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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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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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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……
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Positive Feedback Online Raves About Bartók & Kodály
Bob Neill has a fantastic and lengthy review of our new Bartók & Kodály release in the new September/October Issue of Positive Feedback: “The first thing we notice as we work our way though the (three CD) album is the weight and power the Alexanders bring to bear on, or more likely bring out of,…
