Sunday, May 30, 2010

Hyacinthe Jadin (1776-1800)




Quatuors à cordes
Quatuor Franz Joseph
ATMA Classique  2610
2011






Op.1/#1 in B flat major:
 largo/allegro non troppo
 adagio
 menuet/trio
 finale, allegro
Op.1/#2 in A major:
 allegro
 menuet/trio
 pastoral, andante
 finale, presto
Op.1/#3 in F minor:
 allegro moderato
 menuet/[trio]majeur
 adagio
 polonaise






String Quartets from the Court at Versailles
The Rasumovsky Quartet
ASV Gaudeamus 151
1996





Op.1/#3 in F minor:
 allegro moderato
 menuet
 adagio
 polonaise
Op.2/#1 in E flat major:
 largo/allegro moderato
 adagio
 menuetto
 allegro
Op.4/#1 in G major:
 allegro moderato
 allegro
Op.5/#2 in G minor by Pierre Vachon:
 allegro
 andante grazioso
 allegro
Op.7/#2 in D major by Pierre Vachon:
 allegro
 andantino
 rondeau






Trois Quatuors
Quatuor Mosaïques
Naïve 4903
2002





Op.3/#1 in C major:
 allegro moderato
 adagio
 menuetto andante
 presto
Op.2/#1 in E flat major:
 largo/allegro moderato
 adagio
 menuetto
 allegro
#2 in F minor by Louis-Emmanuel Jadin:
 maestoso moderato
 grazioso moderato

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

The String Quartet in 18th Century England




as above
The Salomon Quartet
Hyperion 66780
1995






Op.8/#5 in A major, by C.F. Abel:
 un poco vivace
 adagio ma non troppo
 allegro assai
Op.3/#6 in C minor, by W. Shield:
 allegro
 adagio
 allegretto
in B flat major by J. Marsh:
 presto
 minuetto
 largo
 minuetto presto
in E flat major by S. Wesley:
 allegro spirituoso
 adagio con molto
 minuetto allegro
 allegro molto
Variations in A major on Adeste Fideles by S. Webbe

Pavel Vranický (1756-1808)




String Quartets, Op.23/4-6
Pro Arte Antiqua Praha
Arta 00782
1998






#4 in G major:
 allegro
 poco adagio
 allegretto menuetto
 rondo
#5 in E flat major:
 allegro moderato
 adagio/menuetto/adagio
 rondo
#6 in F major:
 grave adagio
 allegro di molto
 allegro con variazioni

Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Giovanni Battista Viotti (1755-1824)




String Quartets, Op.1/1-3
Quartetto Aira
Dynamic 138
1996






#1 in F major:
 moderato
 minuetto
 andante
 allegretto con un po' di moto
#2 in B flat major:
 larghetto
 andante
 minuetto
 allegretto
#3 in G major:
 larghetto/allegro commodo
 minuetto commodo
 andantino
 allegretto vivace






6 Quartets Concertante, Op.3
L'Arte del Suono
Talent 46
1994

review




#1 in A major:
 allegro moderato
 andantino con espressione escherzando
#2 in C major:
 allegro
 andante
 allegro
#3 in F major:
 allegro
 andante con moto
#4 in B flat major:
 allegro assai vivace
 andante con moto
 allegro
#5 in E flat major:
 moderato
 adagio
 allegretto
#6 in E major:
 allegro
 andante
 allegro vivace