BaL 14.05.16 - Haydn: String Quartet in G, Op 77, no 1

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

Building a Library
Caroline Gill compares recordings of Haydn's String Quartet in G, Op 77, no. 1


Available versions:


Alban Berg Quartett
Alea Ensemble
Amadeus Quartet
Amati Quartet
Amsterdam String Quartet
Angeles String Quartet
Aeolian String Quartet (download)
L'Archibudelli (download)
Auryn Quartet
Buchberger Quartet
Edding Quartet
Emerson String Quartet (download)
Engegårdkvartetten
Festetics Quartet
Jerusalem Quartet
Juilliard String Quartet ((1960)
Kodaly Quartet
Leipzig String Quartet
Lindsay Quartet
Maggini Quartet
Melos Quartet (download)
Modigliani Quartet
Pro Arte Quartet
Quartetto di Cremona
Quartetto Italiano
Quatuor Alcan (download)
Quatuor Mosaïques
Dietrich Reinhold, Markus Pinquart, Norbert Tunze, Christoph Vietz
Royal String Quartet
Schneider Quartet
Schuppanzigh Quartet
Takács Quartet
Tátrai Quartet (download)


Arr flute & piano:

Juliette Hurel (flute), Helene Couvert (piano)

[Beef Oven!]

Looking forward to this one.

I have a wonderful disc of Op. 77/1 & 77/2 plus String Quartet in D minor Op. 103 by Quatuor Mosaïques. I don't envisage adding another recording to my collection.

[verismissimo]

Looking forward to this one.

I have a wonderful disc of Op. 77/1 & 77/2 plus String Quartet in D minor Op. 103 by Quatuor Mosaïques. I don't envisage adding another recording to my collection.

I double your collection, Beefie - Aeolians and Lindsays - sp plenty of scope for further investments.

[visualnickmos]

The Kodaly Quartet on Naxos. Great playing, and a superb recording, soundwise....

Possibly a much under-considered recording?

[rauschwerk]

The Kodaly Quartet on Naxos. Great playing, and a superb recording, soundwise....

Possibly a much under-considered recording?

Not in my view. I had a collection of the Kodaly recordings, but once I heard the Lindsays and the Mosaiques I realised that they were just too matter-of-fact and got rid of the lot.

[visualnickmos]

Not in my view. I had a collection of the Kodaly recordings, but once I heard the Lindsays and the Mosaiques I realised that they were just too matter-of-fact and got rid of the lot.

Maybe I would be of the same view if I heard the L or the M recordings - that's the great thing with so many recordings available - always the opportunities to make new discoveries, and find new favourites.....

[vinteuil]

... Festetics and Mosaiques probably my go-to ones here, tho' the Angeles, Buchberger, and Takacs are all interesting.

I also very much like (not yet on Alpie's list... ) the Smithson -

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00000E6V2

... and of course looking forward to the London Haydn Qtt when they get round to op 77...

[aeolium]

I like the Angeles and Takacs in this quartet though in truth I have rarely heard any recording or performance of this superb work which I haven't enjoyed.

A good historical version is the old pre-war Pro Arte quartet, available in a remastering from Pristine Classical.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I have and greatly enjoy both the Buchbergers and the Kodalys (and if anybody else is thinking of getting rid of a complete set of these splendid performances and recordings, I'd be delighted to welcome such a set into my collection!) Looking forward to this BaL - IIRC, Caroline Gill has done some very perceptive reviews in the past

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

I like the Angeles and Takacs in this quartet though in truth I have rarely heard any recording or performance of this superb work which I haven't enjoyed.

[Beef Oven!]

I have and greatly enjoy both the Buchbergers and the Kodalys (and if anybody else is thinking of getting rid of a complete set of these splendid performances and recordings, I'd be delighted to welcome such a set into my collection!) Looking forward to this BaL - IIRC, Caroline Gill has done some very perceptive reviews in the past

I'm with rauschwerk on this, but I'm hanging on to the 7 or 8 Kodaly Haydn CDs that I have.

[Beef Oven!]

Btw, Quatuor Mosaïques - 3 Late String Quartets, Op. 77 is available on Qobuz as a 16 Bit CD quality download for just £5.49.

I saw the Quatuor Mosaïques box set available on Amazon for £18 in 2013 and ummed and ahhed, then the price went up to £50 - it's currently £33.

[peterkin]

The Kodaly Quartet on Naxos. Great playing, and a superb recording, soundwise....

Possibly a much under-considered recording?

[Bryn]

... Festetics and Mosaiques probably my go-to ones here, tho' the Angeles, Buchberger, and Takacs are all interesting.

I also very much like (not yet on Alpie's list... ) the Smithson -

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00000E6V2

... and of course looking forward to the London Haydn Qtt when they get round to op 77...

Ditto, though I note that the Smithson disc is currently out of the catalogue.

[MickyD]

I think this must have been the first HIP version - I have it on my shelves:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Joseph-Haydn-String-Quartets-Op/dp/B000002ZGL/ref=sr_1_13?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1462609305&sr=1-13&keywords=haydn+salomon+quartet