The Amsterdam String Quartet is one of today's leading period-instrument chamber ensembles. The group's focus is primarily on repertoire of the golden age of the string quartet (1762-1847). The ASQ performs the quartets of Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Schumann and Mendelssohn, alongside the finest works of their lesser-known contemporaries. Its members are esteemed specialists at the forefront of the early-music scene, and the ASQ enjoys an active international career, presenting its own concert series in Amsterdam's Concertgebouw. This all-Haydn recording marks the ASQ's Channel Classics debut.
"With Channel's careful balancing, one can hear the individual voice and character of each of these 16 strings, and despite the evidently warm ambience of the Doopsgezinde Kerk of Deventer, a church, they have great immediacy and presence." - Kalman Rubinson, Stereophile July 2008, Recordings In The Round, pg. 49
Features:
5.0 Surround
DSD
Text in English, German & French
Musicians:
The Amsterdam String Quartet (historical instruments)
Selections:
Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
String Quartet in G minor Op. 20 No. 3
1. Allegro con spirito
2. Menuetto. Allegretto
3. Poco Adagio
4. Finale. Allegro molto
String Quartet in C major Op. 74 No. 1
5. Allegro Moderato
6. Andantino grazioso
7. Menuetto. Allegretto
8. Finale. Vivace
String Quartet in G major Op. 76 No. 1
9. Allegro con spirito
10. Adagio sostenuto
11. Menuetto. Presto
12. Allegro ma non troppo
Total playing time 69.07