Quatuors à cordes Numéros 1 & 2

Description

Born in Saint Petersburg in 1904, Kabalevsky's music is part of the first generation of Russian composers who can be considered exclusively as products of the Soviet era, alongside his close contemporaries Shostakovich and Chevalier. His String Quartet No. 1 from 1923 showcases an early mastery of the genre while highlighting his emerging and fresh voice. The String Quartet No. 2, published twenty-two years later, is a work of greater dramatic intensity. Dating from the war years, it already shows how much he had matured as a composer. The Glazunov Quartet gave its first concert in 1987 under the name "Moscow Conservatory Quartet," before winning the All-Union Competition in Voronezh. They then changed their name to the Glazunov Quartet, specializing in Glazunov and Russian classics. They achieved successful performances in the most prestigious venues in Europe, with recordings in Germany, Greece, and Russia, until the late 1990s.