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Haydn: String Quartets Op. 71 Nos. 1-3 Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 8/Sep/2007 ] "The Naxos recordings by the Kodály Quartet are outstanding in every way and would be highly recommendable even without their considerable price advantage. The performances are superbly shaped, naturally paced and alive; the playing is cultivated,... |
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String Quartets (Incls String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 2, No. 3 ) Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 20/May/2003 ] "Their playing brings a joyful pleasure in Haydn's inspiration and there is not the slightest suspicion of rehearsal or routine: every bar of the music springs to life spontaneously..." (Penguin Guide) |
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Haydn: String Quartets Nos 76, 77, 78 Op 76 Nos 2-4 Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 21/Feb/2002 ] "Their playing brings a joyful pleasure in Haydn's inspiration and there is not the slightest suspicion of over-rehearsal or of routine." Rosette (Highest Rating) Penguin Stereo Guide |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op. 17, Nos. 1, 2 and 4 Kodaly Quartet [ NAXOS / CD - released 27/Oct/2007 ] Joseph Haydn was born in the village of Rohrau in 1732, the son of a wheelwright. Trained at the choir-school of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, he spent some years earning a living as best he could from teaching and playing the violin or... |
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Haydn: String Quartets Op. 42 and Op. 2, Nos 4 and 6 Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Oct/2007 ] "it is impossible not to enjoy this" - Classic CD |
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Haydn: String Quartets Op. 20, Nos. 4-6 Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Feb/2002 ] "beautiful rich string-textures" - Penguin Guide |
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Haydn: String Quartets Op. 50, Nos. 4-6, 'Prussian' Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Oct/2007 ] "Competition, in fact, falls by the wayside after the Kodaly's cycle." |
JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: String Quartets Op. 55 Nos. 1-3 Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Dec/2007 ] "playing which is undoubtably spirited and generally polished" - Penguin Guide |
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Haydn: String Quartets Op. 74, Nos. 1-3 Kodaly Quartet [ NAXOS / CD - released 1/Jan/2010 ] "All three of the Op. 74 works are among Haydn's greatest masterpieces for the medium, and they are marvellously done." (Penguin Guide) |
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Haydn: String Quartets Op 3 Nos 3-6 Kodaly Quartet [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Sep/2002 ] "Truthful, well-balanced sound and faultless musicianship makes this another winner." - Michael Jameson, classicstoday.com |