String Quartet No. 2 (Villa-Lobos) String Quartet No. 2 (Villa-Lobos) String Quartet No. 2 is the one of a series of seventeen works in the medium by the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, and was written in 1915. A performance lasts approximately twenty minutes. Villa-Lobos composed his Second Quartet in 1915, either in Rio de Janeiro or Nova Friburgo. It was first performed on 3 February 1917 by a quartet consisting of Judith Barcellos and Dagmar Noronha Gitahy, violins, Orlando Frederico, viola, and Alfredo Gomes, cello. The published score bears the indication "Op. 56". As in the all of Villa-Lobos's quartets except the first, there are
Nevsky String Quartet they won the Barenreiter-Prize for the best interpretation of string quartet compositions of Mozart and Beethoven in accordance with historical performance practice. Also in 1998, the Quartet won First Prize in the Swedish International String Quartet Competition. "Spirit Of Romance". Reading, MA: MMC Records (?), 2007. "Music for Strings". Brooklyn, NY: Capstone Records, CPS-8781, 2007. "Beerman Unplugged Almost". Brooklyn, NY: Capstone Records, CPS-8757, 2006. "Haydn, Prokofiev, Shostakovich". St. Petersburg, Russia: Northern Flowers, 2005. Nevsky String Quartet Nevsky String Quartet (Quinten Quartet, until 1998) is a string quartet based in St. Petersburg, Russia. They are noted for their award-winning performances of