The Irish Times

Chiaroscuro Quartet: Haydn Op 33 | 1-3 – Fresh, witty playing that can take your breath away

Musical nicknames are good for business. Haydn’s set of six string quartets, Op 33, has had nicknames for the whole set, none of which is very widely used. “Russian”, favoured by BIS, remembers the ...
The Irish Times

Haydn: String Quartets Op 33

The six string quartets of Haydn’s Op 33 include two of his most popular – the ones nicknamed the Joke and the Bird, justifying his claim that the works were written “in a completely new and special ...
BBC

CD Review - Haydn: Op 33. String Quartets - BBC Sounds

Richard Wigmore considers the recordings of Haydn's group of six string quartets, Op.33 ...
Swissinfo

Joseph Haydn: String Quartets op. 33. Quatuor Terpsycordes playing on period instruments stringed with gut.

In 1997 four young musicians in Geneva founded the Terpsycordes Quartet: Girolamo Bottiglieri (violin), Raya Raytcheva (violin); Caroline Haas (viola); François Grin (cello). The Terpsycordes Quartet ...
BBC

Haydn: String Quartets Op. 33 'Russian'

The six string quartets that Joseph Haydn composed around 1781 - his Op. 33 - contain some of his most inspired and innovative music. Stephen Johnson joins the members of the Wihan Quartet in front of ...