Prazak Quartet - Haydn: Apponyi' Quartets Op. 71 (2012)

Haydn conceived these three first London quartets specifically for public performances, in the large hall of Hannover Square where the draper-violinist-impresario Johann Peter Salomon used to organise chamber and orchestral concerts. In this way, this trilogy requires a resolutely symphonic style in order to attain completeness, which is no problem for the Prazaks following their recent recording of Haydn's 'Seven Last Words of our Saviour on the Cross' (DSD250291). « The recording is first-rate, vividly present yet natually balanced. » Robin Stowell, The Strad, June 2012