Sergei Taneyev: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 4, Vol.1 (CD)

String Quartet No.1 in B minor Op.4 (1890)

1 I. Andante espressivo – Allegro                                                                                                                                 9’28

2 II. Largo                                                                                                                                                                       6’49

3 III. Presto                                                                                                                                                                    4’15

4 IV. Intermezzo. Andantino                                                                                                                                         6’20

5 V. Finale. Vivace e giocoso                                                                                                                                         6’00

String Quartet No.4 in A minor Op.11 (1898/99)

6 I. Introduzione. Adagio – Allegro                                                                                                                                12’40

7 II. Divertimento. Allegro vivace e scherzando                                                                                                           5’52

8 III. Adagio                                                                                                                                                                    10’28

9 IV. Finale. Introduzione. Adagio – Presto                                                                                                                   11’06

Rasumowsky Quartett

Dora Bratchkova violin

Andrea Saxer Keller violin

Gerhard Muller viola

Alina Kudelevič cello

Total time: 73’25