String Quartet Vol. 17

Back to the roots: with the six works op. 1 by Joseph Haydn, the Leipzig String Quartet returns to the beginning of the extensive quartet production. Fascinating: we can listen to how the young master experiments with this completely new genre and discover all kinds of surprises. Delightful when unexpected 9 measures suddenly appear instead of the expected 8 measures or unexpected pauses reveal Haydn's typical mischievousness...