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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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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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San Francisco Classical Voice Reviews SF Performances Concert With Joyce Yang
San Francisco Classical Voice critic Steven Winn says our Schnittke Piano Quintet performance with Joyce Yang stole the show on Tuesday: “Never mind the 19th-century pyrotechnics. It was the lesser-known, five-movement Piano Quintet by the Russian composer Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) that stole the show. … Yang and the Alexander were ideally attuned to the cause.…
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Review for Paul Yarbrough and Old First Concerts
Examiner.com‘s Stephen Smoliar reviews Paul Yarbrough’s recent Basically British Old First Concert: “Through the interplay of Scharich’s mezzo voice and Yarbrough’s viola, one could readily appreciate how expressive Brahms could be when working in the lower register. … As had been the case last October, the performers made for a highly satisfying trio, which deserves…
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SFCV Reviews Lieder Alive
San Francisco Classical Voice critic Rebecca Wishnia reviews our recent LIEDER ALIVE concert with mezzo-soprano Kindra Scharich: “On Sunday, in a recital at the Noe Valley Ministry hosted by LIEDER ALIVE! — the San Francisco-based organization dedicated to art song performance — violinist Zakarias Grafilo’s arrangements for voice and string quartet helped bring Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder and Mahler’s Rückert-Lieder to life in an…
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Classical Concert Series Review
The Classical Voice of North Carolina‘s William Thomas Walker reviews our Southern Pines, North Carolina concert: “Everything must be exactly right in Mozart, and the Alexander Quartet delivered the goods in spades. Intonation was perfect, and the phrasing was superb. Balance among and between instruments was fine. Wilson brought a glowing, warm tone to the…
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Konk Life Concert Review
Harry Schroeder says our Impromptu Concert Series performance of Beethoven Quartets was “as good as it could be played” in a review for Konk Life: “This concert was about as good as chamber music can be. The group fully deserved the long standing ovation, complete with cheers, at the end. Many years ago, Yehudi Menuhin…
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2014 Record Review Recap!
Help us close out 2014 with a look back at what critics were saying about our two releases featuring Brahms and Schumann: Brahms: The String Quintets and Sextets The Arts Desk “Best of 2014” The Arts Desk Review MusicWeb International Recording of the Month! Fanfare Magazine Review (Lynn Rene Bayley) Fanfare Magazine Review (Jerry Dubins)…
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KUAF Radio Names Brahms: The String Quintets & Sextets a CD of Note
KUAF 91.3FM (Arkansas) has is featuring our Brahms: The String Quintets & Sextets CD on their “Of Note” program hosted by Katy Henriksen. “Of Note” is an hour devoted to classical recordings of note, as well as classical music and fine arts events of note in the listening area. “Explore a Brahms before Vienna with…
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Classical Net Raves for Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets
Classical Net‘s Brian Wigman has a fantastic new review for our Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets recording with Joyce Yang: “This disc is nothing short of a delight, beautifully projected chamber music in deliciously clear sound. The Alexander String Quartet…play magnificently here, and young pianist Joyce Yang proves more than a mere partner. As…
