Composer: Sergei Taneyev
Performer: Spectrum Concerts Berlin
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Naxos
Catalogue: 8574367
Release: 2022
Size: 679 MB
Recovery: +3%
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String Trio in E flat major, Op. 31
01. I. Allegro con brio
02. II. Scherzino. Allegretto vivace
03. III. Adagio espressivo
04. IV. Finale. Presto
Piano Quartet in E major, Op. 20
05. I. Allegro brillante
06. II. Adagio più tosto largo
07. III. Finale. Allegro molto
Taneyev was a pupil of Tchaikovsky and a teacher of Rachmaninov and Scriabin. During his lifetime his chamber music was widely considered on a par with that of the great Viennese masters. The String Trio in E-flat major, originally scored for violin, viola and the rarely-heard tenor viola, is a mature work with echoes of Mozart and Beethoven. The Piano Quartet in E major is a large-scale, passionate work, sonorous and melodic, with a transfiguring beauty. It has always retained an honoured place in the Russian chamber repertoire.