
Andante, followed by a D major Minuet that takes the violin into a high register
and is coupled with a D minor Trio. There is a slow movement in B flat major and
the last movement is a fugato, opened by the second violin.
The works later grouped together as Opus 2 were originally issued by
Louis-Balthasar de la Chevardière in Paris as Six Sinfonies ou Quatuors
dialogues, which included only three string quartets, Opus 2, Nos. 4,
1 and 2. The set of six quartets later collected by Hummet as Opus 2
included Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 6 and two works printed by de la Chevardière and originally scored also for French horns. The first of Haydn's string quartets seem to have been written for a nobleman, Carl Joseph von Fürnberg, whose country seat was at Weinzierl Castle, near Weiselburg, the works to be played by von Fürnberg's estates manager, the parish priest, Haydn and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger. It seems that the string quartets now included in Opus 1
and four of those in Opus 2 were intended for von Fürnberg. Opus 2 Nos. 4 and 6 were probably written at sometime in 1759, 1760 or the following year. They are in the manner of cassations or divertimenti, each of them in five movements, with two Minuets and lack the subtle complexity of Haydn's mature quartets.
included Nos. 1, 2, 4 and 6 and two works printed by de la Chevardière and originally scored also for French horns. The first of Haydn's string quartets seem to have been written for a nobleman, Carl Joseph von Fürnberg, whose country seat was at Weinzierl Castle, near Weiselburg, the works to be played by von Fürnberg's estates manager, the parish priest, Haydn and Johann Georg Albrechtsberger. It seems that the string quartets now included in Opus 1
and four of those in Opus 2 were intended for von Fürnberg. Opus 2 Nos. 4 and 6 were probably written at sometime in 1759, 1760 or the following year. They are in the manner of cassations or divertimenti, each of them in five movements, with two Minuets and lack the subtle complexity of Haydn's mature quartets.
The Quartet Opus 2, No.4, opens with a fast movement in 6/8 metre and
is followed by a Minuet with a B flat major Trio. The F minor slow movement is
followed by a second Minuet, with a B flat Trio, and a final cheerful Allegro. Quartet
No.6, in B flat major, starts with an Adagio theme with four variations. The
first of the two Minuets is contrasted with an E flat major Trio that introduces
triplet figuration. The E flat slow movement, with a central section in A flat,
leads to the second Minuet with its Trio and a brisk final movement.
Kodaly Quartet
The members of the Kodaly Quartet were trained at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt Academy. and three of them, the second violinist Tamas Szabo, viola-player Gabor Fias and cellist Janos Devich, were formerly in the Sebestyen Quartet, which was awarded the jury's special diploma at the 1966 Geneva International Quartet Competition and won first prize at the 1968 Leo Weiner Quartet Competition in Budapest. Since 1970, with the violinist Attila Falvay, the quartet has been known as the Kodaly Quartet, a title adopted with, the approval of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Education. The Kodaly Quartet has given concerts throughout Europe, in the then Soviet Union and in Japan, in addition to regular appearances in Hungary both in the concert hall and on television and has made for Naxos highly acclaimed recordings of string quartets by Ravel, Debussy, Haydn and Schubert.
The members of the Kodaly Quartet were trained at the Budapest Ferenc Liszt Academy. and three of them, the second violinist Tamas Szabo, viola-player Gabor Fias and cellist Janos Devich, were formerly in the Sebestyen Quartet, which was awarded the jury's special diploma at the 1966 Geneva International Quartet Competition and won first prize at the 1968 Leo Weiner Quartet Competition in Budapest. Since 1970, with the violinist Attila Falvay, the quartet has been known as the Kodaly Quartet, a title adopted with, the approval of the Hungarian Ministry of Culture and Education. The Kodaly Quartet has given concerts throughout Europe, in the then Soviet Union and in Japan, in addition to regular appearances in Hungary both in the concert hall and on television and has made for Naxos highly acclaimed recordings of string quartets by Ravel, Debussy, Haydn and Schubert.
Disc 1
- Andante ed Innocentemente - 07:16
- Menuetto: Allegretto - 02:42
- Adagio e cantabile - 03:54
- Finale: Presto - 02:51
- Presto - 03:11
- Menuet - 04:18
- Adagio - 09:36
- Menuet: Allegretto - 02:17
- Finale: Allegro - 02:26
- Adagio with Variations - 07:23
- Menuet - 03:47
- Scherzo: Presto - 02:10
- Menuet - 02:32
- Finale: Presto - 02:08
String Quartet No. 35 in D minor, Op. 42, Hob.III:43 (more info)
String Quartet No. 9 in F major, Op. 2, No. 4, Hob.III:10 (more info)
String Quartet No. 10 in B flat major, Op. 2, No. 6, Hob.III:12 (more info)
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Composer(s)/ Author(s):
Haydn, Franz Joseph
Label: Naxos Classics
UPC: 730099573221
Item Number: 8550732
Release Date: Jan 1, 2000
Haydn, Franz Joseph
Label: Naxos Classics
UPC: 730099573221
Item Number: 8550732
Release Date: Jan 1, 2000
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