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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,…
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Don Clark takes a Gershwin & Kern Road Trip
Another stellar review from Pictures On Silence critic, Don Clark, for our Gershwin & Kern recording! “…faced with a trip home that would involve some late night driving, I grabbed some CDs to keep my mind alert and my bleary eyes open. One of my selections this time was a new disc sent for my…
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Gershwin & Kern a CD Hotlist Top Pick!
Last month, our Gershwin & Kern release was chosen as a CDHotlist.com top pick and was named “Rick’s Pick”: “String quartet arrangements of jazz standards are nothing new—and sometimes they’re not even anything special. This album is, though. The first four tracks consist of selections from Porgy & Bess arranged for string quartet plus clarinet,…
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Film Music Blog Reviews Gershwin & Kern
The blog Film Music: The Neglected Art has a new review for our latest release Gershwin & Kern: “The first part of the CD includes the four major songs from “Porgy and Bess” featuring the clarinet of Joan Enric Lluna. It is written as a showcase for the talents of the virtuoso and he doesn’t…
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San Francisco Chronicle Reviews Gershwin & Kern
Joshua Kosman of The San Francisco Chronicle with a review for our new release Gershwin & Kern: “…it’s striking and invigorating to hear some of [Gershwin and Kern’s] familiar songs in these beautiful arrangements, suavely and soulfully played by the Alexander String Quartet. The gem of this set is Carl Davis’ adaptation of four songs…
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KDFC State of The Arts features Gershwin & Kern
KDFC’s “The State of The Arts” features the new Gershwin & Kern recording and interviews ASQ’s own Zak Grafilo. Take a listen: From KDFC: “The latest CD by the Alexander String Quartet pairs two kings of the American popular song: George Gershwin and Jerome Kern. A suite of tunes from Porgy and Bess, which began…
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Alexander String Quartet – Gershwin & Kern – Release Day!
Release Day! Gershwin & Kern The Alexander String Quartet & Joan Enric Lluna Foghorn Classics CD2008 The Alexander String Quartet, now in its 31st season and among the world’s premiere chamber ensembles, releases a vibrant new recording of much-loved music by George Gershwin and Jerome Kern on its Foghorn Classics label. The quartet is joined…
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Songs of Jerome Kern – Gershwin and Kern
New Alexander String Quartet release Gershwin & Kern features six songs by Jerome Kern. Here are some brief notes on these well-known songs: The transcriptions of six Kern songs for string quartet heard on this disc were copyrighted in January 1942, nearly four years before Kern’s death, and the published score notes that these songs…
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Stream Gershwin’s “Lullaby for String Quartet” for a limited time!
Stream the final track from Gershwin & Kern, Lullaby for String Quartet, by George Gershwin for a limited time via SoundCloud! Take a listen now to the full work before we take it down after the release date on the 14th! Gerswhin & Kern: Track 11 — Lullaby for String Quartet (Gershwin): The conclusion of…
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Song-Pluggers of Gershwin and Kern
We continue looking through the liner notes of the Gershwin & Kern recording as we approach it’s impending release — August 14th! Today, we share author Eric Bromberger’s notes on Gershwin and Kern as contemporaries: George Gershwin and Jerome Kern were contemporaries, and their careers ran along parallel paths. Both began their careers as “song-pluggers,”…
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How a recording featuring Gershwin started in Spain
How does the idea for a recording of two great American composers get started in Spain? Well, take a look at an excerpt from the Gershwin & Kern Liner notes to find out: “The path to this disc of quintessentially American music was long and circuitous; it involves the contributions of many different people over…
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Gershwin & Kern dedication to Freda Silberman
Gershwin & Kern Dedication to Freda Silberman on the occasion of her ninetieth Birthday! From the Gershwin & Kern Liner Note Dedication: All the Things You Are… Given the intimate nature of the chamber music art form, it should be expected that it would engender, along with beautiful sounds, beautiful relationships. When the Alexander…
