The Irish Times

Haydn: String Quartets Op 33

The six string quartets of Haydn’s Op 33 include two of his most popular – the ones nicknamed the Joke and the Bird, justifying his claim that the works were written “in a completely new and special ...
The Irish Times

Chiaroscuro Quartet: Haydn Op 33 | 1-3 – Fresh, witty playing that can take your breath away

Musical nicknames are good for business. Haydn’s set of six string quartets, Op 33, has had nicknames for the whole set, none of which is very widely used. “Russian”, favoured by BIS, remembers the ...
NPR

A Feast Of Haydn String Quartets At WGBH

WGBH has hosted many string quartets in its performance studio. Hear three of the best, playing music by Joseph Haydn. Two hundred years ago — May 31, 1809, to be exact — Joseph Haydn died at age 76.
Swissinfo

Joseph Haydn: String Quartets op. 33. Quatuor Terpsycordes playing on period instruments stringed with gut.

In 1997 four young musicians in Geneva founded the Terpsycordes Quartet: Girolamo Bottiglieri (violin), Raya Raytcheva (violin); Caroline Haas (viola); François Grin (cello). The Terpsycordes Quartet ...
NPR

The Takacs Quartet's Haydn: Brilliant, But With A Bite

For string quartet lovers, a new release by the Takács Quartet is always reason to celebrate. In recent years, their vividly intense recordings of Schubert, Schumann and Brahms, not to mention Bartok ...
The Financial Times

Haydn: String Quartets Op.20 — review

In its recitals at Wigmore Hall the Doric String Quartet has shown an affinity for Haydn. The set of six quartets, Op.20, written when the composer was 40, catch him in the white heat of experiment, ...
BBC

Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33 'Russian'

The six string quartets that Joseph Haydn composed around 1781 - his Op. 33 - contain some of his most inspired and innovative music. Stephen Johnson joins the members of the Wihan Quartet in front of ...