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Locale : Dvořák Out Today!
With their latest Foghorn Classics release, Locale, the Alexander String Quartet presents brand new accounts of two of Antonín Dvořák’s most enduringly popular chamber works. The “American” String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96 from 1893 was written during the composer’s extended retreat from New York City to the rural “Czech” community of Spillville, on…
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Locale : Dvořák Out Today!
With their latest Foghorn Classics release, Locale, the Alexander String Quartet presents brand new accounts of two of Antonín Dvořák’s most enduringly popular chamber works. The “American” String Quartet in F Major, Op. 96 from 1893 was written during the composer’s extended retreat from New York City to the rural “Czech” community of Spillville, on…
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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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The Whole Note Reviews Mozart: Apotheosis, Vol. 2
The Whole Note Reviews the Alexander String Quartet’s Mozart: The Piano Quartets – Apotheosis, Vol. 2 recording with pianist Joyce Yang: “Mozart was not the first to write quartets for piano and strings, but his two contributions – the Piano Quartet in G Minor K478 and Piano Quartet in E-flat Major K493 from 1785 and 1786 respectively – are…
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Available NOW – Mozart: The String Quartets – Apotheosis, Vol. 2
The latest release from the Alexander String Quartet, Mozart Apotheosis, Vol. 2 is now available for streaming, download, and CD purchase! “these are by far, hands down and feet up, the most amazing performances of Mozart’s two piano quartets that have ever graced these ears.” —Jerry Dubins, Fanfare Magazine “the Alexanders sound probing and sympathetic,…
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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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Pre-order Mozart: The Piano Quartets — Apotheosis, Vol. 2
Mozart: The Piano Quartets — Apotheosis, Vol. 2 Now Available for Pre-Order on Amazon Maintaining focus on Mozart’s last years, members of the Alexander String Quartet join with electrifying and much-lauded pianist Joyce Yang on this recording of the two piano quartets. This is the second of a three-volume set which will include many of…
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ASQ’s April in New York
Tuesday April 24, 2017 7:30 pm Anne Ratner Concert Series New York, New York Tel: (518) 329-7924 Web: www.anneratnerconcertseries.org Program: TBA Wednesday April 25, 2018 7:30 pm Baruch Performing Arts Center Baruch College, City University of New York Engelman Recital Hall New York, New York Tel: (646) 312-5073 Web: baruch.cuny.edu/bpac Program: Robert Schumann Quartet in A Minor,…
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Mozart Festival at Baruch College
The Baruch Performing Arts Center (BPAC) presents the Alexander String Quartet in two concerts, Wednesday, May 3 and Friday, May 5 while the Aaron Silberman Concert Series presents a Community Preview Matinee on Thursday, May 4. Each evening showcases BPAC’s quartet-in-residence performing two all-Mozart programs along with Cliburn silver-medalist Joyce Yang. On Wednesday, May 3,…
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San Francisco Classical Voice Reviews SF Performances Concert With Joyce Yang
San Francisco Classical Voice critic Steven Winn says our Schnittke Piano Quintet performance with Joyce Yang stole the show on Tuesday: “Never mind the 19th-century pyrotechnics. It was the lesser-known, five-movement Piano Quintet by the Russian composer Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) that stole the show. … Yang and the Alexander were ideally attuned to the cause.…
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Joyce Yang Masterclass TODAY!
Before Tuesday (11/10) night’s concert with pianist Joyce Yang, San Francisco State University will present a FREE masterclass open to the public on Monday, November 9th from 4-6pm! Program Aaron Copland – Sonata for Piano (1939-41) I. Molto moderato Christopher Peters – class of Victoria Neve, San Francisco State University J. S. Bach – Preludium,…
