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Art Music Lounge Reviews Brahms & Mozart: Clarinet Quintets
August 14, 2020 brings the Alexander String Quartet and clarinetist Eli Eban’s Brahms & Mozart: Clarinet Quintets recording! Critic Lynn René Bayley has a pre-release review on her Art Music Lounge site: “[In the Mozart] They very properly use a light, quick vibrato, which is what string players of the 18th century actually did when… Continue Reading
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MusicWeb International Reviews In Meinem Himmel
MusicWeb International reviews our Mahler Song Cycles recording with Kindra Scharich: “Pace Grafilo, I actually find this quartet transcription more intimate than the piano version. Four string players, working in coördination, can actually be more flexible than one pianist at a grand piano, whose imposing resonance somehow induces formality. Many passages in the Rückert songs and the Kindertotenlieder move along rather briskly:… Continue Reading
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Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Christ
It has been the Alexander String Quartet’s pleasure to present a performance of Haydn’s Seven Last Words of Christ at San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral on Good Friday alongside verse readings by Dean Emeritus Alan Jones. This year, we spent Holy Week creating a virtual performance. We recorded each of our parts while sheltering-in-place, and our… Continue Reading
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ALEXANDER STRING QUARTET ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT OF VIOLIST PAUL YARBROUGH AND NAMES NEW MEMBER DAVID SAMUEL, AN INTERNATIONALLY ACCOMPLISHED CHAMBER MUSICIAN, SOLOIST AND ORCHESTRAL MUSICIAN
TRANSITION TO BE PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED AT THE QUARTET’S SAN FRANCISCO PERFORMANCES FEBRUARY 29 CONCERT AT HERBST THEATRE The 39-year-old, San Francisco based Alexander String Quartet (ASQ) announces the retirement of violist Paul Yarbrough, who will be succeeded by David Samuel. The public announcement will be made at their San Francisco Performances Saturday Morning Series performances… Continue Reading
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The Whole Note Reviews Dvořák: Locale!
The Whole Note’s Ivana Popovich reviews our Dvořák : Locale recording in their December 2019 issue: “ If I was asked to describe Dvořák’s chamber music, I would say it has the characteristics of an abundant ball of energy, the one that brings joy no matter what and is enriched by the occasional touch of… Continue Reading
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Five Star AllMusic Review for Dvořák: Locale!
AllMusic‘s James Manheim gives a Five-Star rating to our Dvořák : Locale recording! “There is absolutely no shortage of recordings of these two popular Dvorák works, but this one is a standout. … Consider this pairing of the String Quartet in F major, Op. 96 (“American”), with the Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81.… Continue Reading
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Fanfare finds Dvořák: Locale to be a Gratifying Achievement!
Huntley Dent is the second Fanfare critic to add our new Dvořák : Locale recording in the “Not To Be Missed”! “ the Alexander String Quartet delivers profoundly beautiful readings of two Dvořák masterpieces with a remarkable feeling of freshness. No passage is played by rote, and you never feel the fatigue of years. For… Continue Reading
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Fanfare says Locale is Not To Be Missed!
Jerry Dubins of Fanfare Magazine not only has our new Dvořák : Locale recording in the “Not To Be Missed” section, he’s also entering it in Fanfare‘s Classical Hall of Fame! “The Alexander String Quartet, joined by Joyce Yang in Dvořák’s Piano Quintet, has done it again. Hard on the heels of the ASQ’s recent… Continue Reading
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Locale : Dvořák Out Today!
With their latest Foghorn Classics release, Locale, the Alexander String Quartet presents brand new accounts of two of Antonín Dvořák’s most enduringly popular chamber works. The “American” String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96 from 1893 was written during the composer’s extended retreat from New York City to the rural “Czech” community of Spillville, on… Continue Reading
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Locale : Dvořák Out Today!
With their latest Foghorn Classics release, Locale, the Alexander String Quartet presents brand new accounts of two of Antonín Dvořák’s most enduringly popular chamber works. The “American” String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96 from 1893 was written during the composer’s extended retreat from New York City to the rural “Czech” community of Spillville, on… Continue Reading
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Apotheosis Vol. 1 Receives a Top Rating from InfoDad
The InfoDad blog awards ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (their top rating) to our Mozart: The Final Quartets, Apotheosis Vol. 1 recording: “ The great chamber music of the past continues to involve and thrill performers and listeners alike, and to be subject to multiple interpretations that emphasize varying elements of works that are multifaceted and have genuine depth.… Continue Reading
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Apotheosis Vol. 1 A MusicWeb International Recommended Recording!
Dominy Clements names Mozart: The Final Quartets, Apotheosis Vol. 1 a Recommended recording on MusicWeb International! “There is a transparency in the playing and recording throughout this set which has a welcoming character that is both superficially attractive and always rewards ever-closer listening. This may have something to do with the matched quality of the… Continue Reading
