Taneyev: The Complete Quintets

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The string quintets emerge as near-orchestral giants, hard to categorise...The finest performance here is undoubtedly the perfectly-integrated sound of piano (Olga Vinokur, superlative) and string... — BBC Music Magazine, June 2015, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 16th Feb 2015
Catalogue No: SU41762
Label: Supraphon
Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

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Taneyev, S: Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 30

Work length44:38

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Olga Vinokur (soloist)
Kvarteto Martinů

I. Introduzione. Adagio mesto - Allegro patetico

Track length19:20

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II. Scherzo. Presto

Track length5:59

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III. Largo

Track length9:23

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IV. Finale. Allegro vivace - Moderato maestoso

Track length9:56

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Taneyev, S: String Quintet in G major, Op. 14

Work length38:43

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Jirí Bárta (soloist)
Kvarteto Martinů

I. Allegro con spirito

Track length12:12

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II. Vivace con fuoco

Track length5:16

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III. Tema con variazioni

Track length21:15

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Taneyev, S: String Quintet in C major, Op. 16

Work length41:13

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Jitka Hosprová (soloist)
Kvarteto Martinů

I. Allegro sostenuto

Track length12:40

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II. Adagio espressivo

Track length11:01

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III. Allegretto - Scherzando

Track length7:42

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IV. Finale. Vivace con fuoco - Prestissimo

Track length9:50

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Recorded in Prague at the Martinů Hall, Academy of Music, October 28-30, 2013 (CD1), and at the Domovina Studio, March 21-23 and May 16-18, 2014 (CD2).

“Taneyev is one of the few with genuine promise – he will be a magnificent pianist and splendid composer,” is how N. G. Rubinstein praised his pupil. When it comes to Taneyev’s compositions, there is still plenty to discover. Born in Imperial Russia, at the age of 10 Taneyev enrolled at the Moscow Conservatory to study the piano (with Rubinstein) and composition (with Tchaikovsky). While in Paris, he made the acquaintance of Turgenev, Gounod, Flaubert, Saint-Saëns and other great artists. At the tender age of 28, he assumed the post of director of the Moscow Conservatory, where his pupils included Rachmaninoff, Scriabin and Glière. The detailed elaborateness of Taneyev’s complex scores bears witness to his thorough exploration of Bach, Mozart and Beethoven works, and a sharp intellect that remarkably blends with bold emotionality in lyrical and dramatic areas. The wide colour spectrum has been rendered splendidly by the Martinů Quartet and their guests on a new recording of the complete Taneyev quintets – an album that serves as proof of the artist’s position among the most distinguished European composers.

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June 2015

The string quintets emerge as near-orchestral giants, hard to categorise...The finest performance here is undoubtedly the perfectly-integrated sound of piano (Olga Vinokur, superlative) and string quintets I can imagine performances running a greater gamut of dynamics. But a thousand thanks to the Martinus and their colleagues for enlightenment.

May 2015

the artists have an exceptional understanding of what Taneyev is doing…very appealing work, sensitively understood and played

21st March 2015

[Taneyev] had a musical heart, often passionately expressed and with a dynamic, romantic impulse. Those are qualities that come across clearly in these performances: they have a strong backbone, but equally are alert to the lithe interplay between the five instruments to create substantial canvases in sound.

Classical Music January 2016

Taneyev’s chamber works are cast on a big scale, infused with a nostalgic late-romanticism that is both winning and slightly cloying. The Martinu Quartet, however, makes the strongest possible case for them

Taneyev: The Complete Quintets

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