Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 33 Doric String Quartet

• Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809): String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 33 No. 1, Hob. III:37:
• 1 String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 33 No. 1, Hob. III:37: I. Allegro moderato 09:18
• 2 String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 33 No. 1, Hob. III:37: II. Scherzo. Allegro di molto 02:41
• 3 String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 33 No. 1, Hob. III:37: III. Andante 09:23
• 4 String Quartet in B Minor, Op. 33 No. 1, Hob. III:37: IV. Finale. Presto 05:08
• String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 33 No. 2, Hob. III:38 "The Joke":
• 5 String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 33 No. 2, Hob. III:38 "The Joke": I. Allegro moderato 08:43
• 6 String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 33 No. 2, Hob. III:38 "The Joke": II. Scherzo. Allegro 03:30
• 7 String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 33 No. 2, Hob. III:38 "The Joke": III. Largo sostenuto 05:01
• 8 String Quartet in E-Flat Major, Op. 33 No. 2, Hob. III:38 "The Joke": IV. Finale. Presto 03:03
• String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3, Hob. III:39 "The Bird":
• 9 String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3, Hob. III:39 "The Bird": I. Allegro moderato 10:17
• 10 String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3, Hob. III:39 "The Bird": II. Scherzo. Allegretto 03:30
• 11 String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3, Hob. III:39 "The Bird": III. Adagio ma non troppo 06:24
• 12 String Quartet in C Major, Op. 33 No. 3, Hob. III:39 "The Bird": IV. Rondo. Presto 02:34
• String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 33 No. 4, Hob. III:40:
• 13 String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 33 No. 4, Hob. III:40: I. Allegro moderato 07:09
• 14 String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 33 No. 4, Hob. III:40: II. Scherzo. Allegretto 02:16
• 15 String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 33 No. 4, Hob. III:40: III. Largo sostenuto 05:45
• 16 String Quartet in B-Flat Major, Op. 33 No. 4, Hob. III:40: IV. Finale. Presto 04:00
• String Quartet in G Major, Op. 33 No. 5, Hob. III.41 "How Do You Do?":
• 17 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 33 No. 5, Hob. III.41 "How Do You Do?": I. Vivace assai 09:30
• 18 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 33 No. 5, Hob. III.41 "How Do You Do?": II. Largo cantabile 04:42
• 19 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 33 No. 5, Hob. III.41 "How Do You Do?": III. Scherzo. Allegro 02:31
• 20 String Quartet in G Major, Op. 33 No. 5, Hob. III.41 "How Do You Do?": IV. Finale. Allegretto 04:03
• String Quartet in D Major, Op. 33 No. 6, Hob. III:42:
• 21 String Quartet in D Major, Op. 33 No. 6, Hob. III:42: I. Vivace assai 06:53
• 22 String Quartet in D Major, Op. 33 No. 6, Hob. III:42: II. Andante 04:12
• 23 String Quartet in D Major, Op. 33 No. 6, Hob. III:42: III. Scherzo. Allegro 02:04
• 24 String Quartet in D Major, Op. 33 No. 6, Hob. III:42: IV. Finale. Allegretto 04:50
• Total Runtime 02:07:27

Info for Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 33

Composed in the summer and autumn of 1781, Haydn’s Op. 33 Quartets were dedicated to the Grand Duke Paul of Russia and premiered on Christmas Day that year in the apartment of the Duke’s wife, the Grand Duchess Maria Feodorovna. Nicknamed ‘the Russian quartets’, Op. 33 were some of Mozart’s favourites among Haydn’s works, and inspired Mozart to write his own set of six quartets, of 1785, dedicated to Haydn.

Generally light in nature, the Op. 33 are extremely tuneful works, all set in major keys (apart from No. 1, in B minor), and all written in four movements.

Founded in 1998, and exclusive Chandos recording artists since 2010, the Doric String Quartet has established itself as one of the leading quartets of its generation, receiving enthusiastic responses from audiences and critics alike. Previous releases in this series of Quartets by Haydn have been acclaimed by critics around the world.

Doric String Quartet

The Doric String Quartet is now firmly established as one of the outstanding quartets of their generation. In 2008 they won 1st prize in the Osaka International Chamber Music Competition in Japan, 2nd prize at the Premio Paolo Borciani International String Quartet Competition in Italy, where they also received a special mention for their performance of Haydn, and the Ensemble Prize at the Festspiele Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany.

Now in its 12th season highlights over the last year have included a critically acclaimed Haydn evening at Wigmore Hall broadcast by BBC Radio 3, debut recitals in Paris (Auditorium du Louvre), Milan and Frankfurt, and visits to the Schwetzinger, Florestan, Isle of Man and East Neuk Festivals. Further afield the Quartet toured throughout Japan and returned to Israel and South East Asia. They have collaborated with Mark Padmore, Chen Halevi, Julius Drake, Piers Lane, Melvyn Tan, the Leopold String Trio and Florestan Trio.

During 2009/10 the Quartet return to Wigmore Hall four times, as Quartet and in recitals with Philip Langridge, Andrew Kennedy (for a world premiere) and Alasdair Beatson. Future engagements include recitals at the Konzerthaus in Berlin and in Lucerne, Brussels and Hamburg, return visits to Israel and Italy, and debut concerts in Australia, New Zealand, Spain, and the USA.

In November the Doric’s first commercial CD is released on the Wigmore Hall Live label of their Haydn concert at Wigmore Hall on 15 January 2009 and in 2010 they record their first CD for Chandos as part of a long-term collaboration.

Formed in 1998 at Pro Corda, The National School for Young Chamber Music Players, in Suffolk, from 2002 the Doric String Quartet studied on the Paris-based ProQuartet Professional Training Program, where they worked with members of the Alban Berg, Artemis, Hagen and LaSalle Quartets and with Gyorgy Kurtag. The Quartet continue to work with Rainer Schmidt (Hagen Quartet) at the Music Academy in Basel.

In 2000 the Doric String Quartet won the inaugural Bristol Millennium Chamber Music Competition which led to a seven year residency at the Wiltshire Music Centre combining a concerts series with education work across the region. They continue this relationship as ‘Artists in Association’. The Quartet went on to give recitals at the Purcell Room and Wigmore Hall under the auspices of the Park Lane Group, appeared at the ORF (Austrian Radio) Funkhaus in Vienna in 2003 and made their Edinburgh Festival debut in 2006.

Alex Redington and Jonathan Stone completed their postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music in 2005 where they studied with Howard Davis. Simon Tandree studied in Saarbrücken and Detmold with Dietmut Poppen. John Myerscough graduated from Selwyn College, Cambridge in 2003 and is now a Fellow of the Guildhall School of Music and Drama where he studies with Louise Hopkins.

The Doric String Quartet acknowledges the generous support of an Anonymous Foundation.

Booklet for Haydn: String Quartets, Op. 33