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Fanfare finds Dvořák: Locale to be a Gratifying Achievement!
Huntley Dent is the second Fanfare critic to add our new Dvořák : Locale recording in the “Not To Be Missed”! “ the Alexander String Quartet delivers profoundly beautiful readings of two Dvořák masterpieces with a remarkable feeling of freshness. No passage is played by rote, and you never feel the fatigue of years. For…
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Fanfare says Locale is Not To Be Missed!
Jerry Dubins of Fanfare Magazine not only has our new Dvořák : Locale recording in the “Not To Be Missed” section, he’s also entering it in Fanfare‘s Classical Hall of Fame! “The Alexander String Quartet, joined by Joyce Yang in Dvořák’s Piano Quintet, has done it again. Hard on the heels of the ASQ’s recent…
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A Warm Recommendation for the Mozart Piano Quartets
“Joyce Yang plays with a full, brilliant tone, definitely aimed at getting the most possible out of the modern piano. The Alexanders play on a matched 1987 set of instruments made by Francis Kuttner. The violin and cello are designed after Stradivarius models. Together the strings produce a rich blended tone… Yang and the Alexanders…
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Music Minus One, Plus One—The Alexander String Quartet Becomes a Piano Quartet
The following interview by Jerry Dubins is from the November/December 2018 issue of Fanfare Magazine and used with permission. Two interviews and literally dozens of reviews later, the Alexander String Quartet, which has graced us with so many outstanding recordings of much mainstream string quartet literature, has joined forces with the dynamic young pianist Joyce…
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A Warm Recommendation for The Mahler Song Cycles from Fanfare Magazine
Fanfare Magazine’s Huntley Dent gives a recommendation for The Mahler Song Cycles: In meinem Himmel in the January/February 2019 issue: “The [Songs of a Wayfarer] song cycle poses no perplexity for the acclaimed Alexander String Quartet and mezzo Kindra Scharich. She sings with musical sensitivity, attention to the text, spot-on intonation, and a meltingly lovely timbre.…
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An absolute RAVE review from Fanfare for Mozart: The Piano Quartets, Apotheosis, Vol. 2
Fanfare Magazine’s Jerry Dubins offers the first review for the Alexander String Quartet and Joyce Yang’s July 27th release, Mozart: The Piano Quartets, Apotheosis, Vol. 2! “Some time has passed since last hearing from the Alexander String Quartet, but the wait has been well worth it. I will state categorically at the outset of this…
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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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Zak Weighs in on our new releases
Fanfare Magazine’s Jerry Dubins interviewed ASQ’s Zak Grafilo about our new release of Brahms and Schumann Piano Quintets with Joyce Yang. Read a little of their conversation here and find the full interview at FanfareMag.com! Jerry: Speaking of the Piano Quintet, now there’s a wild thing, if ever there was one. As a student at…
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Lynn René Bayley Reviews Coming Brahms & Schumann Piano Quintets
Fanfare Magazine’s Lynn René Bayley has new review of our coming Brahms & Schumann Piano Quintets recording with pianist Joyce Yang for the upcoming Fanfare issue: “The crisp, lively, and emotionally committed performance style of the Alexander Quartet has almost become a trademark in my home. I look forward to each and every one of…
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Fanfare Magazine Interviews ASQ Founder Sandy Wilson
Lynn René Bayley of Fanfare Magazine has a new, and very thorough, interview with ASQ’s founder, Sandy Wilson. Take a look at her kind introduction, and then follow the link to the full interview! The Alexander String Quartet, headquartered in San Francisco, is only now starting to make its way into the homes of millions…
