Pianophilia

And back to Golubev...his sixth quartet, which is dedicated to Oleg Eiges. He would also compose his seventh quartet later that same year, along with his sixth piano sonata. I'm not sure if that latter quartet was published. I couldn't find info through Worldcat or elsewhere:

Yevgeny Kirillovich GOLUBEV
String Quartet no. 6, op. 52 (1965)

Here is Anatoly Alexandrov's first string quartet, an early work of his. He composed a total of four, but the latter three are works from the 1940s-50s, when his style was considerably different.

Anatoly Nikolayevich ALEXANDROV
String Quartet no. 1, op. 7 (1914, rev. 1921)

Here's a volume of four more quartets (as well as four consecutive opus numbers) by Golubev. The latest of his quartets that I've heard is the 15th, a 1976 composition that was recorded on a Melodiya LP. If that's any indication, the works of his later career are definitely worthy of greater consideration. I wouldn't put them on the same level as, say, cycles by Vainberg, Levitin, Falik, or Tishchenko, but would certainly think that they at least deserve to be revisited. The same goes for his cycle of piano sonatas.

Yevgeny Kirillovich GOLUBEV
String Quartets 18, 19, 20, & 21, op. 75, 76, 77, & 78 (1977-81)

A small addition...

Boris Andreyevich SOSNOVTSEV
Velichal'naya (Cheering), on the theme of a Russian folk song, for string quartet

Alexander (Shiko) Borisovich MULYAR (Moldova) (bio at http://translate.googleusercontent.com/ ... yEhCGy34VA )
Pieces (4), for string quartet

Lawrence (Lorens) Ivanovich BLINOV (bio at http://translate.googleusercontent.com/ ... eZMJexyWhQ )
String Quartet no. 1 (1961)

Garri (Harry) Vladimirovich AZATOV (some info at http://translate.google.com/translate?h ... bih%3D1059 )
Humoresques (3), for string quartet

Here's a set of folk pieces by Sosnovtsev, which actually includes the above-posted piece. A bio for this composer can be found at:

http://translate.googleusercontent.com/ ... L8WiCOv8rg

To anybody who picked up the prelude sets on the Russian/Soviet composer thread, it appears the dates specified on those are a bit off.

Boris Andreyevich SOSNOVTSEV
Russian Folk Songs (5), for string quartet, op. 34; 1. 'Burn, burn, the fires...', 2. Burlatskaya, 3. The Volga River overflows..., 4. Velichal'naya (Cheering), 5. Going down to Lyskova

Revaz Kondratyevich GABICHVADZE (Georgia)
String Quartet no. 3 (1963)

Here's an excellent pair of quartets from Georgia. Lots of info on Gabunia can be accessed at the following website:

http://www.nodargabunia.com/start.html

As well, a number of other chamber pieces are available through IMSLP:

http://imslp.org/wiki/Category:Gabunia,_Nodar

The second of these quartets can be heard on the following recording (which also includes Sulkhan Tsintsadze's 10th quartet and miniatures):

http://www.amazon.com/Caucasian-Impress ... mpressions

Nodar Kalistratovich GABUNIA (GABUNIYA) (Georgia)
String Quartets nos. 1-2 (1978, 1982)