Quartet Skaz

Founded in 1973, Quartet Skaz pioneered instrumental chamber performance on Russian folk instruments in the USSR. Since then, the Quartet has actively promoted both Russian folk and classical music.

Quartet Skaz’s recordings include several LP’s and three CD’s, as well as many recordings for radio and television. In 1989, the Quartet recorded Balastroika,{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/Skaz-Balastroika/release/6502644 |title=Skaz – Balastroika (CD, Album)|website=Discogs.com |access-date=2018-03-25}} the first CD in Soviet music, produced by PAN Records. In 1994, Quartet Skaz participated in the recording of the soundtrack of the film Catherine the Great (USA), with a symphony orchestra with musicians from Germany, Hungary and the US. Later in 1995, Skaz performed for the soundtrack of the film The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: Travels with Father (USA). In 2000, Quartet Skaz recorded 14 pieces for an international folk dance project. Russian Disk produced the Quartet’s next CD, Skaz, Russian Folk Quartet, in 2009.{{cite web |url=http://www.russiandisc.ru/disc/RDCD_00858.aspx |title="Сказ" Русский концертный квартет, RDCD 00858 |website=Russiandisc.ru |access-date=2018-03-25}}

In the words of Irina Arkhipova, “through its creative and social efforts, the Quartet [Skaz] has achieved great recognition and popularity among a wide audience of music lovers."{{cite web|url=http://skaz1.com/I.K.Arhipova_o_SKAZe.jpg|format=JPG|title=Photographic image|language=ru|website=Skaz1.com|access-date=31 December 2021}}

For Joseph Kobzon, Quartet Skaz is characterized by “a unique sound, impeccable taste, and extraordinary breadth and diversity of performance.”{{cite web|url=http://skaz1.com/I.D.Kobzon_o_SKAZe.jpg |format=JPG|title=Photographic image|language=ru|website=Skaz1.com|access-date=31 December 2021}}

Quartet Skaz received the Lenin Komsomol Prize in 1985 "for great mastery in performance and promotion of folk-music creativity among the youth", and is a laureate of the First Moscow Competition for Performing Artists.

• Quartet Skaz, "Balastroika", 1989, PAN Records, The Netherlands, PAN-139-CD.
• Quartet Skaz, "Skaz, Russian Folk Quartet", 2009, Russian Disc, Moscow, RD-CD-00858.
• Quartet Skaz, "Tea from a Samovar", 2017, Masherbrum Art, Addison, MA-54.

• "The Losers’ Ensemble", Musical Film, 1976. Featured in the film are Alla Pugacheva, G. Leybel and V. Nikolsky, and Quartet Skaz.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs5PsWfaO3A |title=Ансамбль неудачников (1976) |via=YouTube |date=7 May 2015 |access-date=2018-03-25}}
• Quartet Skaz, "Oh, you night!" (Ах, Ты Вечер), LP, 1976, Melodiya, Moscow, C22-07257-58.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/7129419-Сказ-Ах-Ты-Вечер|title=Сказ – Ах, Ты Вечер (1976, Vinyl)|access-date=31 December 2021|website=Discogs.com}}
• "Snow House" (Снежный дом), dramatization of fairytale by A. N. Tolstoy, LP, 1977, Melodiya, Moscow.{{cite web |url=http://gorenka.org/index.php/detskaya-audioteka/10978-m-dyurichkova-bratets-iz-tykvy-a-tolstoj-snezhnyj-dom |title=М.Дюричкова. "Братец из тыквы". А.Толстой. "Снежный дом" |website=Gorenka.org |access-date=2018-03-25}}
• Quartet Skaz, "Russian Lubok" (Русский Лубок), LP, 1977, Melodiya, Moscow, C20-08997-8.{{cite web |url=http://records.su/album/2556 |title=Квартет "Сказ". Русский лубок |website=Records.su |access-date=2018-03-25}}
• Quartet Skaz, "Skaz: Quartet of Russian Folk Instruments" (Квартет русских народных инструментов "Сказ"), LP, 1979, Melodiya, Moscow, C20-11839/08998.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/7228656-Сказ-Сказ|title=Сказ – Сказ (1979, Vinyl)|access-date=31 December 2021|website=Discogs.com}}
• Quartet Skaz, "Kalinushka" (Калинушка), LP, 1980, Melodiya, Moscow, C20—14835-36.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82-%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%81%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D1%85-%D0%9D%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4%D0%BD%D1%8B%D1%85-%D0%98%D0%BD%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D0%BC%D0%B5%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%BE%D0%B2-%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7-%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0/release/3540387|title=Квартет Русских Народных Инструментов «Сказ» – Калинушка (1980, Vinyl)|website=Discogs.com|access-date=31 December 2021}}
• "The Magic Apple" (Волшебное яблочко), dramatization of a story written and directed by O. Anofriev, with L. Larina and Quartet Skaz, LP, 1980, Melodiya, Moscow.{{cite web |url=http://records.su/album/19795 |title=Волшебное Яблочко |publisher=Records.su |access-date=2018-03-25}}
• Quartet Skaz, "Around the World" (Вокруг Света), LP, 1983, Melodiya, Moscow, C20-19457-003.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/release/5277135-Сказ-Вокруг-Света-Around-The-World|title=Сказ – Вокруг Света (Around The World) (1983, Vinyl)|access-date=31 December 2021|website=Discogs.com}}
• Quartet Skaz, The Best of Quartet Skaz" (Лучшее Из Репертуара Квартета "Сказ"), LP, 1990, Melodiya, Moscow, C20 29229 001.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7-%D0%9B%D1%83%D1%87%D1%88%D0%B5%D0%B5-%D0%98%D0%B7-%D0%A0%D0%B5%D0%BF%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%82%D1%83%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0-%D0%9A%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%B0-%D0%A1%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B7-The-Best-Of-Skaz-Quartet/release/4947785|title=Сказ – Лучшее Из Репертуара Квартета "Сказ" = The Best Of "Skaz" Quartet (1990, Vinyl)|website=Discogs.com|access-date=31 December 2021}}

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• Alexandre Marchakovsky, “The Legendary Quartet: All About Skaz", 2012, [http://kxk.ru/skaz/v1_1154544__.php Part 1] and [http://kxk.ru/skaz/v1_1154752__.php Part 2] {{in lang|ru}}
• Anatoly Zhurin, "[http://ju.skaz1.com/jurin.html Quartet Skaz, and what the King of Football Himself Told Them]", on the occasions of the 35th anniversary of the founding of Quartet Skaz, Evening Moscow (Вечерняя Москва), Moscow, 2010 {{in lang|ru}}
• Yelizaveta Uvarova, "The Stage in Russia: 20th-Century Creators," Moscow, 2004.
• A. I. Peresada, "International Encyclopedia of Ensembles and Orchestras of Russian Folk Instruments," All-Russia Musical Society, Krasnodar, 2004.
• [http://canalbis.globo.com/programas/musica-na-mochila/materias/t02e06-a-surpreendente-musica-folclorica-russa.html Musica na Mochila], Quartet Skaz on TV Brazil.
• B. Selmengin, "[http://lgz.ru/article/-10-6634-7-03-2018/skaz-s-iranskim-aktsentom/ Skaz with an Iranian Accent]", The Literary Journal (Литературная газета), 10, Moscow, 2018 {{in lang|ru}}

• [http://www.skaz1.com/ Quartet Skaz’s official website (in Russian and English)]

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