String Quartet (Webern) it with a letter saying that the piece was "purely lyrical" and comparing it to the two and three movement piano sonatas of Ludwig van Beethoven. The piece was first published in 1939 by Boosey & Hawkes, and was the last of Webern's works to be published in his lifetime. In 1955 another edition appeared from Universal Edition. 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
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