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"COMPOSÉS PAR Mr. HAYDEN" The Fitzwilliam String Quartet is one of Britain's foremost chamber ensembles with a highly celebrated concert and recording history. This CD includes two late and great Haydn quartets, and a very early one, recorded at a live performance at Royal Holloway (University of London) in 2001, and captures the brilliance, joy and inspiration of these works perfectly. |
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| playing time: 62.43 direct sale price: $12.99 audio sample: Op. 77 No. 2 - First movement (extract) |
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| “Memorable live performances eminently worthy of issue...marked by a balance and maturity of conception.. the early quartet is thrown off in a thoroughly winning fashion, with a deliciously light touch... In Op. 77/2, one of the masterpieces of the genre, Haydn's sublime ... mastery is complemented by playing of rare insight.” – Brian Robins (Early Music Review) | |||
| “Attractive programme. Played on period instruments and recorded live..., the set as a whole is one to rejoice in.: - David Cairns (The Sunday Times) | |||
| “Lively charming music that fells like it could add class and elegance to any set of speakers it touches. A delightfully upmarket recording....[listeners] will find this quite hard to resist. Well done” – Chris Spector (MidWest Record) | |||
"An imaginative programme which places an early work alongside two mature masterpieces. The spontaneity of Haydn's musical invention is particularly well served by the energetic playing of the Fitzwilliam Quartet. |
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“Splendid concert... although the Fitzwilliam is a quartet that uses period instruments, it phrases lyrically rather than choppily, it has wit and humor, joie de vivre, and a sparkle missing from a great many of its historically informed brethren...I certainly recommend this CD as an example of how one can play period instruments and still sound involved and charming.” – Lynn René Bayley (Fanfare) |
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“The Fitzwilliam Quartet give faithful accounts of these Haydn quartets, full of character and expression, enhanced by the zip of spontaneity and tang of period instrument tone and style. In most respects I preferred them to the three performances [by the Kodaly Quartet, the Lindsays and Quatuor Mosaïques] I chose for comparison. The recording has great immediacy yet is suitably intimate, close but not claustrophobic.” - Michael Greenhalgh (MusicWeb) |
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