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Two ASQ Recordings Named Best of 2014!
Pictures on Silence critic, Don Clark, has released his “Baker’s Dozen Best Recordings of 2014” list and included our Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets and Bartók & Kodály: The Complete String Quartets recordings! Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets “The talented Alexanders and brilliant Joyce Yang take on two towers of 19th century chamber…
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Pictures on Silence Reviews Bartók & Kodály
After a rave review of one of our latest releases, Don Clark has a new review for our Bartók & Kodály recording: “The Alexanders dig into this music with technically secure, well paced performances… The Alexanders’ performances are dramatic, lean and intense, but never unpleasant or forced. Clean, clear and on pitch pizzicati are noteworthy…
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The Whole Note Reviews Bartók and Kodály
The Whole Note Magazine reviews a slew of new string recordings in a feature called “Strings Attached” in the March 2014 issue, and include our recent Bartók & Kodály release: “…the Kodály works receive outstanding performances…The Bartók Quartets are of an equally high standard, with a refined and polished feel to them, although the tougher,…
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This Weekend — Mozart, Bartók and Kodály
This weekend marks three concerts in two days — Mozart in Vienna at the SFJAZZ Center and Bartók & Kodály at the Mondavi Center! Saturday February 22, 2014 10:00 am Mozart in Vienna: Season One San Francisco Performances Inc. SFJAZZ Center San Francisco, California Tel: (415) 398-6449 Web: www.performances.org Program: ASQ with…
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Kodály String Quartet, No. 1 Graphical Score Video
Stephen Malinowski of the Music Animation Machine, has a new “graphical score” video up featuring our recording of the third movement from the Kodály String Quartet, No. 1! Have a look (and listen) here: iTunes Allegro Classical Amazon
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Another Fanfare review for Bartók & Kodály
Another review for our Bartók & Kodály release in the latest issue of Fanfare Magazine! “Kodály’s Second Quartet, op. 10, is less than half as lengthy as his First, far more sophisticated, and equally lovely. The Alexander gives gorgeous readings of both quartets, becoming a bit more aggressive at Kodály’s energetic moments than it was…
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Fanfare With A New Rave For Bartók & Kodály
Jerry Dubins recently published a rave review of our Bartók & Kodály recording for Fanfare Magazine subscribers, calling it one of “the finest Bartók quartets on record.” “This is a superb new Bartók string quartet cycle, and one I shall return to often … Consequently, by reason alone of it being an invaluable addition to…
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Bartók & Kodály Given A Positive Feedback 2013 Writers Choice Award
Positive Feedback Online has released their “10th Annual Positive Feedback Writers’ Choice Awards” list for 2013. A list they dub “The Best of the Best!”; and our new Bartók & Kodály recording is one of three CDs selected! “Quietly, deliberately, and without fanfare, the Alexander String Quartet has been moving through the major string quartet…
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Audiophile Audition Gives Five Stars to Bartók & Kodály!
Audiophile Audition gives a rave Five-Star review of our Bartók & Kodály recording, leading with, “This is an essential recording, maybe the best ever of these important works.” “If ever an album had ‘Grammy nominee’ written on its front cover, this is it. There have only been a handful of “complete” Bartok quartets recordings that…
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MusicWeb International Reviews Bartók & Kodály
MusicWeb International‘s Dominy Clements reviews our new Bartók & Kodály recording: “Bartók’s string quartets are amongst the most superb and striking of the entire 20th century, and the ASQ does them proud in these performances. They nail the heightened folk-music intensity of a movement such as the finale of the String Quartet No. 3, and…
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Bartók String Quartet No. 1, Opus 7, Sz.40
Bartók made the first sketches for his First String Quartet in 1907, did most of the composition in 1908, and completed the quartet on January 27, 1909, but the music had to wait over a year for its premiere at the “Bartók evening” in March 1910. Any composer who sets out to write a string…
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Grego Applegate Edwards reviews new Bartók & Kodály Release
Grego Applegate Edwards has a new review for the latest ASQ release, Bartók & Kodály, on his Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review blog: “ There is no doubt in my mind; the Alexander String Quartet is a crack outfit. Their Bartok & Kodaly, The Complete String Quartets, a 3-CD set (Foghorn Classics 2009), makes that clear……
