HAYDN The Complete String Quartets / The London Haydn Quartet 20cd

Joseph HAYDN (1732-1809)

CD1
String Quartet in D minor Op 9 No 4[20’05]
String Quartet in C major Op 9 No 1[23’18]
String Quartet in G major Op 9 No 3[19’39]
CD2
String Quartet in E flat major Op 9 No 2[22’52]
String Quartet in B flat major Op 9 No 5[25’37]
String Quartet in A major Op 9 No 6[19’44]
CD3
String Quartet in C minor Op 17 No 4[25’32]
String Quartet in E flat major Op 17 No 3[26’02]
String Quartet in F major Op 17 No 2[22’41]
CD4
String Quartet in E major Op 17 No 1[32’36]
String Quartet in G major Op 17 No 5[21’56]
String Quartet in D major Op 17 No 6[18’35]
CD5
String Quartet in E flat major Op 20 No 1[25’56]
String Quartet in C major Op 20 No 2[26’53]
String Quartet in G minor Op 20 No 3[26’52]
CD6
String Quartet in D major Op 20 No 4[30’06]
String Quartet in F minor Op 20 No 5[29’57]
String Quartet in A major Op 20 No 6[19’57]
CD7
String Quartet in E flat major ‘The Joke’ Op 33 No 2[19’48]
String Quartet in B flat major Op 33 No 4[20’01]
String Quartet in B minor Op 33 No 1[26’57]
CD8
String Quartet in D major Op 33 No 6[20’20]
String Quartet in G major ‘How do you do?’ Op 33 No 5[23’28]
String Quartet in C major ‘The Bird’ Op 33 No 3[22’45]
CD9
String Quartet in B flat major Op 50 No 1[24’15]
String Quartet in C major Op 50 No 2[28’03]
String Quartet in E flat major Op 50 No 3[23’17]
CD10
String Quartet in F sharp minor Op 50 No 4[23’20]
String Quartet in F major ‘The Dream’ Op 50 No 5[22’00]
String Quartet in D major ‘The Frog’ Op 50 No 6[27’56]
CD11
String Quartet in G major Op 54 No 1[25’53]
String Quartet in C major Op 54 No 2[23’25]
String Quartet in E major Op 54 No 3[29’25]
CD12
String Quartet in A major Op 55 No 1[20’45]
String Quartet in F minor ‘Razor’ Op 55 No 2[29’45]
String Quartet in B flat major Op 55 No 3[23’59]
CD13
String Quartet in C major Op 64 No 1[27’54]
String Quartet in B minor Op 64 No 2[23’45]
String Quartet in B flat major Op 64 No 3[28’03]
CD14
String Quartet in G major Op 64 No 4[22’58]
String Quartet in D major ‘The Lark’ Op 64 No 5[21’41]
String Quartet in E flat major Op 64 No 6[20’48]
CD15
String Quartet in B flat major Op 71 No 1[25’40]
String Quartet in D major Op 71 No 2[22’27]
String Quartet in E flat major Op 71 No 3[28’59]
CD16
String Quartet in C major Op 74 No 1[26’26]
String Quartet in F major Op 74 No 2[28’06]
String Quartet in G minor ‘Rider’ Op 74 No 3[24’04]
CD17
String Quartet in G major Op 76 No 1[24’14]
String Quartet in C major ‘Emperor’ Op 76 No 3[32’12]
String Quartet in D major ‘Largo’ Op 76 No 5[20’33]
CD18
String Quartet in D minor ‘Fifths’ Op 76 No 2[26’14]
String Quartet in B flat major ‘Sunrise’ Op 76 No 4[24’51]
String Quartet in E flat major Op 76 No 6[25’15]
CD19
String Quartet in G major Op 77 No 1[24’15]
String Quartet in F major Op 77 No 2[27’46]
String Quartet in D minor Op 42[18’23]
CD20
The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross Op 51[75’57]

The London Haydn Quartet

Label: Hyperion – CDS44651/70
Barcode: 0034571146515
Format: CD*20, Reisued
Country: UK
Release date: 5th Jun 2026
Genre: Classical
Style: Classical

Hyperion proudly presents the Complete Haydn String Quartets on period instruments in one 20-CD box. These acclaimed performances from The London Haydn Quartet combine historically-informed performance practice with performing editions published during Haydn’s own lifetime. The release celebrates the 25th anniversary of the formation of The London Haydn Quartet.

Inside, the 10x double-CD sets are presented in strikingly handsome double wallets throughout, each featuring opulent paintings by Samuel Scott on front and back. Each wallet offers a track listing, with many presenting facsimiles of the original scores and frontispieces.

The 52-page booklet brings together all the individual album booklet essays by Richard Wigmore, from the first release (2007) to the last (2023).

Haydn is revered as the father of the string quartet. In number, scope and imagination, Haydn’s quartets define the genre. Even Mozart dedicated six of his own string quartets to Papa Haydn. The set begins with Haydn’s Opus 9 quartets, widely considered – including by the composer himself – as the start of his development of this new genre.

‘No one who loves this glorious music could have hoped for a better finish … the more I returned to these performances, the more I found myself warming to their fantasy, their disciplined spontaneity and their cumulative insights’ – Gramophone