NIKOLAI MYASKOVSKY (1881-1950): Complete String Quartets, Vol. 1 - Op. 33, No. 1 in A Minor, No. 2 in C Minor & No. 3 in D Minor.

Description: If you missed this series when I helped issue it on Russian Disc 14 years ago, this will probably be your only chance to get it. An odd collection by the composer, he coupled a ferociously difficult A minor work (two contemporary quartets were unable to play it) and a shorter, easier to play C minor piece, both written in 1930, with an early quartet written at conservatory in 1911. Taneyev Quartet.