Taneyev: String Trios
Label: Hyperion Catalog: CDA67573 Format: CD Leopold String Trio Isabelle van Keulen violin Lawrence Power viola Kate Gould celloSergei Taneyev (1856–1915): String Trio in E flat major Op31; String Trio in B minor; String Trio in D major ‘He is the greatest master of counterpoint in Russia; I am not even sure there is his equal in the West’, was Tchaikovsky’s verdict on his protégé, champion and friend Sergei Ivanovich Taneyev. Director of music at the Moscow Conservatory from 1885, Taneyev was a uniquely important figure in Russian musical history, a master of counterpoint who disliked the Nationalist school and instead cultivated a distinctive style that transcended national genres.
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