Haydn: String Quartets Opp 42, 77 & Seven Last Words Op 42 – The London Haydn Quartet Hyperion

String Quartet in G major Op 77 No 1[24’15]
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Allegro moderato[7’28]FREE DOWNLOAD TRACK
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Adagio[7’02]
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Menuetto: Presto – Trio[4’01]
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Finale: Presto[5’44]
String Quartet in F major Op 77 No 2[27’46]
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Allegro moderato[8’28]
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Menuetto: Presto ma non troppo – Trio[4’45]
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Andante[8’21]
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Finale: Vivace assai[6’12]
String Quartet in D minor Op 42[18’23]
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Andante ed innocentemente[9’05]
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Menuetto: Allegretto – Trio[2’44]
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Adagio e cantabile[3’49]
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Finale: Presto[2’45]
The Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross Op 51[75’57]
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L’introduzione: Maestoso ed adagio[5’56]
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Sonata I: Largo ‘Pater, dimitte illis, quia nesciunt, quid faciunt'[7’09]
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Sonata II: Grave e cantabile ‘Hodie mecum eris in paradiso'[9’52]
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Sonata III: Grave ‘Mulier, ecce filius tuus'[11’56]
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Sonata IV: Largo ‘Deus meus, Deus meus, utquid dereliquisti me?'[9’34]
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Sonata V: Adagio ‘Sitio'[10’41]
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Sonata VI: Lento ‘Consummatum est'[9’47]
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Sonata VII: Largo ‘In manus tuas, Domine, commendo spiritum meum'[9’11]
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Il Terremoto: Presto e con tutta la forza[1’51]

Op 42 performed from the Hoffmeister (Vienna) edition published in 1785, Op 77 from the Artaria (Vienna) edition published in 1802, and Op 51 from the Artaria (Vienna) edition published in 1798

Haydn’s Seven Last Words—heard here in the composer’s own arrangement for string quartet—is simply sublime, and a fitting testimonial to the composer’s deep, enduring faith. It provides an apt and generous coupling for the two magnificent Op 77 quartets, Haydn’s final complete contribution to the string quartet genre.