Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets with Joyce Young an AllMusic April Editor’s Choice!
“The Alexander Quartet gives the Schumann more speed and dramatic energy than it usually has. … there’s a restless quality that makes the music look forward rather than backward… The group’s reading of the work is fast and furious, and if there are points where the more lyrical episodes seem to be straining to get back to the loud stuff, the overall impression is one of a performance that truly wrestles with the work, one that Brahms’ listeners themselves would have treasured. A major statement in the High Romantic chamber repertoire.” —James Manheim