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Available NOW – Mozart: The String Quartets – Apotheosis, Vol. 2
The latest release from the Alexander String Quartet, Mozart Apotheosis, Vol. 2 is now available for streaming, download, and CD purchase! “these are by far, hands down and feet up, the most amazing performances of Mozart’s two piano quartets that have ever graced these ears.” —Jerry Dubins, Fanfare Magazine “the Alexanders sound probing and sympathetic,…
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Apotheosis Volume Two Should Be Your First Choice in Mozart’s Piano Quartets
Fanfare Magazine’s Huntley Dent offers a second review for our July 27th release, Mozart: The Piano Quartets, Apotheosis, Vol. 2 with pianist Joyce Yang! “The long-standing and widely praised Alexander Quartet brings warmth and vitality to Mozart’s wonderful piano quartets, which date from 1785 and 1786—fitting just before and after Le nozze di Figaro—performing them…
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An absolute RAVE review from Fanfare for Mozart: The Piano Quartets, Apotheosis, Vol. 2
Fanfare Magazine’s Jerry Dubins offers the first review for the Alexander String Quartet and Joyce Yang’s July 27th release, Mozart: The Piano Quartets, Apotheosis, Vol. 2! “Some time has passed since last hearing from the Alexander String Quartet, but the wait has been well worth it. I will state categorically at the outset of this…
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Sunday LIEDER ALIVE!
Sunday, June 11 will mark the world premiere performance of our own Zak Grafilo’s Mahler Lieder eines Fahrenden gesellen (Songs of a Wayfarer) transcription for string quartet and mezzo-soprano (Kindra Scharich). The event will be presented by LIEDER ALIVE! and will also mark the launch of a Kickstarter campaign to support the recording of three…
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The Arts Desk Reviews Patagón!
Graham Rickson reviews our Cindy Cox: Patagón recording in The Arts Desk: “Cindy Cox’s Columba aspexit is based around a chart by Hildegard von Bingen. … What Cox does with her material is fascinating; the use of canons giving the piece a very distinctive character, both archaic and fiercely contemporary. … The quartet writing is…
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Stephen Malinowski Animates Patagón!
Cindy Cox: Patagón Amazon iTunes Apple Music ArkivMusic Spotify See more of Stephen Malinowski’s Animated Scores featuring ASQ recordings:
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Follow Along With The Patagón Score!
Cindy Cox has graciously made her Patagón score available online! Take a look and follow along as you listen! Amazon iTunes Apple Music ArkivMusic Spotify
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More Praise for Patagón
MusicWeb International‘s Paul Corfield Godfrey adds to the growing praise for the Alexander String Quartet’s Cindy Cox: Patagón recording: “The opening Elegy for the difficult and sometimes intractable medium of solo violin does no violence to the nature of the instrument, and indeed begins with a sense of rapture which charms the ear before leading…
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The Whole Note Reviews Patagón
“Cox’s music here is quite fascinating, quite varied and not easy to describe. The composer Robert Carl, writing in Fanfare Magazine, said that “Cox writes music that demonstrates an extremely refined and imaginative sense of instrumental colour and texture … this is well wrought, imaginative, and not easily classifiable music.” It’s exactly that. … Inspired…
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Patagón Receives 5 Stars from Audiophile Audition!
New ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review from Steven Ritter of Audiophile Audition for Cindy Cox: Patagón: “You want the short review? This is the best new music disc I have heard this year, and you should buy it. That was for those of you shopping and caught up in the Christmas season. … Cox seems to have a…
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Now Available — Patagón : Cindy Cox
This is ASQ’s second recording of Cindy Cox’s first quartet, Columba aspexit, a stunningly difficult yet delicately spiritual work of exquisite beauty. The 2nd Quartet, Patagón, was written at the request of, and dedicated to, the Alexander String Quartet on the occasion of their 30th Anniversary. Cindy wrote this powerfully evocative work chronicling her sabbatical…
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Columba aspexit, after Hildegard von Bingen
Columba aspexit, after Hildegard von Bingen (1995) in four movements, played without pause Columba aspexit has its origins in a chant by the twelfth-century mystic Hildegard. Her visions and prophecies are collected in a large volume called Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum (Symphony of the Celestial Harmonies), and within this collection are fourteen chants, “Columba…
