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MusicWeb Names Our Brahms Quartets a Recommended Release!
Our new Brahms: String Quartets recording received a MusicWeb International Recommended distinction and new review from critic Ralph Moore. “The joy of this quartet’s playing is immediately apparent in the ferocious opening movement of the C minor quartet: they play with all the verve, drive and passion you could wish for but never at the…
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MusicWeb International Reviews In Meinem Himmel
MusicWeb International reviews our Mahler Song Cycles recording with Kindra Scharich: “Pace Grafilo, I actually find this quartet transcription more intimate than the piano version. Four string players, working in coördination, can actually be more flexible than one pianist at a grand piano, whose imposing resonance somehow induces formality. Many passages in the Rückert songs and the Kindertotenlieder move along rather briskly:…
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Apotheosis Vol. 1 A MusicWeb International Recommended Recording!
Dominy Clements names Mozart: The Final Quartets, Apotheosis Vol. 1 a Recommended recording on MusicWeb International! “There is a transparency in the playing and recording throughout this set which has a welcoming character that is both superficially attractive and always rewards ever-closer listening. This may have something to do with the matched quality of the…
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More Praise for Patagón
MusicWeb International‘s Paul Corfield Godfrey adds to the growing praise for the Alexander String Quartet’s Cindy Cox: Patagón recording: “The opening Elegy for the difficult and sometimes intractable medium of solo violin does no violence to the nature of the instrument, and indeed begins with a sense of rapture which charms the ear before leading…
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MusicWeb International Reviews Mozart: Homage
MusicWeb International‘s Brian Reinhart has a new review for our Homage recording of Mozart’s Six Quartets Dedicated to Haydn: “The Alexander String Quartet manages a double-act of time travel in their Mozart set. Aside from the trip back to Mozart’s day, they also offer a performing style that brings to mind some of the great…
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Brahms String Quintets and Sextets a Recording of the Month!
MusicWeb International names our Brahms String Quintets & Sextets a “Recording of the Month” to kick off November! “The Alexander String Quartet has a special affinity for Brahms. Their expansive, romantic sonority is tailor-made for the composer: on this two-disc set the ensemble can sound like a whole string orchestra. … Listening to the ASQ…
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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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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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With Strings Attached Gets a Rave from MusicWeb International
Recent release With Strings Attached, featuring the ASQ and the San Francisco Choral Artists gets a rave review from MusicWeb International: “Alongside music by big classical names we get some transcriptions, and some interesting new works commissioned for the project. The old and the new combine to create a beautiful program shining like facets of…
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MusicWeb International Reviews Mozart Haydn Quartets
MusicWeb International has a new review of our Mozart: Homage — the Six Quartets Dedicated to Haydn recording: “Individually, Mozart’s ‘Haydn’ Quartets have been recorded countless times by every string quartet worth its salt…The ASQ – who last year celebrated their 30th anniversary – are hard to fault in any regard: their professionalism is immaculate,…
