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The Arts Desk Reviews Brahms: The String Quintets and Sextets
The Arts Desk on our new Brahms: The String Quintets and Sextets recording: “The Alexander Quartet never disappoint on disc, and they’re spectacularly good here. Listening to them ease into the the waltzing second subject of the Bb Sextet’s opening movement, or hearing guest violist Toby Appel sing out the Andante’s variation theme is a…
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Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets an AllMusic Editor’s Choice!
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…
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New Releases Reviews Roundup!
We’ve already had a good amount of reviews come in for our new recordings, so here’s a roundup in case you’ve missed any! Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets The New York Times —Vivien Schweitzer The Arts Desk —Graham Rickson Pictures On Silence — Don Clark Ensemble Magazine —Carsten Durer Fanfare Magazine —Jerry Dubins Fanfare…
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New York Times Features Brahms & Schumann Piano Quintets
The New York Times, “Classical Playlist” features our new Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets recording: “Alongside her burgeoning career as a soloist and concerto performer, the pianist Joyce Yang has also demonstrated impressive gifts as a chamber musician. Here she joins the excellent Alexander String Quartet for passionate, soulful readings of two pinnacles of…
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New York Times Features Brahms & Schumann Piano Quintets
The New York Times, “Classical Playlist” features our new Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets recording: “Alongside her burgeoning career as a soloist and concerto performer, the pianist Joyce Yang has also demonstrated impressive gifts as a chamber musician. Here she joins the excellent Alexander String Quartet for passionate, soulful readings of two pinnacles of…
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Lynn René Bayley Reviews Coming “Brahms: The String Quintets & Sextets” release
Fanfare Magazine’s Lynn René Bayley has new review of our coming Brahms: The String Quintets & Sextets recording with Toby Appel and David Requiro for the upcoming Fanfare issue: “It is almost as if this Quartet and their additional players for these Quintets and Sextets visualize the music as if it were a modern construction…
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Examiner Review of Salon at the Rex Performance
Thanks to Stephen Smoliar of Examiner.com for this kind review of our San Francisco Performances Salon Series concert: “From that point of view, I would say that the Alexander String Quartet provides us with a healthy standard for approaching Beethoven in the 21st century. They understand their history, they appreciate the value of working with…
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SFCV Reviews here/after
San Francisco Classical Voice has a new review for the Jake Heggie and Gene Scheer release here/after: songs of lost voices, which features the Alexander String Quartet and Joyce DiDonato performing Camille Claudel: Into the Fire. “Heggie certainly knows the strengths of his artists. The beautiful cycle about sculptress Camille Claudel, recorded six months after…
