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MADE UP MUSIC/560 MEDIA RIGHTS Made Up Music Wonderful Woodwinds Vol IIA selection of Joseph Haydn's wonderful string quartets, beautifully arranged and recorded by English flutist Andy Findon for a quartet of flutes. |
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1. HAYDN EMPEROR STRING QUARTET ADAGIO THEME 00:01:02 HAYDN'S FAMOUS THEME, COMPOSED IN 1797 ADOPTED AS THE GERMAN NATIONAL ANTHEM IN 1922, AN ANTHEMATIC, ELEGANT AND REFINED MELODY.
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2. HAYDN EMPEROR STRING QUARTET ADAGIO VARIATION 1 00:01:02 HAYDN'S FAMOUS THEME, COMPOSED IN 1797 ADOPTED AS THE GERMAN NATIONAL ANTHEM IN 1922, IN A FUN VARIATION FOR 2 FLUTES.
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6. HAYDN STRING QUARTET NO 1 ADAGIO 00:02:56 A DELICATE CHORAL STYLE INTRO TO A PASSIONATE SLOW MELODY WITH A PULSING BACKING.
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7. HAYDN STRING QUARTET NO 1 MENUETTO 1 00:03:05 A BRISK DELICATE MINUET DANCE MOVEMENT, ELEGANCE AT THE COURT BALL.
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9. HAYDN STRING QUARTET NO 1 PRESTO 1 00:02:25 A BOUNCY, UPLIFTIMG THEME WITH VIRTUOSIC FLOURISHES FROM THE HIGH FLUTE, EXCITING AND FROTHY.
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11. HAYDN STRING QUARTET NO 2 ADAGIO 00:02:06 DELICATE MELODIC LEAD FLUTE WITH A PULSING BACKING IN THIS ELEGANT OPENING MOVEMENT FROM HAYDN'S 2ND STRING QUARTET. COURTLY DECORUM FULLY DISPLAYED.
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12. HAYDN STRING QUARTET NO 2 ALLEGRO MOLTO 00:03:04 CLASSICALLY ELEGANT WALTZ MOVEMENT, FAST PACED AND VIRTUOSIC, FULL OF COURTLY CHARACTER.
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13. HAYDN STRING QUARTET NO 2 MENUETTO 1 00:02:34 A MEDIUM TEMPO FOR THIS MINUET MOVEMENT, REFINED AND COURTLY IN CHARACTER.
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14. HAYDN STRING QUARTET NO 2 MENUETTO 2 00:02:35 A MINUET WITH COURTLY POISE AND ELEGANCE, WITTY WITH A SUBTLE CHANGE OF CHARACTER IN THE MIDDLE SECTION.
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15. HAYDN STRING QUARTET NO 2 PRESTO 2 00:02:04 A LIGHT BOUNCY PIECE WITH FRENETIC FAST TONGUING PASSAGES FOR THE ACCOMPANYING FLUTES UNDER A STACCATO MELODY, EXCITING AND BREATHLESS.
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16. HAYDN STRING QUARTET NO 3 ADAGIO 00:02:04 A FLOATING MELODIC FLUTE MELODY OVER A PULSING BASS FLUTE ACCOMPANIAMENT, EMBELLISHED AS THE SECOND FLUTE JOINS THE MELODY.
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17. HAYDN STRING QUARTET NO 3 MENUETTO 1 00:02:03 A MINUET WITH COURTLY POISE AND ELEGANCE, NOT TOO FAST TO DISPLACE ANY WIGS AT THE COURT BALL.
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19. HAYDN STRING QUARTET NO 3 PRESTO 1 00:01:43 A BRIGHT, FROTHY MOVEMENT WITH SPARKLING PICCOLO LEAD, EXCITING AND INTRIGUING IN SPIRIT.
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21. AIR ON A G STRING FLUTE AND GUITAR 00:02:32 BACH'S FAMOUS AIR, EXOTICALLY PERFORMED ON CLASSICAL GUITAR AND FLUTE, OOZING BAROQUE REFINEMENT.