Haydn: String Quartets - Volume 4 (Op. 20 - Sun Quartets)

Description

Haydn did not assign the nickname "Sun Quartets": it alludes to an edition of the time, in which the title page was decorated with a rising sun. The Quartets, Op. 20 are the last series in a group of earlier string quartets, but are clearly ahead of their time. The demanding fugues which close three of the six quartets are a particular structural feature.

Pieces

• String Quartet in E-flat Major, Hob. III:31, Op. 20, No. 1
• String Quartet in C Major, Hob. III:32, Op. 20, No. 2
• String Quartet in G Minor, Hob. III:33, Op. 20, No. 3
• String Quartet in D Major, Hob. III:34, Op. 20, No. 4
• String Quartet in F Minor, Hob. III:35, Op. 20, No. 5
• String Quartet in A Major, Hob. III:36, Op. 20, No. 6