Publisher's Synopsis
(Music Minus One). This fifth quartet in the op. 76 group of six shows Haydn at his full musical maturity. Commonly known as the "Largo," it is of haunting beauty. Contains a high-quality printed music score and a compact disc featuring the quartet in split-channel stereo with the violinist on the right channel; then again in an accompaniment version minus the solo violin part. Performed by Nicholas Milton, 1st violin Accompaniment: The Bedford String Quartet: Robert Zubrycki, 2nd violin; Kathleen Foster, viola; Arthur Fiacco, violoncello