This is actually more of a "name that performing group" - Steinberg (1883-1946) wrote two quartets, Op.5 (1907) & Op. 16 (1925) - neither is available on this side of the former Warsaw Pact line - can any of our Russian friends tell me if they were ever recorded/released in Russia?
Apparently, he mostly resided in St. Petersburg for the vast majority of his life (whether or not he stuck it out during the Nazi-Germany invasion attempt, I don't know - I don't have detailed biographical info on him - not even a complete works list.) The first quartet is published in the West, but not the 2nd, from what I've been able to see.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Quote from: Scion7 on September 06, 2020, 12:01:55 AM
This is actually more of a "name that performing group" - Steinberg (1883-1946) wrote two quartets, Op.5 (1907) & Op. 16 (1925) - neither is available on this side of the former Warsaw Pact line - can any of our Russian friends tell me if they were ever recorded/released in Russia?
Apparently, he mostly resided in St. Petersburg for the vast majority of his life (whether or not he stuck it out during the Nazi-Germany invasion attempt, I don't know - I don't have detailed biographical info on him - not even a complete works list.) The first quartet is published in the West, but not the 2nd, from what I've been able to see.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have searched for the string quartets and found this website offering 2 or 3 minutes of the
String Quartet #1:
https://www.editionsilvertrust.com/steinberg-qt-1.htm (https://www.editionsilvertrust.com/steinberg-qt-1.htm)
"Steve Jones" is the source for the performance snippets: perhaps you can discover through the publisher where the recording came from.
Orchestral works are available on YouTube: e.g.
https://www.youtube.com/v/udS8gMzmJ0U
I believe he is part of a local group of musicians that make samples for the Editions Silvertrust from various scores; dusty words on a page are not enough to lure the buyers. I heard those earlier - the fourth movement especially made me want to find some recording of both quartets. :blank:
Quote from: Scion7 on September 06, 2020, 08:03:43 AM
I believe he is part of a local group of musicians that make samples for the Editions Silvertrust from various scores; dusty words on a page are not enough to lure the buyers. I heard those earlier - the fourth movement especially made me want to find some recording of both quartets. :blank:
Perhaps if you bought the score and offered it to a (young?) string quartet, they would be interested in rare/neglected works.
Perhaps if you loaned me your professional recording studio,
I might consider it. ;D