Franz Joseph Haydn: Six Quartets, Op. 20, Hob. III, 31-36 <BR> BRIDGE 9326A/BOn this specially priced two disc set, the Daedalus Quartet performs Haydn's six revolutionary Op. 20 "Sun" quartets. These six quartets, composed in 1772, were among the most influential quartets of their era. Before embarking on his own first (Op. 18) string quartets, Beethoven studied the scores of Haydn's six masterpieces, copying them out and scoring the first quartet for string orchestra. Writing of the Daedalus's Haydn, New York Times chief

a set of solo riffs featuring virtuosic playing on trumpet

“Martin Perry plays with a sure confident tone

Suite I for cello solo in G major

“George Rothman gives awesomely assured performances of this difficult music…Alan Feinberg is beyond praise

and later-to-be Hollywood starlette

André Emelianoff

Orion Weiss is a pianist from whom we can eagerly anticipate hearing a great more in the future

and graduated from the Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University

piano four-hands

the exciting results are continued in this collection

Ole Kiilerich manages to make the listener feel this song’s long and arduous history

it will make a welcome change from the usual Bartók sonata