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New Schumann Piano Quintet Animated Score!
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New Schumann Piano Quintet Animated Score!
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Classical Net Raves for Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets
Classical Net‘s Brian Wigman has a fantastic new review for our Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets recording with Joyce Yang: “This disc is nothing short of a delight, beautifully projected chamber music in deliciously clear sound. The Alexander String Quartet…play magnificently here, and young pianist Joyce Yang proves more than a mere partner. As…
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Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets an AllMusic Editor’s Choice!
Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets with Joyce Young an AllMusic April Editor’s Choice! “The Alexander Quartet gives the Schumann more speed and dramatic energy than it usually has. … there’s a restless quality that makes the music look forward rather than backward… The group’s reading of the work is fast and furious, and if…
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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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Brahms & Schumann Piano Quintets Get Five Stars from Audiophile Audition
New Alexander String Quartet release, Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets with pianist Joyce Yang gets a new Five-Star Review from Audiophile Audition: “This recording under review is simply sensational—rarely have I had that kind of leap-out-of-your-seat experience with a work so tried and true, but this one did it, and the sound is exquisite…
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New York Times Features Brahms & Schumann Piano Quintets
The New York Times, “Classical Playlist” features our new Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets recording: “Alongside her burgeoning career as a soloist and concerto performer, the pianist Joyce Yang has also demonstrated impressive gifts as a chamber musician. Here she joins the excellent Alexander String Quartet for passionate, soulful readings of two pinnacles of…
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New York Times Features Brahms & Schumann Piano Quintets
The New York Times, “Classical Playlist” features our new Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets recording: “Alongside her burgeoning career as a soloist and concerto performer, the pianist Joyce Yang has also demonstrated impressive gifts as a chamber musician. Here she joins the excellent Alexander String Quartet for passionate, soulful readings of two pinnacles of…
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The Arts Desk Reviews Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets
Graham Rickson has his weekly Classical CD reviews up on The Arts Desk, and he’s got a rave for our new recording, Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets with Joyce Yang: “Schumann’s fiendish piano writing rarely lets up, and one of the joys of this beautifully nuanced performance from the San Francisco based Alexander Quartet…
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Brahms & Schumann Piano Quintets a “Revelation”
Don Clark’s Pictures on Silence blog has a wonderful new review for our Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets recording with pianist Joyce Yang: “In a nutshell, these are gutsy, lively, exciting and maybe even a bit edgy performances. … The Alexander Quartet and Yang simply allow the composers’ youthful energy to shine through. ……
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Ensemble Magazine Reviews Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets
Ensemble Magazine has a wonderful feature of our new Brahms & Schumann: The Piano Quintets recording with Joyce Yang. Below is an English translation of the German review: The Alexander String Quartet is particularly renowned for having helped build and establish numerous young and emerging professional string quartets at San Francisco’s State University yet unfortunately,…
