Special offer. Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev: String Trio, Op. 31; Piano Quartet, Op. 20
Spectrum Concerts Berlin
The performances are engaged and vibrant. The string ensemble maintains the tricky balance that Taneyev demands between consistency of tone and clarity of individual lines.
Special offer. Sergey Ivanovich Taneyev: String Trio, Op. 31; Piano Quartet, Op. 20
Spectrum Concerts Berlin
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The performances are engaged and vibrant. The string ensemble maintains the tricky balance that Taneyev demands between consistency of tone and clarity of individual lines.
About
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.
Contents and tracklist
- Spectrum Concerts Berlin
- Spectrum Concerts Berlin
Awards and reviews
Sep/Oct 2022
The performances are engaged and vibrant. The string ensemble maintains the tricky balance that Taneyev demands between consistency of tone and clarity of individual lines.
September 2022
All Taneyev’s music with piano is imposing, reflecting the composer’s own muscular pianism. The Spectrum musicians hanker after the same perfection in sound and balance, and this comes off best in the more pastoral and transparent moments.
