Franz Joseph Haydn - Complete String Quartets
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Festetics Quartets (on period instruments)
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Festetics Quartets (on period instruments)
Not many string quartets play on period instruments, perhaps because the public for this music is not familiar with their sound, but also because much of the string quartet repertoire goes beyond the period that these instruments usually cover. The Festetics is one of the few top-rank quartets that does use such instruments, and has focused on the late 18th and early 19th century repertoire - Haydn, Schubert and Mozart - though they have also recorded works by other composers, such as Liszt.
There is a noticeable difference in the sound of this ensemble when comparing it with other quartets. The instruments are more trenchant, the sound is more limpid, and the texture less homogeneous. It is far easier for such an ensemble to create a sound of four instruments interacting, as opposed to a unitary sound that is a mixture of those instruments.
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RispondiEliminaI bought my first 10 cds of Haydn String Quartets from Naxos, years ago, and since then I am more and more interested in these compositions.
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Very nice, Alucard. Thank you.
RispondiEliminaAwesome, awesome post. My choice for best Haydn Quartet cycle. And the links are still very much alive. Thank you!
RispondiEliminaThis is, definitely, a GREAT post! Together with Quatuor Mosaïques, the best performances of this delightful music on period instruments! Thank you very much!
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