Haydn Archive

I have a new recording for you today: The Schumann Quartet performs ‘Landscapes’, which features the following compositions: Bartók: String Quartet No. 2, Sz 67 (Op. 17) Haydn: String Quartet, Op. 76 No. 4 in …

There is no better way to experience intimacy in music than through the magic of string quartets. I experienced this myself as an amateur violinist many years ago when I organized a trio, and later …

Austrian composer Joseph Haydn was the key contributor to the development of the string quartet. Personally, I feel that music by Mozart and Beethoven would have developed quite differently had Haydn not pioneered this form …

It really is no surprise that Joseph Haydn’s string quartets have remained so popular with audiences. Why? Because when they were composed my sense is that they were way ahead of their times. Today I …

Conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt died a few months ago. This recording demonstrates his conducting abilities via three religious works: Haydn: The Seasons, recorded live at the Salzburg Festival, July 2013, with Dorothea Röschmann (soprano), Michael Schade (tenor), Florian …