String Quartets Nos, 37, 40, 42, 43, : Parkanyi Quartet

Haydn:
String Quartet in B minor Op. 33 No. 1, Hob.III:37
String Quartet in D major Op. 33 No. 6, Hob.III:42
String Quartet in B flat major Op. 33 No. 4, Hob.III:40
String Quartet in D minor Op. 42, Hob.III:43

Parkanyi Quartet

Recorded 06/2009
SACD Hybrid
CD STEREO/ SACD STEREO/ SACD SURROUND

These last three op.33 quartets define the archetype of the classical string quartet, a genre that would henceforth blossom independently of its patrons. Haydn makes of it a music that is light, subtle, intentionally humorous, concise and radiant, capable of leaving private drawing rooms for public concert venues. Mozart immediately detected its originality as would the classic composers of the 20th century.