This album is part of the Auryn Quartet's complete Haydn Quartets cycle, which was prepared for the Haydn Year 2009 and presented in 18 concerts by WDR Cologne.
Composition History
Haydn's Opus 76 string quartets were commissioned by Count Joseph Erdödy, who acquired them for a significant sum and temporary exclusive ownership.
Performer Biography
The Auryn Quartet has an exceptionally broad repertoire, having performed over 150 string quartets and around 100 chamber music works.
Performer Biography
The Auryn Quartet, founded in 1981, has maintained its original personnel for 27 years, which contributes to their 'unparalleled unity of interpretation'.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Haydn's primary goal in the Opus 76 quartets was to make each one 'utterly individual,' with its own musical language and richness of form, despite being published as a set.
Composer Biography
At the time of composing the Opus 76 quartets, Haydn was in a phase of 'unsurpassed inspiration,' influenced by relaxed service conditions with the Esterházy princely household and his successful stays in England.
Compositional Technique
The Opus 76 quartets represent a summation of Haydn's three and a half decades of string quartet composition, blending learned and galant styles, popular and virtuoso elements, and unexpected solutions.
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