Taneyev - String Quartets Vol.1: Nos 1 and 3 | Naxos 8570437

Taneyev - String Quartets Vol.1: Nos 1 and 3

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Label: Naxos

Cat No: 8570437

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 1st October 2007

Contents

About

A pupil of Tchaikovsky, whom he replaced at the Moscow Conservatory, Sergey Taneyev was a virtuoso pianist and a teacher of Scriabin and Rachmaninov.

Although as a composer Taneyev is best known today for his four symphonies, he also composed a sizeable body of chamber music, including six String Quartets. These beautifully crafted works are marked by technical assurance at every turn, as well as dramatic inspiration and intense lyricism.

The masterly five-movement Quartet No. 1, in fact Taneyev’s Fifth, includes two notable slow movements, while the lighter Quartet No. 3 features a graceful theme with eight variations, alternately playful and contemplative.

Carpe Diem String Quartet:
Charles Wetherbee (first violin), Robert Firdman (second violin), Korine Fujiwara (viola), Wendy Morton (cello).

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