Taneyev was a student of Tchaikovsky and teacher of Rachmaninov and Scriabin. During his lifetime, his chamber music was generally considered the equal of that of the great Viennese masters. The String Trio in E-flat major, originally written for violin, viola and the rarely heard tenor viola, is a mature work with echoes of Mozart and Beethoven. The Piano Quartet in E major is a large-scale, passionate work, sonorous and melodious, with transfigurative beauty. It has always maintained an honourable place in the Russian repertoire.
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