The Chiaroscuro Quartet return in Haydn

The Chiaroscuro Quartet return in Haydn

We have met the super Ciaroscuro Quartet on a number of occasions, most saliently in Haydn in the first three of the Op. 76 Quartets here and in the balancing three (Nos. 4-6) here; but who could forget their Mozart “Prussian” Quartets, or their sophisticated Beethoven (Op. 18 Nos. 4-6, and Op. 130/Op. 74, “Harp”) Haydn's Op. 33 set is dedicated to the Russian Grand Duke Paul, the future Tsar Paul I, and have been called on occasion the "Russian…