Haydn - String Quartet op 76, no 2 (1/3) "Quinten Quartet"

Joseph Haydn (March 31, 1732 - May 31, 1809)

First Movement: Allegro

In 1796, the year he began "The Creation", Haydn also began work on the six string quartets, Opus 76, which he dedicated to the Hungarian count Joseph Erdödy. These quartets show Haydn at the height of his powers, moving with perfect confidence through uncharted musical shoals.

The D Minor Quartet begins with an idea of powerful simplicity; over a pulsing accompaniment the first violin plays two consecutive intervals of a falling fifth (from the note A down four tones to D, then one to E and down again four notes to A). These falling fifths dominate the movement, appearing at one point or another in all four instrumental parts, and they are responsible for the quartet's nickname "Quinten", the German word for fifths.

The Cleveland Quartet

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[r5cpt]

Are you sure this is the Cleveland Quartet? They don't have this recording listed in their discography (only the quarter 76/5).

[bartje11]

@r5cpt Yes, it says that on the LP sleeve and record label.

[r5cpt]

@bartje11 Thank you very much! That which you have is impossible to buy. I love how the Cleveland quartet plays these Haydn Op 76 quartets. I tried to search on their website, but they only seem to have the Op 76 No. 5 on CD. I searched far and wide, and could not find anything else. I like Kodály quartet's performance of the Op. 76, but this is better.

Take good care of that LP :)

By the way, in which year was it recorded? The Cleveland quartet went through 3 or 4 different reincarnations.

[bartje11]

@r5cpt The LP comes from the Time-Life Series, Great Men of Music. It has 4 LP's in the box plus a quite nice booklet with extensive background info. The String Quartet is on Side Five (after Piano Sonata 50) , with Symphony No. 88 on the backside. It has been recorded and published in 1976 by Time-Life but recorded by RCA

[earsense]

Utterly wicked! Fabulous Haydn and wonderful Cleveland.

[reuvenything]

I find that this modern style painting goes so wonderfully with the almost modern interpretation of this piece.

[r5cpt]

@bartje11 I found this website listing the Time-life albums: (but I cannot put a link here, apparently). It seems it was a set of 120 records in total, with very detailed booklet for each composer. It seems like Time-Life invested a lot of effort in this series.

Sadly, it seems it has not been transitioned to CD format, like many other recordings that exist on LP only. Shame.

As I said, hold on to those records, for at least this Cleveland quartet recording is unique.

[katyluvstaylorl]

@mightyafrowhitey haha my listening skillz r horrible

[mightyafrowhitey]

@katyluvstaylorl Just chill back with a doobie and let the music wash over your ears. The more you listen to it, the more you'll understand it.

[katyluvstaylorl]

O_O i have to listen to this 4 theory, i cant tell which part is theme 1 or theme 2 or where the codetta is or any of the other parts!!! ~siggghhhh~