California String Quartet - Taneyev: String Quartets Nos. 2 & 6 (2017)

Tracklist
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01. String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 5: I. Allegro
02. String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 5: II. Scherzo. Allegro vivace
03. String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 5: III. Adagio espressivo
04. String Quartet No. 2 in C Major, Op. 5: IV. Finale. Allegro vigorosamente
05. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19: I. Allegro giusto
06. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19: II. Adagio serioso
07. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19: III. Gigue
08. String Quartet No. 6 in B-Flat Major, Op. 19: IV. Allegro moderato

As 19th-century Russian composers go, Sergei Taneyev was one of the most interesting but scarcely one of the most famous. Tchaikovsky, Cui, Rimsky-Korsakov, Mussorgsky and Borodin are only a few of those who eclipsed him during his lifetime, and since he lived until 1915 you could also throw in Scriabin and Rachmaninov. Yet as these two string quartets prove, he wrote some very interesting and intense music, although its intensity is increased here by the straight-ahead, no-relaxation-or-pause style of the California String Quartet.

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