Pianophilia

Here's one of the later string quartets by the prolific Myaskovsky student, Yevgeny Golubev. According to Onno van Rijen's page, he composed a total of twenty-four which, to my knowledge, is an unmatched amount of quartets for a composer post-1900. Also included in this volume is a set of solo viola works written in tribute to Dostoyevsky. Very interesting stuff. The publication came out in 1985, but it's likely that the works were written between 1982-1984.

Yevgeny Kirillovich GOLUBEV
String Quartet no. 22, op. 83

Epitaphs (3) on F.M. Dostoyevsky, for solo viola, op. 82

Here are a number of short Soviet-era works for quartet. We've previously seen some other short works by Birnov and Znosko-Borovsky in this thread and a couple of Raukhverger's full-sized quartets (nos. 1 and 2 of a total seven he wrote). Alfor previously shared Akhmetov's piano sonatina.

Fasil Akhmetgaliyevich AKHMETOV (Fasil-Әhmәt Gәli uly Әhmәtov) (Tatarstan) (bio at http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... bih%3D1059 )
Basso Ostinato (2nd movement from 'Suite'), for string quartet Lev Markovich BIRNOV
Song, for string quartet Konstantin Romanovich GEIST (GEYST) (Mari El)
Gornomariysky (Hill Mari) Song, for string quartet Mikhail Rafailovich RAUKHVERGER (Kyrgyzstan)
Prelude and Etude, for string quartet Alexander Fyodorovich ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY (Ukraine)
Small Pieces (5), for string quartet, op. 40

Durdy NURYEV (NURIYEV, NURYIEV) (Turkmenistan)
String Quartet

Vaag Georgyevich ARARATYAN (Armenia) (bio at http://translate.googleusercontent.com/ ... d0LDtvsSjg )
Pieces (2), for string quartet; 1. Dramatic Dance, 2. Parade (Ceremonial) Dance Tatiana Georgyevna SMIRNOVA
Adagio, for string quartet, op. 25/1 (1975) Vladislav SHUT (Shoot)
Pieces (2), for string quartet (1965); 1. Adagio, 2. Scherzo Nikolai Ivanovich PEIKO (PEYKO)
Uglich Songs (2), for string quartet; 1. Grief, 2. Joke Mikhail Rafailovich RAUKHVERGER (Kyrgyzstan)
Variation, from the ballet 'Cholpon', for string quartet (arr. by composer) David LVOV-KOMPANEETS (L'VOV KOMPANEYETS)
Andante, for string quartet Alexander Fyodorovich ZNOSKO-BOROVSKY (Ukraine)
Variations, on a Ukrainian folk theme, for string quartet, op. 6 (1976) Boris Andreyevich SOSNOVTSEV
Quartettino, for string quartet, op. 15 (1966)

To my knowledge, this composer wrote a total of four quartets and embraced more and more avant-garde composing techniques as he went forward. Also highly-recommended is a saxophone quartet piece dedicated to the memory of German author Hermann Hesse, which is actually available as a CD or MP3 download through Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Chamber-Electroni ... riev+hesse

Georgy Petrovich DMITRIEV
String Quartet no. 1 (1967)

Yury Abramovich LEVITIN (Ukraine)
String Quartet no. 8, op. 48 (1958)

Here's a short quartet piece by a Oleg Komarnitsky, a composer who wrote a lot of accessible, high-quality pieces during the second half of the twentieth century but died quite young and fell into obscurity. His music was recently given a big push by Toccata Classics with the following CD release:

http://www.toccataclassics.com/cddetail.php?CN=TOCC0196

One can look at the liner notes of that release (available for viewing on the web page) for a very well-written biography of the composer. A few of his piano works for young players can be found in the Russian/Soviet thread.

Oleg KOMARNITSKY
Intermezzo, for string quartet

According to his bio (see the above post with his 'Basso Ostinato'), this composer wrote a total of three numbered string quartets. I've not found any info on the latter two.

Fasil Akhmetgaliyevich AKHMETOV (Fasil-Әhmәt Gәli uly Әhmәtov) (Tatarstan)
String Quartet no. 1

Tkach was not only Moldova's foremost female composer, but a massively prolific composer as well. Unfortunately, not much of her music is available in the West. Pianist Alexander Timofeev has edited and released a few volumes of her work, including a delightful book containing 50 children's pieces, mostly based on folk styles.

Bio at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zlata_Tkach

Zlata Moiseyevna TKACH (Moldova)
Pieces (3) on Moldovan folk themes, for string quartet; 1. I Laid the Wool in the Spinning Wheel, 2. Dance, 3. Dniester, Dniester, the Quiet Waves...

Very short bio available at:

http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... bih%3D1020

Sergei Zakharovich ASLAMAZYAN (ASLAMAZIAN) (Armenia)
Pieces (3) on themes of Armenian folk songs, for string quartet; 1. Alagyaz (a mountain in Armenia), 2. Nubar-Nubar (a woman's name), 3. Apricot Tree