Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 50 "Prussian Quartets"

London Haydn Quartet

The London Haydn Quartet turns to the six Op. 50 quartets. More serious—intellectually taut—than the Op 33 ‘Russian’ quartets which they follow in Haydn’s output, these six ‘Prussian’ quartets dazzle in such committed performances as these.

Haydn:
 String Quartet, Op. 50 No. 1 in B flat major
 String Quartet, Op. 50 No. 2 in C major
 String Quartet, Op. 50 No. 3 in E flat major
 String Quartet, Op. 50 No. 4 in F sharp minor
 String Quartet, Op. 50 No. 5 in F major ‘The Dream'
 String Quartet, Op. 50 No. 6 in D major ‘The Frog''

"These are stylish, faithful accounts of these six great quartets, and if you've been collecting the London Haydn Quartet's ongoing Hyperion cycle, you needn't hesitate"
Gramophone Magazine - March 2016

"Gut strings and paucity of vibrato notwithstanding, [the London Haydn Quartet] play with all the radiant resonance of timbre of their previous releases in this on-going Haydn series…there is never a dull moment, and the recording is of answering immediacy and bloom."
BBC Music Magazine - April 2016 ****

"There is plenty to enjoy in these latest performances by the London Haydn Quartet. Their playing is admirably poised, expansive and superbly recorded…they do have fun with the gleeful sliding notes of the fifth quartet’s closing Vivace…and they really excel in their attentiveness to the music’s lyrical impulses"
Early Music Today - August 2016 *****