The dates of recording sessions of a particular piece are followed by the catalog numbers of the discs which contain it. If known, the online link to the recording is given. See also below remarks and record sessions from Gosteleradifond with limited information.
See also complete repertoire of the Beethoven Quartet (PDF). It was restored by Karina Balasanyan from diaries of Vadim Borisovsky, and then edited by Dmitry Maksimov.
Composer, piece | First performance by the Beethoven quartet | Recording sessions |
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Alexandrov: String Quartet No.3 Op.55 |
[1950 October 30]
Moscow | |
Alyabiev: Piano Trio in A minor | [1948, November 1 and 5]
aliabiev.psn.ru
Aprelevsky Zavod 16324-9, D 324-9, D 347-8, D 035449-50 Aprelevsky Zavod S70 12631-42 Doremi DHR-7755 (CD) | |
Alyabiev: Piano sonata in E minor for violin and piano. Dmitry Tsyganov (violin), Emil Gilels (piano). | [1951]
aliabiev.psn.ru
Aprelevsky Zavod D 1125-26 (LP) Aprelevsky Zavod 035449-50 (LP) Doremi DHR-7755 (CD) | |
Alyabiev: Piano Quintet E flat minor, with Emil Gilels (piano) | [1949]
aliabiev.psn.ru
Aprelevsky Zavod D 1386-7 Westminster XWN 18679 (LP) Doremi DHR-7755 (CD) | |
Alyabiev: String Quartet No.1 |
[1948]
aliabiev.psn.ru
Moscow | [1948]
Boheme Music 907086 (CD) |
Alyabiev: String Quartet No.3 |
[1948]
aliabiev.psn.ru
Moscow | [1948]
Boheme Music 907086 (CD) |
Arensky:
Romance Op.49/5, with Ivan Kozlovsky (tenor)
Аренский: Романс «Давно ль под волшебные звуки» (старинный русский романс в обработке А. Аренского). Соч.49/5, И. Козловский (тенор) | [1942]
«Давно ль под волшебные звуки» Romance Op.49/5 Gosteleradiofond | |
Arensky:
Romance Op.60/3, with Ivan Kozlovsky (tenor)
Аренский: Романс «В полусне» (старинный русский романс в обработке А. Аренского). Соч.60/3 (первая тетрадь). | [1942]
Melodiya B 12547
«В полусне» Romance Op.60/3 | |
Beethoven: Piano Trio No.4 in B-dur, Op.11. Alexander Goldenweiser (piano). |
[1938]
Melodiya B 7641-44, B 7665-66 (LP) | |
Beethoven: Quartet No.2 for piano, violin, viola, and cello WoO 36 No.2. Heinrich Neuhaus (piano). |
[1949 December 09]
Melodiya D 020597-8 Melodiya M10 42337 (LP) Vogue 651027 (CD) | |
Babayev: Piano Trio in C-Sharp Minor. D. Tsyganov (violin), S. Shirinsky (cello), E. Gilels (piano) | [1950] Melodiya MEL CD 1002210 (CD) | |
Beethoven: Piano Trio No.7 B dur Op.97. Heinrich Neuhaus (piano), D. Tsyganov, S. Shirinsky. | [1951]
Gosteleradiofond Melodiya D 020583-4 (LP) M10-42335-6 (LP) | |
Beethoven: String Quintet Op.29, with Mikhail Terian (viola) | [1952]
Melodiya M10-40859 (LP) | |
Beethoven: String Quintet Op.29, with Fedor Druzhinin (viola) | [1959]
Triton MECC-26020 (CD) | |
Beethoven: String Quartet No.1 Op.18 No.1 |
[1970 December 22]
Melodiya CM 02507 (LP) Melodiya MEL CD 10 01347 (CD) Shinsekai SMK-7748 | |
Beethoven: String Quartet No.2 Op.18 No.2 |
[1949?]
D 929-30 [1970 December 25]
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Beethoven: String Quartet No.3 Op.18 No.3 | [1971 January 21]
Melodiya CM 02509 (LP) Melodiya MEL CD 10 01348 (CD) | |
Beethoven: String Quartet No.4 Op.18 No.4 |
[1940 October 29-30]
[1960]
Triton MECC-26023 [1970 July 16]
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Beethoven: String Quartet No.5 Op.18 No.5 | [1971 January 21]
Melodiya CM 02903 (LP) Melodiya MEL CD 10 01348 (CD) | |
Beethoven: String Quartet No.6 Op.18-6 | [1971 August 3]
Melodiya CM 02903 (LP) Melodiya MEL CD 10 01347 (CD) | |
Beethoven: String Quartet No.7 Op.59-1 | [196?]
Melodiya CM 02177 (LP) Shinsekai SMK-7682 | |
Beethoven: String Quartet No.8 Op.59-2 | [196?]
Melodiya CM 03235 (LP) | |
Beethoven: String Quartet No.9 Op.59-3 | [196?]
Melodiya CM 02173 (LP) | |
Beethoven: String Quartet No.10 Op.74 |
[1960]
Triton MECC-26021 (CD) [196?]
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Beethoven: String Quartet No.11 Op.95 | [196?]
Melodiya CM 03235 (LP) | |
Beethoven: String Quartet No.12 Op.127 | [196?]
Melodiya CM 02171 (LP) | |
Beethoven: String Quartet No.13 Op.130 | [195?]
Le Chant Du Monde LDX-Sp-8140 [197?]
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Beethoven: String Quartet No.14 Op.131 | [1951?]
Melodiya B 20511-22 [196?]
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Beethoven: String Quartet No.15 Op.132 | [19??]
Melodiya D 27215-16
[196?]
| |
Beethoven: String Quartet No.16 Op.135 | [1952 June 12]
Melodiya D 08023-4 Vogue 651027 (CD)
[196?]
| |
Beethoven: Grosse Fugue Op.133 | [196?]
Melodiya CM 02614 (LP) | |
Berg: String Quartet No.3 | [1978-1983?]
TNC 1551/54 | |
Borodin:
Early Quartet D-dur
Piano Quintet C-moll (with S.E. Feinberg, piano) Unfinished Trio G-dur (with S.E. Feinberg, piano) |
[1947, December 28]
MSC | [1947] |
Borodin: String Quartet No.2 | [1930] Muztrest 01431-2, 01507, 01505, 01620 | |
Borodin: Serenade for String Quartet | [1930] Muztrest 01627 | |
Borodin: Trio in D for Violin, Cello, and Piano, Emil Gilels (piano), D. Tsyganov, S. Shirinsky | [1950] (1955???)
Multisonic 310266 (CD) Doremi DHR-7921-5 (CD) | |
Borodin: Grand Trio for 2 Violins and Cello in G major (2 movements) | [1957]
Multisonic 310182-2 (CD) | |
Brahms: Piano Quartet No.1 g-moll Op.25 with Emil Gilels (piano) |
[1947, September-October]
Gosteleradiofond Melodiya 016701-06, D 5584-5 Dante HPC 099 (СD) Trumpets of Jericho 20.3168-306 (CD) Classic Piano Masters CD-P-5 (CD) Doremi DHR-7785 (CD) Centurion Classics 2111 (CD) Andromeda ANDRCD 5046 (CD) == Archipel ACP 5046 (35:17) [1959 January 3]
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Brahms: Piano Quartet No.2 Op.26, with Maria Yudina (piano) | [1968 December 10]
Melodiya D 024823-4, CM 02259-60 Melodiya MEL CD 10 00821 (CD) Vista Vera VVCD-00073 (CD) [1969 November 14]
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Chausson: Concerto for piano, violin and string quartet Op.21 with David Oistrakh (violin), Abram Diyakov (piano) | [1939]
Gosteleradiofond | |
Chemberdzhi: String Quartet No.3 | [1947?]
Melodiya 14736-43 | |
Glazunov: String Quartet No.3 Op.26 | [1941, August 8, 16]
Gosteleradiofond | |
Glazunov: String Quartet No.7 Op.107 (Movement 2) | [1946]
Gosteleradiofond | |
Lyadov: Serenade | [1930?]
Muztrest 01627 | |
Sokolov, Glazunov, Lyadov: Pokla from "Friday" (цикл "Пятница") | [19??]
16228-9 | |
Glière: String Quartet No.4 Op.83 |
[1943]
Moscow | [1952]
Melodiya D 911-2 (LP) Westminster XWN 18423 (LP) |
Glinka: String Quartet D-dur | [1948]
Gosteleradiofond | |
Glinka: Sextet in E flat major for piano, string quartet, and double bass, with Lev Oborin (piano), Iosif Gertovich (basso). | [193?]
Aprelevsky Zavod 14333-40 | |
Glinka: Sextet in E flat major for piano, string quartet, and double bass, with Alexis Nasedkin (Piano), Rustem Gabdullin (Double bass). | [1948]
Multisonic 310182-2 (CD) | |
Glinka: Romance "I remember ..." ("Я помню чудное мгновенье") with Ivan Kozlovsky (tenor) | [19??]
Gosteleradiofond | |
Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ | [1978-1983?]
TNC 1551/54 (CD) | |
Haydn: Hungarian rondo | [1938]
Aprelevsky Zavod B 7645 | |
Haydn: Trio A-dur | [1938]
Aprelevsky Zavod B 7667 | |
Hindemith: String Quartet No.2 Op.16 | [1961]
Triton MECC-26022 | |
Kabalevsky: String Quartet No.1 Op.8 |
[1929 April 3]
MSC | |
Kabalevsky: String Quartet No.2 Op.44 | [1946 January 1, МГК] |
[1947]
015424
015431
Aprelevsky Zavod 015424-31 [1951] Gosteleradiofond |
Krein: Hebrew sketches No.2 ("Еврейские эскизы No.2"), with A. Volodin (clarinet). | [1938]
B 7478-9 | |
Miaskovsky: String Quartet No.1 (a minor) Oр.33/1 |
[1934 November 27]
Moscow | [1951?]
Melodiya ??? |
Miaskovsky: String Quartet No.4, соч.33/4 |
[1937 November 18]
Moscow | |
Miaskovsky: String Quartet No.5 |
[1939 November 23]
Moscow The Komitas Quartet | |
Miaskovsky: String Quartet No.6, соч.49 |
[1940 November 23]
Moscow | |
Miaskovsky: String Quartet No.8, соч.59 |
[1943 March 21]
Moscow | |
Miaskovsky: String Quartet No.9, соч.62 |
[1943 October 30]
Moscow | |
Miaskovsky: String Quartet No.10, соч.67/1 |
[1945 May 20]
Moscow | |
Miaskovsky: String Quartet No.11, соч.67/2 |
[1945 December 15]
Moscow | [1951]
Aprelevsky Zavod 019483-92 |
Miaskovsky: String Quartet No.12, соч.77 |
[1947 November 30]
Moscow | |
Miaskovsky: String Quartet No.13 Op.86 |
[1950 December 8]
Moscow | [1951]
Melodiya 18980-83 (parts 1 and 4) [1953]
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Mozart: Quintet for a french horn and String Quartet K.407, with Ya. Shapiro (french horn) | [19??]
Melodiya 07997-8 | |
Mozart: Quintet No.4 for two violins, two violas, and a cello K.516, with M. Terian (viola) | [1952]
Melodiya D 8145-6 Melodiya D 08145-6, M10-40859 | |
Mozart: String Quartet No.15, K.421 | [1978]
Melodiya С10 11301 (LP) [1978-1983?] TNC 1551/54 (CD) | |
Mozart: String Quartet No.19, K.465 | [1978]
Melodiya С10 11301 (LP) [1978-1983?] TNC 1551/54 (CD) | |
Mozart: Piano Quartet No.1 g-moll, K.478, with M. Grinberg (piano), D. Tsyganov, F. Druzhinin, S. Shirinsky | [1966 October 28]
Melodiya D 021569-70 | |
Mozart: Flute Quartet D-dur K.285, A. Korneev (flute), D. Tsyganov, F. Druzhinin, S. Shirinsky | [1967]
Melodiya D 021569-70, MEL CD 10 01015 | |
Mozart: String Quartet No.12 K.172 (movement 4) | [19??]
Gosteleradiofond | |
Mozart: Hoboe Quartet F-dur K.370, with E. Nepalo (oboe). | [1967]
Melodiya D 021569-70 | |
Mozart: String Quartet No.22, K.589 | [1980]
Melodiya С10 14853 (LP) | |
Mozart: String Quartet No.23, K.590 | [1980]
Melodiya С10 14853 (LP) | |
Prokofiev: Ouverture on Hebrew Themes ("Увертюра на еврейские темы") for clarinet, string quartet and piano Op.34 with A. Volodin (clarinet), S. Prokofiev (piano) |
[1923 October 24]
Moscow First performance: K. Igumnov (piano), S. Rozanov (clarinet). | [1937]
youtube
Dante LYS 278 (CD) Melodiya B 05426 Melodiya 05426 Melodiya М10 45179-80 |
Prokofiev: String Quartet No.2 (Kabardinsky Quartet) Op.92 |
[1942 September 5]
Moscow | [19??]
Supraphon SUA 10089 |
Rachmaninov: Romance and Scherzo from Unfinished Young Quartet |
[1947-1948]
Melodiya 16230-1, 16314-5 (4 discs) [1947-1948] Melodiya D 1200 | |
Rachmaninov: Trio Élégiaque No.1 G-mol, Alexander Goldenweiser (piano), D. Tsyganov, S. Shirinsky. |
[1947]
intoclassics.net
Dante HPC 103 (CD) | |
Ravel: String Quartet F-Dur | [1959 March 1]
Triton MECC-26024 | |
Schnittke: String Quartet No.2. Oleg Krysa (1nd violin), Nikolai Zabavnikov (2nd violin), Fyodor Druzhinin (viola), Yevgeni Altman (cell0). | [1978-1983?]
TNC H-1551-54 Vox CDX5121 Musical Fidelity Sound Lab MFCD915 | |
Schubert: Piano Quintet in A major ("Forellen-Quintett") D.667, D. Tsyganov (violin), V. Borisovsky (viola), S. Shirinsky (cello), M. Yudina (piano), V. Homenko (double bass) | [1960 November 11 (or 19?), MSC]
Melodiya D-033337 С10-30703-8 SMC CD 0015 Arlecchino ARL 37/38 (CD) Venezia CD VE 04321 (6CD) [1961?]
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Schubert: String Quartet No.9 g-moll D.173 | [1961?]
D 08023-4 | |
Schubert: String Quartet No.14 d-moll ("Der Tod und das Mädchen") D.810 | [1958]
MEL CD 10 01584 (part 1 only) http://records.su/album/41137 [November 1960?]
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Shebalin: String Quartet No.1 Op.2 |
[1924 October 29]
Moscow | |
Shebalin: String Quartet No.2 Op.19 |
[1935 March 18]
Moscow | |
Shebalin: String Quartet No.3 Op.28 |
[1939 November 28]
Moscow | |
Shebalin: String Quartet No.4 Op.29 |
[1940 November 23]
Moscow | |
Shebalin: String Quartet No.5 (Slavyanskij Quartet) Op.33 |
[1942 November 21]
Moscow | [1943]
Aprelevsky zavod 480-1 |
Shebalin: String Quartet No.6 Op.34 |
[1944 January 16]
Moscow | |
Shebalin: String Quartet No.7 Op.41 |
[1948 December 21]
Moscow | |
Shostakovich: String Quartet No.1 Op.49 |
[1947]
Melodiya D 08019-20 Consonance 81-3005 (CD) Russian Compact Disc RCD 16617 (CD) Melodiya MEL CD 10 00860 (CD) Doremi DHR-7911-5 (CD) Venezia CDVE 04328 (CD) [1960, concert recording]
[1961]
[1980]
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Shostakovich: Piano Quintet Op.57 |
[1940 November 23]
MSC, The Beethoven Quartet, D. Shostakovich (piano) |
[1940 December 9-10, with D. Shostakovich]
Prelude
Fugue
Scherzo
Intermezzo
Finale
Gosteleradiofond (timing: 36:39)?? Aprelevsky Zavod 015268-76 Melodiya/EMI RLS 721 (SH-7779) Multisonic MU 31 0179-2 (CD) Revelation RV 70005 (CD) Dante LYS 369/370 (CD) [1949, with D. Shostakovich] Gosteleradiofond Part 4, Intermezzo. (timing: 08:03) [1950, with D. Shostakovich] Gosteleradiofond (timing: 36:21) [1950??, with D. Shostakovich]
[1955 March 29, with D. Shostakovich]
Gosteleradiofond
(timing: 29:15)
[1955 January 20 (live), with D. Shostakovich]
[1960, with L. Oborin]
[1961, with E. Gilels]
[1966, with L. Oborin]
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Shostakovich: Piano Trio No.2 E-moll Op.67. Dmitri Shostakovich (Piano), D.Tsyganov (violin), S.Shirinsky (cello) |
[1944 November 14]
St.Petersburg Tsyganov, Shirinsky, Shostakovich |
[1945 September 14]
13160
13161
13162
13163
13164
13165
13166
13167
13168
Doremi DHR-7787 (CD) Revelation RV 70007 (CD) |
Shostakovich: String Quartet No.2 Op.68 |
[1944 November 14]
St.Petersburg, The Beethoven Quartet |
[1954]
Gosteleradiofond [1956]
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Shostakovich: String Quartet No.3 Op.73 |
[1946 December 16]
MSC, The Beethoven Quartet |
[1947 February-March]
Melodiya D 014612-5, 015665 Symposium SYMP CD 1314 (CD) ??? [1960]
[1965?? must be the same recording as above]
[1963??]
[1983]
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Shostakovich: String Quartet No.4 Op.83 |
[1953 December 3]
MSC, The Beethoven Quartet |
[1953 December 3]
SMC CD 0058 (CD) ??? [1961]
[1963??]
[1966]
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Shostakovich: String Quartet No.5 Op.92 |
[1953 November 13]
MSC, The Beethoven Quartet |
[1953 October 24]
Gosteleradiofond (recorded before the premiere)
[1953]
[1960, concert recording]
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Shostakovich: String Quartet No.6 Op.101 |
[1956 October 7]
St.Petersburg, The Beethoven Quartet
[1956 October 23]
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[1956 October 13]
Gosteleradiofond
[1956]
[1972]
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Shostakovich: String Quartet No.7 Op.108 |
[1960 May 15]
St.Petersburg, The Beethoven Quartet |
[1960 May 15]
Gosteleradiofond
[1960 September 17, concert recording]
[1961]
[1972]
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Shostakovich: String Quartet No.8 Op.110 |
[1960 October 2]
St.Petersburg, The Beethoven Quartet |
[1960 October 2, concert recording]
St.Petersburg Radio youtube
[1960 October 9, MSC, concert recording]
[1961?]
[1961]
[1961]
[1961]
[1972]
[1976]
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Shostakovich: String Quartet No.9 Op.117 |
[1964 November 20]
MSC, The Beethoven Quartet |
[1964 November 20, premiere]
Triton MECC-26019 (CD) Venezia CDVE 00513 (CD)
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Shostakovich: String Quartet No.10 Op.118 |
[1964 November 20]
MSC, The Beethoven Quartet |
[1964 November 20, premiere]
Triton MECC-26022 (CD)
[1965 February 7? November 20?]
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Shostakovich: String Quartet No.11 Op.122 |
[1966 May 28]
St.Petersburg, The Beethoven Quartet |
[1966 May 28]
Gosteleradiofond [1969 March 25]
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Shostakovich: String Quartet No.12 Op.133 |
[1968 September 14]
MSC, The Beethoven Quartet |
[1969 March 25]
Melodiya D 025115-16, C-01769-70 Shinsekai SMK-7609 Consonance 81-3008 (CD) Melodiya MEL CD 10 00862 (CD) Doremi DHR-7911-5 (CD) Venezia CDVE 04328 (CD) Venezia CDVE 00513 (CD) |
Shostakovich: Two pieces for the string octet Op.11, with Komitas Quartet |
[1969]
Melodiya C-01769-70 Melodiya D 025115-16 Melodiya MEL CD 10 00861 (CD) Doremi DHR-7911-5 (CD) [1972]
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Shostakovich: String Quartet No.13 Op.138 |
[1970 December 13]
St.Petersburg, The Beethoven Quartet |
[1971 January 27]
Melodiya D 08117-8, CM 02545-6 Angel/Melodiya SR-40189 Consonance 81-3008 (CD) Melodiya MEL CD 10 00862 (CD) Doremi DHR-7911-5 (CD) Venezia CDVE 04328 (CD) Venezia CDVE 00513 (CD) Melodiya 33GD-0002369-80 (fragments) |
Shostakovich: String Quartet No.14 Op.142 |
[1973 November 12]
St.Petersburg, The Beethoven Quartet |
[1974 (May 4 or November 2)]
Melodiya C10-05137-8 Melodiya/HMV HQS 1362 Chant Du Monde LDX 78614 Eurodisc/Melodiya 89 424 XK Eurodisc/Melodiya 89 803 XDK Consonance 81-3008 (CD) Melodiya MEL CD 10 00863 (CD) Doremi DHR-7911-5 (CD) Venezia CDVE 04328 (CD) Venezia CDVE 00513 (CD)
[1975]
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Shostakovich: String Quartet No.15 Op.144 |
[1974 November 15]
St.Petersburg, The Taneyev Quartet |
[1975 January 22]
Melodiya C10-06495-6 Melodiya/HMV HQS 1362 Shinsekai SMK-7887 Eurodisc/Melodiya 89 424 XK Eurodisc/Melodiya 89 803 XDK Consonance 81-3006 (CD) Melodiya MEL CD 10 00863 (CD) Praga PR 7254043 (CD) Doremi DHR-7911-5 (CD) Venezia CDVE 04328 (CD) Venezia CDVE 00513 (CD)
[1976]
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Shostakovich: Complete String Quartets | [1956-74]
Doremi DHR-7911-5 Venezia CDVE 04328 | |
Taneyev: String Trio for violin, viola, and celo in B minor (1913). D. Tsyganov, V. Borisovsky, S. Shirinsky | [???]
D 010079-80 | |
Taneyev: String Quartet No.6 B major Op.19. | [1953 January 30]
D 1384-5 D 010079-80 | |
Taneyev: String Quartet No.9 A-dur | [1976 October 22]
Vogue 651039 (CD) | |
Taneyev: Piano Quartet E major Op.20, with Maria Yudina (piano) | [1952 December? 1953 January 30?]
Melodiya D 01736-7 Vista Vera VVCD-00084 Brilliant Classics 8909/5 | |
Taneyev: Piano Quintet g-moll Op.30, with Maria Yudina (piano) | [1957 February 11]
Melodiya D 06339 (LP) Vista Vera VVCD-00084 Brilliant Classics 8909 (cd 5) Vogue 651039 (CD) | |
Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No.1 Op.11. |
[193?]
Gosteleradiofond
[1940]
[1946]
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Tchaikovsky: String Quartet No.2 Op.22 | [1939]
B 8202-7, 8226-31 [1952]
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Tchaikovsky: Romance "Nightingale" ("Соловей") Op.60/4, with Ivan Kozlovsky (tenor) | [19??]
Gosteleradiofond | |
Tchaikovsky: Romance ("Средь шумного бала") from Six romances Op.38/3, with Ivan Kozlovsky (tenor) | [1947]
Gosteleradiofond | |
Vainberg: Piano trio Op.24 |
[1947 January 9]
D. Tsyganov, S. Shirinsky, M. Vainberg | |
Vainberg: Quartet No.5 Op.27 |
[1947 May 17]
Moscow with M. Vainberg |