Joseph Haydn | String Quartets Op. 77 No. 1 & 2
Joseph Haydn composed about 80 string quartets. They stand out from his chamber-music œuvre for being among the very first important contributions to string quartet literature, on the one hand, and on the other, for providing a representative cross-section of Haydn's multifaceted creative periods.
Haydn wanted to conclude his string quartet œuvre with a trilogy, adding to the two works Op. 77 No. 1 and 2 a third quartet which, however, he left in the form of a torso in 1803.
AWARDED with CHOC DE LA MUSIQUE.
The Amati Quartett for this recording: Willi Zimmermann, first violin | Barbara Suter, second violin | Nicolas Corti, viola | Johannes Degen, violoncello