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
Atrium String Quartet Atrium String Quartet Atrium String Quartet is a Russian string quartet and one of the leading young ensembles. Quartet founded in 2000 in St Petersburg. Atrium Quartet is the prize-winner of several International Competitions including First Prizes of IX London International String Quartet Competition in 2003 and VII Bordeaux International String Quartet Competition in 2007. Recordings (EMI, Zig-Zag Territoires, Oclassica, Columna Musica, Profil Haenssler) of the quartet include works by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Debussy, Shostakovich, Tchaikovsky, Yuri Falik and Jordi Cervelló (his "A Bach" and "St Petersburg" quartets dedicated to the members of the Atrium Quartet). In 2013 Quartet