13.07.1856, Vladimir - 06.07.1915, Dyutkovo

Taneyev is known as a composition teacher of Rachmaninoff, Glière and Scriabin, among others. He himself composed prolifically for orchestra, choir and string quartet. His Piano Quintet Op.30 and Piano Trio Op.22 remain popular chamber music works to this day. The Prelude & Fugue in G-sharp minor Op.29 from 1910 is his best-known composition for solo piano. Very much worth hearing! Taneyev's Piano Concerto was not premiered until 1998.

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Prelude & Fugue in G-sharp minor Op.29 (1910)
Lilya Zilberstein, piano
youtube_tanejew_opus29

Piano Trio in D major, Op.22 (1908)
Igor Oistrakh, violin; Svyatoslav Knushevitsky, cello; Lev Oborin, piano
I. Allegro II. Allegro molto - Tema con variazioni III. Andante espressivo IV. Finale. Allegro con brio 
Studio recording, Moscow, 1952
youtube_pianotrio

Piano Concerto in E-flat major (1876)
1. Allegro (E♭ major) 2. Andante funebre (E♭ minor)
Mikhail Voskresensky, piano; Moscow Symphony Orchestra
Conductor Vladimir Ziva, Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory
Live recording 25.05.1998 [World Premiere]
youtube_tanejew_pianoconcerto

All works with piano are listed in the PIANOVERSALRegister.

Sergej Taneyev: Composer of the Week No. 4 / January 2019