Haydn String Quartet Nicknames

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Richard Atkinson discusses each Haydn string quartet that has a nickname, with musical examples. This is a fair use educational commentary that uses excerpts from the following recordings/performances:

Haydn Quartets:
Op. 1: Aeolian String Quartet
Op. 33: Apponyi Quartet
Op. 50, 55, and 64: Festetics Quartet
Op. 74: Alban Berg Quartet
Op. 76 and 103: Quatuor Mosaïques

Haydn Symphonies:
No. 83: Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
No. 6 and 73: The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood
No. 68: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

Haydn: "Der Greis" in A major (four-part song), Hob XXVc:5
Netherlands Chamber Choir

Mozart, String Quartet, K. 458
Quatuor Mosaïques

Mozart, String Quintet, K. 614
Hausmusik

Mozart, Overture to “Lo Sposo Deluso," K. 430
London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davies

Leopold Mozart, Sinfonia da Caccia in G
Capella Istropolitana, Frantisek Vajnar

Beethoven, Symphony No. 3
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen, Paavo Jarvi

Tchaikovsky, 1812 Overture
Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

Donkey noise:
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Sailor’s Hornpipe:
Richard Atkinson, Whistler

00:00 - Introduction
00:31 - Op. 1
05:19 - Op. 20
05:52 - Op. 33
14:17 - Op. 50
17:14 - Op. 55
20:00 - Op. 64
22:14 - Op. 74
24:17 - Op. 76
38:11 - Op. 77 and 103