Attending concerts by the Amadeus at the Edinburgh Festival were some of my life defining moments in my youth. Magic.

This is a reference recording. one of the best recordings ever.

Lightening my whole day

Una excelente interpretación, la mejor! Así se transmite el inmenso universo sonoro de Papá Haydn de manera directa, fluida y magistral y se nos deleita con su finísimo sentido del humor. Música sin fisuras. Gracias

FANTASTIC

The gentelemen from the Amadeus-Quartet come from Vienna - their interpretation of Haydn could not be topped!

Favorite fifths.

Hoboken Number III:76

This can be topped alright- listen to the Tokyo Qt. Haydn was a dissident subversive- it's there in that utterly grotesque 3rd movement. But in the middle of that 3rd movement was Haydns reality- pure eastern european folk music, then back to the grotesque "Jump to the tune I call". The 4th movement is also pure eastern european folk music, it just needs interpreting. (Tokyo quartet). All that stuff and nonsense about a "Witches minuet" etc- balderdash!!! Haydn was a rebel who tried to put it into his music subversively- when he could. He was jealous of Beethovens autonomy. The bigwigs, "Academia", want you to think otherwise as they want their man to be deemed to be a "Nice, conservative" bloke!! Academics in classical music circles are VERY conservative- don't rock the boat!