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The Wallace Collection - Haydn Transformed Vol. 6: For Count and Concert Hall

The Wallace Collection - Haydn Transformed Vol. 6. For Count and Concert Hall. Apponyi Quartets II: Op.74, No. 1, No. 2 & No. 3 'The Rider'. From the Collection des Quatuors d'Haydn, arranged c1858 for brass quintet by Julien Tollot.

CD, 2024

Haydn Transformed, Volume 6

For Count and Concert Hall

Haydn wrote these three quartets in 1793 specifically for public performance, and they were played in the large hall of the Hanover Square Rooms, at that time the largest concert hall in London, on the concert series organised by Johann Peter Salomon. This was the second group of three quartets that Haydn dedicated to his friend and patron Count Apponyi, making a set of six quartets that are now called the Apponyi Quartets. The six have been described as more symphonic than Haydn’s previous quartets. 

Julien Tollot arranged the three Op. 74 quartets pour cornet, bugle, tenor, baryton et basse. ‘The Rider’, reconstructed for this recording by Sandy Coffin, especially highlights his clever scoring for brass. While he renamed the second movement Allegretto, he effortlessly retains the feel of Haydn’s beautiful Largo assai, providing the perfect contrast to the energetic first and last movements.


Joseph Haydn (1732-1809) arr. Julien Tollot (1825-96)


Quartet Hob III: 72 (Op. 74, No. 1)

i. Allegretto

ii. Andante grazioso

iii. Minuetto allegro

iv. Finale. Allegro moderato


Quartet Hob III: 73 (Op. 74, No. 2)

i. Allegro spiritoso

ii. Andante gratioso 

iii. Minuetto allegro

iv. Finale. Allegro vivace


Quartet Hob III: 74 (Op. 74, No. 3) ‘The Rider’

i. Allegro non troppo

ii. Allegretto

iii. Minuetto Allegro

iv. Finale. Allegro


Performed by: 

John Miller: Antoine Courtois, Paris Levy Model Bb and A cornet, no 5505, 1872-76

John Wallace: Composite, Köhler Bayley Improved Acoustic Cornet valve block with AE Fischer AG flugelhorn bell and leadpipe

Fergus Kerr: Saxotromba (tenor) Eb and F by Labbaye autorisé Adolphe Sax

Paul Stone: Baritone Saxotromba F. Besson (c1880)

Anthony George: Boosey & Co. Bass Saxhorn in C with 5 valves (London c1880).


Recorded 2023 at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Glasgow.

Recording Engineer/Producer/Editor: Bob Whitney

Album Artwork: Just Select Ltd.

Copyright: CAT NO: TWC-FR2024-002