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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…
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Jerry Dubins Reviews Brahms Quintets and Sextets in Fanfare
Fanfare Magazine’s Jerry Dubins (who interviewed Zak Grafilo and reviewed our Brahms & Schumann CD as well) gives high praise to our Brahms: The String Quintets & Sextets CD: “Perhaps the most amazing aspect of this Sextet (B-flat Major) is the clarity of the textures and lines Brahms maintains throughout the work, in spite of…
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New Release — Brahms: The String Quintets & Sextets
Now Available for CD & Download! Brahms: The String Quintets & Sextets The Alexander String Quartet; Toby Appel, viola; David Requiro, cello; The perennially beloved complete string quintets and sextets of Johannes Brahms, performed by the Alexander String Quartet with their cherished and beloved collaborators, violist Toby Appel and cellist David Requiro. These new recordings…
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Lynn René Bayley Reviews Coming “Brahms: The String Quintets & Sextets” release
Fanfare Magazine’s Lynn René Bayley has new review of our coming Brahms: The String Quintets & Sextets recording with Toby Appel and David Requiro for the upcoming Fanfare issue: “It is almost as if this Quartet and their additional players for these Quintets and Sextets visualize the music as if it were a modern construction…
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David Requiro Joins the ASQ for the Schubert Quintet this Saturday
This Saturday, the ASQ will close out the San Francisco Performances Franz Schubert Series with the Schubert Quintet in C Major (Read about this piece from guest lecturer Robert Greenberg!). Joining ASQ in this performance is cellist David Requiro. About David Requiro: First Prize winner of the 2008 Naumburg International Violoncello Competition, David Requiro (pronounced…
