The Taneyev Quartet - Nikolai Myaskovsky: Complete String Quartets Vol.2 (1983) [2007]

The Taneyev Quartet was formed in 1946 by four second-year music students at the Leningrad Conservatory who all shared the birth year of 1927. After graduation (1950-1951) the four players became members of the Yevgeny Mravinsky-led Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. In the 1960s the ensemble developed a close relationship with Shostakovich, and in 1974 performed the premiere of his Fifteenth Quartet. The Taneyev Quartet has made numerous recordings, including the complete sets of Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Shostakovich, and Taneyev's quartets, mostly for the old Soviet-era Melodiya label.

Tracks:

(01-04) String Quartet No. 4 in F minor, Op. 33 No. 4
(05-08) String Quartet No. 5 in E minor, Op. 47
(09-12) String Quartet No. 6 in G minor, Op. 49

Personnel:

Vladimir Ovcharek & Grigory Lutzky, violins
Vissarion Solovyev, viola
Josef Levinson, cello