Thread: Russian String Quartets

If you like this area of the String Quartet, you should try to hear The Op#35 of Anton Arensky. Rather than a viola Arensky scored it for two violins and two cellos. It is a very fine work, and very Russian sounding. I downloaded the Nash Ensemble version today, and while the recording sounds a bit old its still very fine.

Try a Marco Polo with his SQ 1&2+piano quintet. Lajhta quartet+Ilona Prunyi on piano. The op.35 is one of the finest Russian quartets I ever heard.

The only other Chamber work that I have is the Piano Trio Op.32, this is one of my very favorite Trios. I have heard the second of the Trios, but I don`t think it is quite as good as the first.

I didn't aware or remember it is for 2 cellos. I also listen to that Lajtha quartet CD.

Taneyev man, Taneyev.

Yes, Sergei Taneyev. His 9 quartets and string quintet are the best chamber corpus produced in Russian in the 19Th.century. But not be confused by their numbers, that are arbitrary. Chronologically, this is their order:
7-8-9-3-6-4-1-2-5.

Taneyev,Myaskovsky,Shebalin are my top cycle list.
Then Gliere,Glazunov,Arensky, Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, A.Taneyev, A.Rubinstein, Tischenko and Grecthaninov.
And of course the mainstream Shosta,Borodin and Tchaikovsky.
I dunno about Khachaturian and Cui

Originally Posted by jurianbai

Taneyev,Myaskovsky,Shebalin are my top cycle list.
Then Gliere,Glazunov,Arensky, Kabalevsky, Prokofiev, A.Taneyev, A.Rubinstein, Tischenko and Grecthaninov.
And of course the mainstream Shosta,Borodin and Tchaikovsky.
I dunno about Khachaturian and Cui

We are kindred souls, my friend. I've nearly all from the guys you named. Not Tischenko (I don't like him) And i don't know if Khatchaturian and Cui had quartets. I can add Arkady Fillipenko, Catoire and Paul Juon.

Has any one heard the Quartets of Paul Juon? I know the Piano trios, and they are very nice works.

I've 4 Juon's quartets. Very fine works.

It looks like Khachaturian composed a string quartet in 1931 (he wrote very little chamber music) but I can't say I've ever come across a recording of it.

From the 20th century there is also the other Tchaikovsky, Boris, Nikolai Roslavets, Alfred Schnittke, Sofia Gubaidulina and a personal favorite Mieczysław Weinberg who was actually Polish but spent much of his time in Russia.

I really like Grecthaninov's choral works will have to look out for his music for strings.

Are we talking about the Piano Quartets, or the String Quartets? If the String Quartets (Juon) what label, I would like to hear them myself.

String quartets. Don't know label, because I got them on trade from a friend, and it wasn't informed. Only know that the 2 CD are from Germany, and the ensamble was the NIZIOL quartet. Have also 3 violin sonatas on an ETCETERA CD, and his second violin concerto.

Reason I meantioned Khachaturian and Cui is because they had string quartet but very less informed. Taking their big names in other area , Khachaturian in violin concerto and Cui in opera. And I like Khachaturian style I am curious to know his sq. Cesar Cui composed three sq.

Most of the names I also learn from this forum. Just like the name Paul Juon you guys are now talking.

This looks like a new release, Salmanov string quartet release by the infamous Northern Flower label:


amazon link > http://amzn.to/JeDBq0


and don't forget Alyabiev

http://amzn.to/JfRjHc