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Haydn: 6 String Quartets, Op. 54/55
Franz Joseph Haydn, Tátrai Quartet
Haydn: 6 String Quartets, Op. 54/55
Genre: Classical
 
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As with Haydn's other "split" opus (71/74), these quartets belong together as a set of six. In an early edition, they were published as two sets of three, and the numbers stuck for the sake of convenience. Although none of...  more »

     
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All Artists: Franz Joseph Haydn, Tátrai Quartet
Title: Haydn: 6 String Quartets, Op. 54/55
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Label: Hungaroton
Release Date: 4/18/1994
Album Type: Import
Genre: Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Historical Periods, Classical (c.1770-1830)
Number of Discs: 2
SwapaCD Credits: 2
UPCs: 750582156120, 5991811250621

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As with Haydn's other "split" opus (71/74), these quartets belong together as a set of six. In an early edition, they were published as two sets of three, and the numbers stuck for the sake of convenience. Although none of these pieces have nicknames or other popular tags, this set contains two of Haydn's very greatest pieces: Op. 54 No. 2 in C major, which ends with a haunting slow movement, and Op. 55 No. 2 in F minor, one of the few truly tragic pieces of music written in the classical period. These were also the first quartet after Haydn's experience of the six quartets that Mozart dedicated to him, and he rose with gusto to the challenge that those stunning works presented. This is what "classical" music is all about. --David Hurwitz

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