Tag: Brian Reinhart

  • MusicWeb International Reviews Mozart: Homage

    MusicWeb International‘s Brian Reinhart has a new review for our Homage recording of Mozart’s Six Quartets Dedicated to Haydn: “The Alexander String Quartet manages a double-act of time travel in their Mozart set. Aside from the trip back to Mozart’s day, they also offer a performing style that brings to mind some of the great…

  • Brahms & Schumann a MusicWeb International Recording of the Year

    Twenty-Six MusicWeb International critics nominated 141 recordings for their 2014 favorites; of those 141, only NINE recordings were nominated by more than one reviewer. One of those nine Recording of the Year double-nominees? Brahms & Schumann: the Piano Quintets featuring the Alexander String Quartet and pianist Joyce Yang! “I felt then that I had found…

  • 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…

  • MusicWeb International on Gershwin & Kern

    A new Brian Reinhart review for our Gershwin & Kern recording is now on MusicWeb International: “Sometimes you need a little indulgence. Do as I did and pair [the Kern songs] with French chocolate. Or you could be more ambitious and put it on in the background at your next soirée, along with some candles,…

  • Brahms & Schumann: Piano Quintets a MusicWeb International Recording of the Month

    Brian Reinhart has named the new Brahms & Schumann: Piano Quintets a MusicWeb International Recording of the Month! “On first listen, I thought, ‘I really, really like this CD’. … Then I started tallying up all the Alexander Quartet albums I now desperately want to purchase, and pitying my poor wallet. All that is a…

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