String Quartet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 1, No. 1, Hob.III:1, "La chasse": I. Presto
String Quartet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 1, No. 1, Hob.III:1, "La chasse": II. Minuet
String Quartet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 1, No. 1, Hob.III:1, "La chasse": III. Adagio
String Quartet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 1, No. 1, Hob.III:1, "La chasse": IV. Minuet
String Quartet No. 1 in B flat major, Op. 1, No. 1, Hob.III:1, "La chasse": V. Finale: Presto
String Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 1, No. 2, Hob.III:2: I. Allegro molto
String Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 1, No. 2, Hob.III:2: II. Minuet
String Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 1, No. 2, Hob.III:2: III. Adagio
String Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 1, No. 2, Hob.III:2: IV. Minuet
String Quartet No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 1, No. 2, Hob.III:2: V. Finale: Presto
String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 1, No. 3, Hob.III:3: I. Adagio
String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 1, No. 3, Hob.III:3: II. Minuet
String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 1, No. 3, Hob.III:3: III. Scherzo: Presto
String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 1, No. 3, Hob.III:3: IV. Menuet
String Quartet No. 3 in D major, Op. 1, No. 3, Hob.III:3: V. Finale: Presto
String Quartet No. 4 in G major, Op. 1, No. 4, Hob.III:4: I. Presto
String Quartet No. 4 in G major, Op. 1, No. 4, Hob.III:4: II. Minuet
String Quartet No. 4 in G major, Op. 1, No. 4, Hob.III:4: III. Adagio ma non tanto
String Quartet No. 4 in G major, Op. 1, No. 4, Hob.III:4: IV. Minuet
String Quartet No. 4 in G major, Op. 1, No. 4, Hob.III:4: V. Finale: Presto
Track Listings (20) - Disc #2
String Quartet No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 1, No. 5, Hob.III:6: I. Presto
String Quartet No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 1, No. 5, Hob.III:6: II. Menuet
String Quartet No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 1, No. 5, Hob.III:6: III. Adagio
String Quartet No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 1, No. 5, Hob.III:6: IV. Menuet
String Quartet No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 1, No. 5, Hob.III:6: V. Finale: Presto
String Quartet No. 6 in C major, Op. 1, No. 6, Hob.III:6: I. Presto assai
String Quartet No. 6 in C major, Op. 1, No. 6, Hob.III:6: II. Menuet
String Quartet No. 6 in C major, Op. 1, No. 6, Hob.III:6: III. Adagio
String Quartet No. 6 in C major, Op. 1, No. 6, Hob.III:6: IV. Menuet
String Quartet No. 6 in C major, Op. 1, No. 6, Hob.III:6: V. Finale: Allegro
String Quartet No. 7 in A major, Op. 2, No. 1, Hob.III:7: I. Allegro
String Quartet No. 7 in A major, Op. 2, No. 1, Hob.III:7: II. Menuet
String Quartet No. 7 in A major, Op. 2, No. 1, Hob.III:7: III. Adagio
String Quartet No. 7 in A major, Op. 2, No. 1, Hob.III:7: IV. Menuet
String Quartet No. 7 in A major, Op. 2, No. 1, Hob.III:7: V. Finale: Allegro molto
String Quartet No. 8 in E major, Op. 2, No. 2, Hob.III:8: I. Allegro molto
String Quartet No. 8 in E major, Op. 2, No. 2, Hob.III:8: II. Minuet
String Quartet No. 8 in E major, Op. 2, No. 2, Hob.III:8: III. Adagio
String Quartet No. 8 in E major, Op. 2, No. 2, Hob.III:8: IV. Minuetto
String Quartet No. 8 in E major, Op. 2, No. 2, Hob.III:8: V. Finale: Presto
Track Listings (14) - Disc #3
String Quartet No. 35 in D minor, Op. 42, Hob.III:43: I. Andante ed Innocentemente
String Quartet No. 35 in D minor, Op. 42, Hob.III:43: II. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 35 in D minor, Op. 42, Hob.III:43: III. Adagio e cantabile
String Quartet No. 35 in D minor, Op. 42, Hob.III:43: IV. Finale: Presto
String Quartet No. 9 in F major, Op. 2, No. 4, Hob.III:10: I. Presto
String Quartet No. 9 in F major, Op. 2, No. 4, Hob.III:10: II. Menuet
String Quartet No. 9 in F major, Op. 2, No. 4, Hob.III:10: III. Adagio
String Quartet No. 9 in F major, Op. 2, No. 4, Hob.III:10: IV. Menuet: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 9 in F major, Op. 2, No. 4, Hob.III:10: V. Finale: Allegro
String Quartet No. 10 in B flat major, Op. 2, No. 6, Hob.III:12: I. Adagio with Variations
String Quartet No. 10 in B flat major, Op. 2, No. 6, Hob.III:12: II. Menuet
String Quartet No. 10 in B flat major, Op. 2, No. 6, Hob.III:12: III. Scherzo: Presto
String Quartet No. 10 in B flat major, Op. 2, No. 6, Hob.III:12: IV. Menuet
String Quartet No. 10 in B flat major, Op. 2, No. 6, Hob.III:12: V. Finale: Presto
Track Listings (17) - Disc #4
String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 2, No. 3, Hob.III:9: I. Allegro molto
String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 2, No. 3, Hob.III:9: II. Menuetto
String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 2, No. 3, Hob.III:9: III. Adagio
String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 2, No. 3, Hob.III:9: IV. Menuetto
String Quartet in E flat major, Op. 2, No. 3, Hob.III:9: V. Finale: Allegro
String Quartet in D major, Op. 2, No. 5, Hob.III:11: I. Presto
String Quartet in D major, Op. 2, No. 5, Hob.III:11: II. Menuetto
String Quartet in D major, Op. 2, No. 5, Hob.III:11: III. Largo
String Quartet in D major, Op. 2, No. 5, Hob.III:11: IV. Menuetto
String Quartet in D major, Op. 2, No. 5, Hob.III:11: V. Finale: Presto
String Quartet in E major, Op. 3, No. 1, Hob.III:13 (attrib. to Hoffstetter): I. Allegro molto
String Quartet in E major, Op. 3, No. 1, Hob.III:13 (attrib. to Hoffstetter): II. Menuetto
String Quartet in E major, Op. 3, No. 1, Hob.III:13 (attrib. to Hoffstetter): III. Andantino grazioso
String Quartet in E major, Op. 3, No. 1, Hob.III:13 (attrib. to Hoffstetter): IV. Presto
String Quartet in C major, Op. 3, No. 2, Hob.III:14 (attrib. to Hoffstetter): I. Fantasia con Variazioni: Andante
String Quartet in C major, Op. 3, No. 2, Hob.III:14 (attrib. to Hoffstetter): II. Menuetto
String Quartet in C major, Op. 3, No. 2, Hob.III:14 (attrib. to Hoffstetter): III. Presto
Track Listings (14) - Disc #5
String Quartet in G major, Op. 3, No. 3, Hob.III:15 (attrib. to Hoffstetter): I. Presto
String Quartet in G major, Op. 3, No. 3, Hob.III:15 (attrib. to Hoffstetter): II. Largo
String Quartet in G major, Op. 3, No. 3, Hob.III:15 (attrib. to Hoffstetter): III. Menuetto
String Quartet in G major, Op. 3, No. 3, Hob.III:15 (attrib. to Hoffstetter): IV. Presto
String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 3, No. 4, Hob.III:16 (attrib. to Hoffstetter): I. Allegro moderato
String Quartet in B flat major, Op. 3, No. 4, Hob.III:16 (attrib. to Hoffstetter): II. Adagio
String Quartet in F major, Op. 3, No. 5, Hob.III:17, "Serenade" (attrib. to Hoffstetter) (use): I. Presto
String Quartet in F major, Op. 3, No. 5, Hob.III:17, "Serenade" (attrib. to Hoffstetter) (use): II. Serenade: Andante cantabile
String Quartet in F major, Op. 3, No. 5, Hob.III:17, "Serenade" (attrib. to Hoffstetter) (use): III. Menuetto
String Quartet in F major, Op. 3, No. 5, Hob.III:17, "Serenade" (attrib. to Hoffstetter) (use): IV. Scherzando
String Quartet in A major, Op. 3, No. 6, Hob.III:18 (attrib. to Hoffstetter): I. Tempo giusto
String Quartet in A major, Op. 3, No. 6, Hob.III:18 (attrib. to Hoffstetter): II. Adagio
String Quartet in A major, Op. 3, No. 6, Hob.III:18 (attrib. to Hoffstetter): III. Menuetto
String Quartet in A major, Op. 3, No. 6, Hob.III:18 (attrib. to Hoffstetter): IV. Scherzando
Track Listings (12) - Disc #6
String Quartet No. 11 in D minor, Op. 9, No. 4, Hob.III:22: I. Moderato
String Quartet No. 11 in D minor, Op. 9, No. 4, Hob.III:22: II. Menuet
String Quartet No. 11 in D minor, Op. 9, No. 4, Hob.III:22: III. Adagio - Cantabile
String Quartet No. 11 in D minor, Op. 9, No. 4, Hob.III:22: IV. Finale: Presto
String Quartet No. 12 in C major, Op. 9, No. 1, Hob.III:19: I. Moderato
String Quartet No. 12 in C major, Op. 9, No. 1, Hob.III:19: II. Menuet: Un poco allegretto
String Quartet No. 12 in C major, Op. 9, No. 1, Hob.III:19: III. Adagio
String Quartet No. 12 in C major, Op. 9, No. 1, Hob.III:19: IV. Finale: Presto
String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 9, No. 3, Hob.III:21: I. Moderato
String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 9, No. 3, Hob.III:21: II. Menuet: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 9, No. 3, Hob.III:21: III. Largo
String Quartet No. 13 in G major, Op. 9, No. 3, Hob.III:21: IV. Finale: Presto
Track Listings (12) - Disc #7
String Quartet No. 14 in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2, Hob.III:20: I. Moderato
String Quartet No. 14 in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2, Hob.III:20: II. Menuet
String Quartet No. 14 in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2, Hob.III:20: III. Adagio - Cantabile
String Quartet No. 14 in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2, Hob.III:20: IV. Finale: Allegro di molto
String Quartet No. 15 in B flat major, Op. 9, No. 5, Hob.III:23: I. Poco adagio
String Quartet No. 15 in B flat major, Op. 9, No. 5, Hob.III:23: II. Menuet: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 15 in B flat major, Op. 9, No. 5, Hob.III:23: III. Largo: Cantabile
String Quartet No. 15 in B flat major, Op. 9, No. 5, Hob.III:23: IV. Finale: Presto
String Quartet No. 16 in A major, Op. 9, No. 6, Hob.III:24: I. Presto
String Quartet No. 16 in A major, Op. 9, No. 6, Hob.III:24: II. Menuet
String Quartet No. 16 in A major, Op. 9, No. 6, Hob.III:24: III. Adagio
String Quartet No. 16 in A major, Op. 9, No. 6, Hob.III:24: IV. Finale: Presto
Track Listings (12) - Disc #8
String Quartet No. 17 in F major, Op. 17, No. 2, Hob.III:26: I. Moderato
String Quartet No. 17 in F major, Op. 17, No. 2, Hob.III:26: II. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 17 in F major, Op. 17, No. 2, Hob.III:26: III. Adagio
String Quartet No. 17 in F major, Op. 17, No. 2, Hob.III:26: IV. Finale: Allegro di molto
String Quartet No. 18 in E major, Op. 17, No. 1, Hob.III:25: I. Moderato
String Quartet No. 18 in E major, Op. 17, No. 1, Hob.III:25: II. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 18 in E major, Op. 17, No. 1, Hob.III:25: III. Adagio
String Quartet No. 18 in E major, Op. 17, No. 1, Hob.III:25: IV. Finale: Presto
String Quartet No. 18 in E major, Op. 17, No. 1, Hob.III:25: I. Moderato
String Quartet No. 18 in E major, Op. 17, No. 1, Hob.III:25: II. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 18 in E major, Op. 17, No. 1, Hob.III:25: III. Adagio cantabile
String Quartet No. 18 in E major, Op. 17, No. 1, Hob.III:25: IV. Finale: Allegro
Track Listings (12) - Disc #9
String Quartet No. 20 in D major, Op. 17, No. 6, Hob.III:30: I. Presto
String Quartet No. 20 in D major, Op. 17, No. 6, Hob.III:30: II.Menuetto
String Quartet No. 20 in D major, Op. 17, No. 6, Hob.III:30: III. Largo
String Quartet No. 20 in D major, Op. 17, No. 6, Hob.III:30: IV. Presto
String Quartet No. 21 in E flat major, Op. 17, No. 3, Hob.III:27: I. Andante grazioso
String Quartet No. 21 in E flat major, Op. 17, No. 3, Hob.III:27: II. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 21 in E flat major, Op. 17, No. 3, Hob.III:27: III. Adagio
String Quartet No. 21 in E flat major, Op. 17, No. 3, Hob.III:27: IV. Allegro molto
String Quartet No. 22 in G major, Op. 17, No. 5, Hob.III:29, "Recitative": I. Moderato
String Quartet No. 22 in G major, Op. 17, No. 5, Hob.III:29, "Recitative": II. Menuetto
String Quartet No. 22 in G major, Op. 17, No. 5, Hob.III:29, "Recitative": III. Adagio
String Quartet No. 22 in G major, Op. 17, No. 5, Hob.III:29, "Recitative": IV. Presto
Track Listings (12) - Disc #10
String Quartet No. 28 in E flat major, Op. 20, No. 1, Hob.III:31 (use): I. Allegro moderato
String Quartet No. 28 in E flat major, Op. 20, No. 1, Hob.III:31 (use): II. Minuet: Un poco Allegretto
String Quartet No. 28 in E flat major, Op. 20, No. 1, Hob.III:31 (use): III. Affetuoso e sostenuto
String Quartet No. 28 in E flat major, Op. 20, No. 1, Hob.III:31 (use): IV. Finale: Presto
String Quartet No. 25 in C major, Op. 20, No. 2, Hob.III:32 (use): I. Moderato
String Quartet No. 25 in C major, Op. 20, No. 2, Hob.III:32 (use): II. Capriccio: Adagio
String Quartet No. 25 in C major, Op. 20, No. 2, Hob.III:32 (use): III. Minuet: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 25 in C major, Op. 20, No. 2, Hob.III:32 (use): IV. Fuga a quattro soggetti
String Quartet No. 26 in G minor, Op. 20, No. 3, Hob.III:33: I. Allegro con spirito
String Quartet No. 26 in G minor, Op. 20, No. 3, Hob.III:33: II. Minuet: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 26 in G minor, Op. 20, No. 3, Hob.III:33: III. Poco adagio
String Quartet No. 26 in G minor, Op. 20, No. 3, Hob.III:33: IV. Finale: Allegro di molto
Track Listings (12) - Disc #11
String Quartet No. 27 in D major, Op. 20, No. 4, Hob.III:34: I. Allegro di molto
String Quartet No. 27 in D major, Op. 20, No. 4, Hob.III:34: II. Un poco adagio e affettuoso
String Quartet No. 27 in D major, Op. 20, No. 4, Hob.III:34: III. Menuet allaq Zingarese: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 27 in D major, Op. 20, No. 4, Hob.III:34: IV. Presto e scherzando
String Quartet No. 23 in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5, Hob.III:35: I. Moderato
String Quartet No. 23 in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5, Hob.III:35: II. Menuet
String Quartet No. 23 in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5, Hob.III:35: III. Adagio
String Quartet No. 23 in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5, Hob.III:35: IV. Finale: Fuga a due soggetti
String Quartet No. 24 in A major, Op. 20, No. 6, Hob.III:36 (use): I. Allegro di molto e scherzando
String Quartet No. 24 in A major, Op. 20, No. 6, Hob.III:36 (use): II. Adagio
String Quartet No. 24 in A major, Op. 20, No. 6, Hob.III:36 (use): III. Menuet
String Quartet No. 24 in A major, Op. 20, No. 6, Hob.III:36 (use): IV. Fuga con tre soggetti
Track Listings (12) - Disc #12
String Quartet No. 29 in G major, Op. 33, No. 5, Hob.III:41, "How do you do?": I. Vivace assai
String Quartet No. 29 in G major, Op. 33, No. 5, Hob.III:41, "How do you do?": II. Largo e cantabile
String Quartet No. 29 in G major, Op. 33, No. 5, Hob.III:41, "How do you do?": III. Scherzo
String Quartet No. 29 in G major, Op. 33, No. 5, Hob.III:41, "How do you do?": IV. Finale
String Quartet No. 30 in E flat major, Op. 33, No. 2, Hob.III:38, "The Joke": I. Allegro moderato
String Quartet No. 30 in E flat major, Op. 33, No. 2, Hob.III:38, "The Joke": II. Scherzo
String Quartet No. 30 in E flat major, Op. 33, No. 2, Hob.III:38, "The Joke": III. Largo e sostenuto
String Quartet No. 30 in E flat major, Op. 33, No. 2, Hob.III:38, "The Joke": IV. Finale
String Quartet No. 31 in B minor, Op. 33, No. 1, Hob.III:37: I. Allegro moderato
String Quartet No. 31 in B minor, Op. 33, No. 1, Hob.III:37: II. Scherzo
String Quartet No. 31 in B minor, Op. 33, No. 1, Hob.III:37: III. Andante
String Quartet No. 31 in B minor, Op. 33, No. 1, Hob.III:37: IV. Finale
Track Listings (12) - Disc #13
String Quartet No. 32 in C major, Op. 33, No. 3, Hob.III:39, "The Bird": I. Allegro moderato
String Quartet No. 32 in C major, Op. 33, No. 3, Hob.III:39, "The Bird": II. Scherzo: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 32 in C major, Op. 33, No. 3, Hob.III:39, "The Bird": III. Adagio ma non troppo
String Quartet No. 32 in C major, Op. 33, No. 3, Hob.III:39, "The Bird": IV. Finale: Rondo - Presto
String Quartet No. 33 in D major, Op. 33, No. 6, Hob.III:42: I. Vivace assai
String Quartet No. 33 in D major, Op. 33, No. 6, Hob.III:42: II. Andante
String Quartet No. 33 in D major, Op. 33, No. 6, Hob.III:42: III. Scherzo: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 33 in D major, Op. 33, No. 6, Hob.III:42: IV. Finale: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 34 in B flat major, Op. 33, No. 4, Hob.III:40: I. Allegro moderato
String Quartet No. 34 in B flat major, Op. 33, No. 4, Hob.III:40: II. Scherzo: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 34 in B flat major, Op. 33, No. 4, Hob.III:40: III. Largo
String Quartet No. 34 in B flat major, Op. 33, No. 4, Hob.III:40: IV. Finale: Presto
Track Listings (12) - Disc #14
String Quartet No. 36 in B flat major, Op. 50, No. 1, Hob.III:44: I. Allegro vivace
String Quartet No. 36 in B flat major, Op. 50, No. 1, Hob.III:44: II. Adagio non lento
String Quartet No. 36 in B flat major, Op. 50, No. 1, Hob.III:44: III. Menuetto: Poco allegretto
String Quartet No. 36 in B flat major, Op. 50, No. 1, Hob.III:44: IV. Finale: Vivace
String Quartet No. 37 in C major, Op. 50, No. 2, Hob.III:45, "Prussian": I. Vivace
String Quartet No. 37 in C major, Op. 50, No. 2, Hob.III:45, "Prussian": II. Adagio
String Quartet No. 37 in C major, Op. 50, No. 2, Hob.III:45, "Prussian": III. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 37 in C major, Op. 50, No. 2, Hob.III:45, "Prussian": IV. Finale: Vivace assai
String Quartet No. 38 in E flat major, Op. 50, No. 3, Hob.III:46: I. Allegro con brio
String Quartet No. 38 in E flat major, Op. 50, No. 3, Hob.III:46: II. Andante piu tosto allegretto
String Quartet No. 38 in E flat major, Op. 50, No. 3, Hob.III:46: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 38 in E flat major, Op. 50, No. 3, Hob.III:46: IV. Finale: Presto
Track Listings (12) - Disc #15
String Quartet No. 39 in F sharp minor, Op. 50, No. 4, Hob.III:47: I. Allegro spirituoso
String Quartet No. 39 in F sharp minor, Op. 50, No. 4, Hob.III:47: II. Andante moderato assai
String Quartet No. 39 in F sharp minor, Op. 50, No. 4, Hob.III:47: III. Menuetto: Poco allegretto
String Quartet No. 39 in F sharp minor, Op. 50, No. 4, Hob.III:47: IV. Finale: Fuga: Allegro moderato
String Quartet No. 40 in F major, Op. 50, No. 5, Hob.III:48, "Ein Traum" (The Dream): I. Allegro moderato
String Quartet No. 40 in F major, Op. 50, No. 5, Hob.III:48, "Ein Traum" (The Dream): II. Poco adagio
String Quartet No. 40 in F major, Op. 50, No. 5, Hob.III:48, "Ein Traum" (The Dream): III. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 40 in F major, Op. 50, No. 5, Hob.III:48, "Ein Traum" (The Dream): IV. Finale: Vivace
String Quartet No. 41 in D major, Op. 50, No. 6, Hob.III:49, "The Frog": I. Allegro spirituoso
String Quartet No. 41 in D major, Op. 50, No. 6, Hob.III:49, "The Frog": II. Poco adagio
String Quartet No. 41 in D major, Op. 50, No. 6, Hob.III:49, "The Frog": III. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 41 in D major, Op. 50, No. 6, Hob.III:49, "The Frog": IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito
Track Listings (12) - Disc #16
String Quartet No. 42 in C major, Op. 54, No. 2, Hob.III:57: I. Vivace
String Quartet No. 42 in C major, Op. 54, No. 2, Hob.III:57: II. Adagio
String Quartet No. 42 in C major, Op. 54, No. 2, Hob.III:57: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 42 in C major, Op. 54, No. 2, Hob.III:57: IV. Finale: Adagio-Presto-Adagio
String Quartet No. 43 in G major, Op. 54, No. 1, Hob.III:58: I. Allegro con brio
String Quartet No. 43 in G major, Op. 54, No. 1, Hob.III:58: II. Allegretto
String Quartet No. 43 in G major, Op. 54, No. 1, Hob.III:58: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 43 in G major, Op. 54, No. 1, Hob.III:58: IV. Finale: Presto
String Quartet No. 44 in E major, Op. 54, No. 3, Hob.III:59: I. Allegro
String Quartet No. 44 in E major, Op. 54, No. 3, Hob.III:59: II. Largo cantabile
String Quartet No. 44 in E major, Op. 54, No. 3, Hob.III:59: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 44 in E major, Op. 54, No. 3, Hob.III:59: IV. Finale: Presto
Track Listings (12) - Disc #17
String Quartet No. 45 in A major, Op. 55, No. 1, Hob.III:60: I. Allegro
String Quartet No. 45 in A major, Op. 55, No. 1, Hob.III:60: II. Adagio cantabile
String Quartet No. 45 in A major, Op. 55, No. 1, Hob.III:60: III. Menuetto
String Quartet No. 45 in A major, Op. 55, No. 1, Hob.III:60: IV. Finale: Vivace
String Quartet No. 46 in F minor, Op. 55, No. 2, Hob.III:61, "The Razor": I. Andante o piu tosto allegretto
String Quartet No. 46 in F minor, Op. 55, No. 2, Hob.III:61, "The Razor": II. Allegro
String Quartet No. 46 in F minor, Op. 55, No. 2, Hob.III:61, "The Razor": III. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 46 in F minor, Op. 55, No. 2, Hob.III:61, "The Razor": IV. Finale: Presto
String Quartet No. 47 in B flat major, Op. 55, No. 3, Hob.III:62: I. Vivace assai
String Quartet No. 47 in B flat major, Op. 55, No. 3, Hob.III:62: II. Adagio ma non troppo
String Quartet No. 47 in B flat major, Op. 55, No. 3, Hob.III:62: III. Menuetto
String Quartet No. 47 in B flat major, Op. 55, No. 3, Hob.III:62: IV. Finale: Presto
Track Listings (12) - Disc #18
String Quartet No. 48 in C major, Op. 64, No. 1, Hob.III:65: I. Allegro moderato
String Quartet No. 48 in C major, Op. 64, No. 1, Hob.III:65: II. Menuetto: Allegretto ma non troppo
String Quartet No. 48 in C major, Op. 64, No. 1, Hob.III:65: III. Allegretto scherzando
String Quartet No. 48 in C major, Op. 64, No. 1, Hob.III:65: IV. Finale: Presto
String Quartet No. 49 in B minor, Op. 64, No. 2, Hob.III:68: I. Allegro spiritoso
String Quartet No. 49 in B minor, Op. 64, No. 2, Hob.III:68: II. Adagio ma non troppo
String Quartet No. 49 in B minor, Op. 64, No. 2, Hob.III:68: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 49 in B minor, Op. 64, No. 2, Hob.III:68: IV. Finale: Presto
String Quartet No. 50 in B flat major, Op. 64, No. 3, Hob.III:67: I. Vivace assai
String Quartet No. 50 in B flat major, Op. 64, No. 3, Hob.III:67: II. Adagio
String Quartet No. 50 in B flat major, Op. 64, No. 3, Hob.III:67: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 50 in B flat major, Op. 64, No. 3, Hob.III:67: IV. Finale: Allegro con spirito
Track Listings (12) - Disc #19
String Quartet No. 51 in G major, Op. 64, No. 4, Hob.III:66: I. Allegro con brio
String Quartet No. 51 in G major, Op. 64, No. 4, Hob.III:66: II. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 51 in G major, Op. 64, No. 4, Hob.III:66: III. Adagio - Cantabile e sostenuto
String Quartet No. 51 in G major, Op. 64, No. 4, Hob.III:66: IV. Finale: Presto
String Quartet No. 53 in D major, Op. 64, No. 5, Hob.III:63, "The Lark": I. Allegro moderato
String Quartet No. 53 in D major, Op. 64, No. 5, Hob.III:63, "The Lark": II. Adagio - Cantabile
String Quartet No. 53 in D major, Op. 64, No. 5, Hob.III:63, "The Lark": III. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 53 in D major, Op. 64, No. 5, Hob.III:63, "The Lark": IV. Finale: Vivace
String Quartet No. 52 in E flat major, Op. 64, No. 6, Hob.III:64: I. Allegro
String Quartet No. 52 in E flat major, Op. 64, No. 6, Hob.III:64: II. Andante
String Quartet No. 52 in E flat major, Op. 64, No. 6, Hob.III:64: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 52 in E flat major, Op. 64, No. 6, Hob.III:64: IV. Finale: Presto
Track Listings (12) - Disc #20
String Quartet No. 54 in B flat major, Op. 71, No. 1, Hob.III:69: I. Allegro
String Quartet No. 54 in B flat major, Op. 71, No. 1, Hob.III:69: II. Adagio
String Quartet No. 54 in B flat major, Op. 71, No. 1, Hob.III:69: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 54 in B flat major, Op. 71, No. 1, Hob.III:69: IV. (Finale): Vivace
String Quartet No. 55 in D major, Op. 71, No. 2, Hob.III:70: I. Adagio - Allegro
String Quartet No. 55 in D major, Op. 71, No. 2, Hob.III:70: II. Adagio (cantabile)
String Quartet No. 55 in D major, Op. 71, No. 2, Hob.III:70: III. Menuetto: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 55 in D major, Op. 71, No. 2, Hob.III:70: IV. Finale: Allegretto
String Quartet No. 56 in E flat major, Op. 71, No. 3, Hob.III:71: I. Vivace
String Quartet No. 56 in E flat major, Op. 71, No. 3, Hob.III:71: II. Andante con moto
String Quartet No. 56 in E flat major, Op. 71, No. 3, Hob.III:71: III. Menuetto
String Quartet No. 56 in E flat major, Op. 71, No. 3, Hob.III:71: IV. Finale: Vivace
Track Listings (12) - Disc #21
String Quartet No. 57 in C major, Op. 74, No. 1, Hob.III:72: I. Allegro (moderato)
String Quartet No. 57 in C major, Op. 74, No. 1, Hob.III:72: II. Andantino (grazioso)
String Quartet No. 57 in C major, Op. 74, No. 1, Hob.III:72: III. Menuetto: Allegro
String Quartet No. 57 in C major, Op. 74, No. 1, Hob.III:72: IV. Finale: Vivace
String Quartet No. 58 in F major, Op. 74, No. 2, Hob.III:73: I. Allegro spiritoso
String Quartet No. 58 in F major, Op. 74, No. 2, Hob.III:73: II. Andante grazioso
String Quartet No. 58 in F major, Op. 74, No. 2, Hob.III:73: III. Menuetto
String Quartet No. 58 in F major, Op. 74, No. 2, Hob.III:73: IV. Finale: Presto
String Quartet No. 59 in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3, Hob.III:74, "The Rider": I. Allegro
String Quartet No. 59 in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3, Hob.III:74, "The Rider": II. Largo assai
String Quartet No. 59 in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3, Hob.III:74, "The Rider": III. Menuetto: (Allegretto)
String Quartet No. 59 in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3, Hob.III:74, "The Rider": IV. Finale: Allegro con brio
Track Listings (12) - Disc #22
String Quartet No. 60 in G major, Op. 76, No. 1, Hob.III:75: I. Allegro con spirito
String Quartet No. 60 in G major, Op. 76, No. 1, Hob.III:75: II. Adagio sostenuto
String Quartet No. 60 in G major, Op. 76, No. 1, Hob.III:75: III. Menuetto: Presto
String Quartet No. 60 in G major, Op. 76, No. 1, Hob.III:75: IV. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo
String Quartet No. 61 in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2, Hob.III:76, "Fifths": I. Allegro
String Quartet No. 61 in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2, Hob.III:76, "Fifths": II. Andante o piu tosto allegretto
String Quartet No. 61 in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2, Hob.III:76, "Fifths": III. Menuetto: Allegro ma non troppo
String Quartet No. 61 in D minor, Op. 76, No. 2, Hob.III:76, "Fifths": IV. Vivace assai
String Quartet No. 62 in C major, Op. 76, No. 3, Hob.III:77, "Emperor": I. Allegro
String Quartet No. 62 in C major, Op. 76, No. 3, Hob.III:77, "Emperor": II. Poco adagio, cantabile
String Quartet No. 62 in C major, Op. 76, No. 3, Hob.III:77, "Emperor": III. Menuetto: Allegro
String Quartet No. 62 in C major, Op. 76, No. 3, Hob.III:77, "Emperor": IV. Finale: Presto
Track Listings (12) - Disc #23
String Quartet No. 63 in B flat major, Op. 76, No. 4, Hob.III:78, "Sunrise": I. Allegro con spirito
String Quartet No. 63 in B flat major, Op. 76, No. 4, Hob.III:78, "Sunrise": II. Adagio
String Quartet No. 63 in B flat major, Op. 76, No. 4, Hob.III:78, "Sunrise": III. Menuetto: Allegro
String Quartet No. 63 in B flat major, Op. 76, No. 4, Hob.III:78, "Sunrise": IV. Finale: Allegro ma non troppo
String Quartet No. 64 in D major, Op. 76, No. 5, Hob.III:79: I. Allegretto - Allegro
String Quartet No. 64 in D major, Op. 76, No. 5, Hob.III:79: II. Largo cantabile e mesto
String Quartet No. 64 in D major, Op. 76, No. 5, Hob.III:79: III. Menuetto: Allegro
String Quartet No. 64 in D major, Op. 76, No. 5, Hob.III:79: IV. Finale: Presto
String Quartet No. 65 in E flat major, Op. 76, No. 6, Hob.III:80: I. Allegretto - Allegro
String Quartet No. 65 in E flat major, Op. 76, No. 6, Hob.III:80: II. Fantasia: Adagio
String Quartet No. 65 in E flat major, Op. 76, No. 6, Hob.III:80: III. Menuetto: Presto
String Quartet No. 65 in E flat major, Op. 76, No. 6, Hob.III:80: IV. Finale: Allegro spirituoso
Track Listings (8) - Disc #24
String Quartet No. 66 in G major, Op. 77, No. 1, Hob.III:81, "Lobkowitz": I. Allegro moderato
String Quartet No. 66 in G major, Op. 77, No. 1, Hob.III:81, "Lobkowitz": II. Adagio
String Quartet No. 66 in G major, Op. 77, No. 1, Hob.III:81, "Lobkowitz": III. Menuetto: Presto
String Quartet No. 66 in G major, Op. 77, No. 1, Hob.III:81, "Lobkowitz": IV. Finale: Presto
String Quartet No. 67 in F major, Op. 77, No. 2, Hob.III:82, "Lobkowitz": I. Allegro moderato
String Quartet No. 67 in F major, Op. 77, No. 2, Hob.III:82, "Lobkowitz": II. Menuet: Presto
String Quartet No. 67 in F major, Op. 77, No. 2, Hob.III:82, "Lobkowitz": III. Andante
String Quartet No. 67 in F major, Op. 77, No. 2, Hob.III:82, "Lobkowitz": IV. Finale: Vivace assai
Track Listings (11) - Disc #25
Die 7 letzten Worte unseres Erlosers am Kreuze (The 7 Last Words), Op. 51, Hob.III:50-56 (version for string quartet): L'Introduzione: Maestoso ed adagio
Die 7 letzten Worte unseres Erlosers am Kreuze (The 7 Last Words), Op. 51, Hob.III:50-56 (version for string quartet): Sonata I: Pater, dimitte illis, non enim sciunt, quid faciunt (Largo
Die 7 letzten Worte unseres Erlosers am Kreuze (The 7 Last Words), Op. 51, Hob.III:50-56 (version for string quartet): Sonata II: Amen dico tibi: hodie mecum eris in paradiso (Grave e cantabile)
Die 7 letzten Worte unseres Erlosers am Kreuze (The 7 Last Words), Op. 51, Hob.III:50-56 (version for string quartet): Sonata III: Mulier, ecce fulius tuus, et tu, ecce mater tua! (Grave)
Die 7 letzten Worte unseres Erlosers am Kreuze (The 7 Last Words), Op. 51, Hob.III:50-56 (version for string quartet): Sonata IV: Eli, Eli, lama asabthani? (Largo)
Die 7 letzten Worte unseres Erlosers am Kreuze (The 7 Last Words), Op. 51, Hob.III:50-56 (version for string quartet): Sonata V: Sitio (Adagio)
Die 7 letzten Worte unseres Erlosers am Kreuze (The 7 Last Words), Op. 51, Hob.III:50-56 (version for string quartet): Sonata VI: Consummatum est! (Lento)
Die 7 letzten Worte unseres Erlosers am Kreuze (The 7 Last Words), Op. 51, Hob.III:50-56 (version for string quartet): Sonata VII: Pater! in manus tuas commendo spiritum meum (Largo)
Die 7 letzten Worte unseres Erlosers am Kreuze (The 7 Last Words), Op. 51, Hob.III:50-56 (version for string quartet): Il terremoto (Presto e con tutta la forza)
String Quartet No. 68 in D minor, Op. 103, Hob.III:83: I. Andante grazioso
String Quartet No. 68 in D minor, Op. 103, Hob.III:83: II. Menuetto ma non troppo presto
J Scott Morrison | Middlebury VT, USA | 11/18/2008
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Not ordinarily an envious sort, I am nonetheless envious of a friend, a violist, who has over the years played all the Haydn quartets with string-playing friends. What fun that must have been! Surely this body of works by Papa Haydn is among the most important ever written for the combination of two violins, viola and cello. And so many! Sixty-eight of them plus the quartet version of 'The Seven Last Words of Christ', plus several 'cassations' and several (like the Op. 3 quartets) now often attributed to others, a total of eighty-three! Almost inexhaustible riches.
Over the years I have collected several of the singly-issued CDs of various of the quartets recorded by the redoubtable Kodály Quartet but now have this collection of all of the quartets recorded by them. The price of the collection is very much in the budget range -- less than $4 per CD -- and worth every penny. They range from the Op. 1 quartets (including the strangely designated Op. 1, No. 0) which are much more like divertimenti with their two minuets to the Op. 9 quartets that display the quintessential element of the string quartet, conversation among the individuals. To the Op. 17 set with their virtuosic first violin parts and the Op. 20 quartets which not only echo the Sturm und Drang mood of Haydn's contemporaneous symphonies but also feature much more virtuosic cello parts. To the Op. 33 set which mostly leave behind the fugal, baroquish language of the earlier quartets and show more rhythmic and harmonic daring as well as the wit that has come to be called 'Haydnesque' when it occurs in other composers' works; these quartets also replace minuets with scherzos; it was the Op. 33 quartets that Mozart studied when he was writing his own so-called 'Haydn Quartets'. To the Op. 50 'Prussian' Quartets, written for the cello-playing King Friedrich Wilhelm II of Prussia, the two sets of 'Tost' Quartets (Opp. 54, 55, 64), the 'Apponyi' Quartets (Opp. 71 & 74), these the first set specifically meant for public performance (previously the quartets were for private music-making). And on through to the final quartets, Opp. 76 ('Erdödy') and 77 ('Lobkowitz'). This 25-CD set concludes with 'The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross', Op. 51, with its nine slow movements, and the two-movement Op. 103 quartet, written in 1803 when Haydn was failing and which he was unable to finish.
The Kodály Quartet recorded these marvelous performances in the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. Their membership, subsequently changed, consisted of Attila Falvay, 1st violin; Tamás Szabo, 2nd violin; Gábor Fias, viola; and János Devich, cello. Huzzah to them! There are many recording of these works by other quartets but for a combination of musicality, heartfelt playing, excellent recorded sound, and price, this set cannot be beat.
You can read other reviews of these recordings at the Amazon product pages for the single issues, e.g. Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 33 "Russian", No. 1, No. 2 "The Joke", No. 5 "How do you do?", Haydn: The Emperor, Fifths and Sunrise Quartets, Haydn: String Quartets Op. 76, Nos. 1-3, Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 76, Nos. 4, 5 and 6.
Total time: 25 hours, 42 minutes.
Heartily, even urgently, recommended.
Scott Morrison"
Full, rich quartet recording.
Robin Ray | Seattle, WA USA | 04/03/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"It's a customary practice these days, or at least within the last 10 years or so, to "thicken" up a string quartet recording by quadrupling the violins, doubling the violas, etc. This results in a fat, smooth, sonorous recording such as those performed by I Musici, I Solisti Italiani, etc. The Complete Haydn String Quartets, as performed by the Kodaly Quartet and recorded at the Unitarian Church in Budapest in 1991, doesn't need such treatment. The recording is so clear and full you can practically smell the wood of the pews or see rays of sound bouncing off the stained glass windows. Enhanced by natural reverb, the strings need no "sweetening" and the overall quartets require no compression or volume balancing. What you hear is an absolute dream, a chance to dive head first into a repertoire that is often overshadowed by the quartets or other luminaries such as Beethoven, Mozart, Brahms, or Dvorak. This set, albeit as expensive as it is, is highly recommended. These recordings are perfect for Sunday morning, winding down from work after a hectic day, or even as accompaniment while you peruse the NY Times. Highly recommended."
Meet The Beatles
Thomas Plotkin | West Hartford CT, United States | 09/05/2009
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The string quartet has always held a privileged place in classical music -- the conversation between four individuals, two violinists, a cellist and a violist, represents music not made for the general public but as a gift to the musicians; as such the genre has often represented the superego of composers -- their deepest utterances, and the ones they knew they would be judged by their peers and not the public. The genre also typifies the Enlightenment, an era marked by the utmost mathematical rationality but never far from the tumultuous storms of coming revolution -- however, the genre died in the Romantic era -- paradoxically because it was too private for narcisssist displays of will to power -- and was only resurrected by the introspection of 20th century modernists like Bartok, Schoenberg, Berg and Webern.
Sometime in the 1760's Haydn basically invented the string quartet, in addition to perfecting the sonata form inherited by Beethoven, development forms, the four-movement symphony, and the "classical style" (as opposed to baroque polyphony and the genres lumped together as early music); this meant an infusion of drama (derived from his failures as an opera composer, but adding juice to his instrumental music), subjectivity,a bumptious mixture of high and low styles, and poetry infused with enlightenment reason. Every central European composer of concert music owes him everything. He is probably the single most under-rated innovator in the history of music, because his music as the joke goes is too simple for amateurs and too complex for professionals. Put it this way: Beethoven and Mozart acknowledged him as their only lord and master, as they were left with mining the territory he first explored.
His string quartets are the crowning glory of his art, as one can trace his development out of the baroque and galante styles into a wider-ranging relationship to tonality than had hitherto been known, where music began to tell Shakespearean stories that mixed comedy and tragedy in a mutable fashion absent from the work of deities like Bach and Handel, stately stasis was replaced by drama; he wrote in the vicinity of seventy quartets, and no two movements sound similar, the sheer range of his achievement is unbelievable. The Kodaly Quartet out of Budapest, not far from the Ezterhazy court where Haydn performed most of his labors, recorded all of them for the budget label Naxos in the late eighties and nineties, and now all 24 CD's are available for less than a hundred bucks; this music as performed by these masters constitutes the most gracious, witty, graceful and pleasing tribute to the values of western civilization I can imagine, and would be a bargain at twice the price."
What Was I Thinking?
Giordano Bruno | Wherever I am, I am. | 06/16/2010
(3 out of 5 stars)
"This is the sort of purchase that would make more sense if I were a "survivalist" stocking a bomb-shelter in upper Ontario, with the intention of living all alone several decades after the extinction of my species. Twenty-five CDs, the complete string quartets of Joseph Haydn including the "Seven Last Words", all by the well-reputed Kodaly Quartet! And for a reasonable price!
It came about by chance: I attended one of the fringe concerts at the Berkeley Early Music Festival (June 2010), at which the New Esterhazy Quartet laid all the scores of all of Haydn's quartets on a table and held a lottery drawing to select which to perform on their gut-strung historically appropriate instruments. I wonder if the term "chutzpah" was part of the musical vocabulary at Esterhaza. There were perhaps a hundred people in attendance, and though I bought 20 tickets, only one of my favorites was drawn. I soon realized, however, what a large number of Haydn's best compositions I'd seldom or never listened to. So I ran a search in the amazoo ...
I've only listened to four quartets plucked at random from the box so far, and to "The Seven Last Words", possibly my favorite of all Haydn compositions. I reckon I'll plough through all 25 disks eventually, but my early impression is that these recordings make an irrefutable case for "historically informed performance" of Haydn on period instruments. The New Esterhazy Quartet was ragged at times, not unexpectedly given their concert concept, but warm, witty, and exciting. The Kodaly Quartet is polished enough but thick when it should sound flighty, stolid when it should sound exuberant, 'classical' when it should sound avant-garde. Haydn was the avant-garde of his era. Haydn was a closet Figaro, a restless challenger of everything stuffy and stodgy. How paradoxical it is that his music sounds so much more 'original' on original instruments!
But I should mention that the recording of the "Seven Last Words" on modern strings by the Fitzwilliam Quartet is musically delicious, the best I know of, far more satisfying than this one by the Kodaly Four.
Later Thoughts:
My 3-star rating is irrelevant. The value of this bargain box will depend on the musical 'needs' of the buyer. If you have no musical needs, don't buy it. If you are a newbie to this repertoire, unfamiliar with any of Haydn's quartets, you couldn't do yourself a bigger favor than to buy this box and start exploring. If you're an ardent Haydnite, you'll already have some or many of the quartets in your collection, but still this box will fill in the blanks and help organize your taste. That's my situation. The Kodaly Quartet is like a high-end Japanese car, a well-oiled musical vehicle, but somewhat generic."