Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
Quatuor à cordes n° 4 en si bémol majeur, op. 76 "Sunrise"
Quatuor à cordes n° 6 en ré majeur, op. 50 "The Frog"
Quatuor à cordes n° 3 en do majeur, op. 33 "The Bird"

Quatuor Matangi

Haydn is “a clever orator who, when he wants to convince us of something, starts from a statement generally accepted as true, one that everyone can follow, that everyone cannot help but understand, and then manages to manipulate it so neatly that he can make us believe anything he wants, even the opposite of his original statement. And then Haydn’s music glides into our hearing, giving us the impression that it is perfectly clear, something we have heard before; but we soon find out that it will not be, it is not what we thought it was or what it was going to be. We hear something new and are surprised at the master who cleverly shared with us something new and strange disguised as something very familiar”. (Ferdinand Arnold, 1810). Mantagni Quartet gathers three String quartets (op. 76 No. 4, op. 50 No. 6, op. 33 No. 3) by Haydn on one CD, interprets them musically under aspects of nature and gives them subtitles as metaphors for specific musical figures: Sunrise, The Frog and The Bird. A classical outdoor album!