Haydn: String Quartets Opp 54 & 55
performed from the 1789 London edition published by Longman and Broderip
The London Haydn Quartet
Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th January 2017
The London Haydn Quartet are perhaps at their best in the presto finales, where their unflagging energy is exhilarating. Their deeply-felt account of the Largo from the E major last quartet...
Haydn: String Quartets Opp 54 & 55
performed from the 1789 London edition published by Longman and Broderip
The London Haydn Quartet
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Awards:
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Presto Recording of the Week, 27th January 2017
The London Haydn Quartet are perhaps at their best in the presto finales, where their unflagging energy is exhilarating. Their deeply-felt account of the Largo from the E major last quartet...
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The London Haydn Quartet reaches the six great quartets published in 1788 as Opp 54 & 55 in another unmissable two-for-the-price-of-one set. Is it possible to have too much Haydn? The only sensible answer is ‘no’, especially when the music is performed with such intelligence and humanity as here.
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Haydn String Quartets performed by the London Haydn Quartet
27th Jan 2017
David enjoys the London Haydn Quartet's performances of Haydn's Opp. 54 & 55.
Awards and reviews
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Presto Recording of the Week27th January 2017
March 2017
The London Haydn Quartet are perhaps at their best in the presto finales, where their unflagging energy is exhilarating. Their deeply-felt account of the Largo from the E major last quartet in the Op. 54 triptych is also impressive, as is the way they make the aching dissonances of the minuet’s trio in Op. 54 No. 2 sound like cries of despair
February 2017
With their virtuoso first violin parts, the London Haydn Quartet perform with period ebullience
February 2017
The London Haydn Quartet engage both head and heart from the very first bar…Catherine Manson wrings aching portamentos out of her swirling phrases. Yet it’s all, somehow, kept within a logical rhythmic framework…these performances offer more with each listening
27th January 2017
It should come as no surprise that the London Haydn Quartet, who have after all made it their mission to perfect the period performance of Haydn’s quartets (with gut strings as well as a historically-informed mindset), handle all the twists and turns with aplomb.
22nd January 2017
These period instrument players, whose very name declares their affinity for Haydn, excel in the latest in their Hyperion series. Ever spry in fast movements, faultless in dexterity and intonation, they find a special warmth of feeling in the slower moments…too many pleasures to enumerate. Try for yourself.
April 2017
In all, it’s an impressive achievement…the ensemble plays with unwavering unanimity…there’s an eloquence in the overall playing that shines through…A clean yet warm recording aptly captures the purity of the largely vibratoless tones.
