String Quartet (Webern) String Quartet (Webern) The String Quartet, Op. 28 by Anton Webern is written for the standard string quartet group of two violins, viola and cello. It was the last piece of chamber music that Webern wrote (his other late works include two cantatas Op. 29/31 and the "Variations for Orchestra, Op. 30"). The work was initially planned in November 1936 and was premiered at the Coolidge Festival in Pittsfield, Massachusetts on September 22, 1938 in response to a commission that year from Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge. It is in three movements: The String Quartet is atonal, and is composed using the
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