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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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Brahms a Best of 2014
The Arts Desk‘s Graham Rickson names his Best Classical CDs of 2014 and our Brahms: The String Quintets and Sextets makes the cut! “Also hailing from San Francisco are the Alexander String Quartet, whose recent Bartok and Shostakovich cycles on the Foghorn Classics label wouldn’t disappoint anyone. They’re joined by violist Toby Appel and cellist…
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Brahms String Quintets and Sextets a Recording of the Month!
MusicWeb International names our Brahms String Quintets & Sextets a “Recording of the Month” to kick off November! “The Alexander String Quartet has a special affinity for Brahms. Their expansive, romantic sonority is tailor-made for the composer: on this two-disc set the ensemble can sound like a whole string orchestra. … Listening to the ASQ…
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Classical Net Reviews Brahms String Quintets & Sextets
Brian Wigman has a rave new review for our Brahms String Quintets & Sextets on Classical.net: “This review is going to be short, because so highly-acclaimed is this disc that my opinion isn’t particularly important, if ever it was. Simply put, after delighting the critical establishment with some marvelous Piano Quintets, the Alexander String Quartet…
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Latest releases on the “Rdio”
Rdio users rejoice! Our latest releases are available for streaming on Rdio: Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets http://rd.io/x/Rl4qsAY-Egae/ Brahms: The String Quintets & Sextets http://rd.io/x/Rl4qsAY-Egbr/
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Film Music Critic Recommends Brahms Quintets & Sextets
Film music critic, Thomas Kiefner has a very kind new review for our Brahms: The Quintets & Sextets recording: “Along with coffee I put on the String Quintet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 88 (1882) of Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) and what a pleasant way to start the day! …the upbeat well structured Quintet No.…
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Strings Magazine Features Brahms: The String Quintets & Sextets
In the upcoming August issue of Strings Magazine, critic Laurence Vittes comes away impressed with the new Brahms: The String Quintets & Sextets recording: “Their two-CD set of the Quintets Op. 88 and 111, and Sextets Op. 18 and 36, with violist Toby Appel and cellist David Requiro, shows the Alexanders at the full breadth…
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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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Brahms: The String Quintets and Sextets “Chamber Music Heaven”
An ArkivMusic.com customer calls our Brahms: The String Quintets & Sextets CD “Chamber Music Heaven!” “The Alexander with augmented forces show their mettle in beautiful recordings of the Brahms sextets and the string quintets. All come off with beautiful playing, phrasing and intonation. I was especially impressed with the Sextets which are some of my…
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New Animated Score Video from Stephen Malinowski
Stephen Malinowski of the Music Animation Machine has a new animated score for our new recording of the Brahms String Quintet in G Major, Op. 111: III. Un Poco Allegretto: Purchase: iTunes Foghorn Classics Amazon Subscribe to Mr. Malinowski’s YouTube Channel!
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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…
