Haydn / Schubert / Reger / Koeckert Quartett - Streich Quartett Op. 20/3/ Streich Quartett No. 2 - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

In this new recording the prestigious Tetzlaff Quartett presents a program of String Quartets by Franz Schubert and Joseph Haydn in exemplary performances. Praised by The New York Times for their Inchdramatic, energetic playing of clean intensityInch, the Tetzlaff Quartett is one of today's leading string quartets. Alongside their successful individual careers, Christian and Tanja Tetzlaff, Hanna Weinmeister and Elisabeth Kufferath have met since 1994 to perform several times each season in concerts that regularly receive great critical acclaim. Franz Schubert's (1797-1828) String Quartet No. 15 in G major, D. 887 was completed by the composer in 1826. It is the last work in the impressive series of String Quartets that Schubert wrote during his lifetime. In this Quartet, nearly symphonic in it's epic scale, Schubert is touching new musical landscapes after the success of his 'Rosamunde' and 'Death and the Maiden' Quartets. The String Quartet in G minor, Op. 20 No. 3 by Joseph Haydn (1732-1809), also known as 'the Father of String Quartet', was written in 1772 when Haydn was at the height of his creative powers at the Esterházy Court. In this revolutionary work the composer explores the limits of the genre through unusual choices in it's structure and style.

For some, challenging the popular ranking of the string quartets of Joseph Haydn might seem pedantic and snobbish. Nonetheless, as with his symphonies, a far too small selection of this group of works has been able to secure a place in the repertoire of ensembles and in the catalogues of record companies. This disc by the Schuppanzigh Quartet, one of the most renowned quartets performing on historical instruments, aims to document the significance of Haydn's string quartets by focusing on the lesser-known works from among the sixty-eight masterpieces Haydn has left us.

The anthology wants based on lesser known works document the importance of Haydn's string quartets, thus enabling the interested music lover some musical discoveries, the most in the context of overall shots would be possible otherwise. For this project could be won with the Schuppanzigh Quartet one of the most prestigious gambling on period instruments quartet formations. In the second episode, the arc from early String Quartet No.4 Op.9 stretched over the InchmediumInch Op.65 No.5 to Op.77 No.1, the penultimate consummate quartet Haydn.