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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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The Arts Desk Reviews Patagón!
Graham Rickson reviews our Cindy Cox: Patagón recording in The Arts Desk: “Cindy Cox’s Columba aspexit is based around a chart by Hildegard von Bingen. … What Cox does with her material is fascinating; the use of canons giving the piece a very distinctive character, both archaic and fiercely contemporary. … The quartet writing is…
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The Whole Note Reviews Patagón
“Cox’s music here is quite fascinating, quite varied and not easy to describe. The composer Robert Carl, writing in Fanfare Magazine, said that “Cox writes music that demonstrates an extremely refined and imaginative sense of instrumental colour and texture … this is well wrought, imaginative, and not easily classifiable music.” It’s exactly that. … Inspired…
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Fanfare Magazine Reviews Patagón
Fanfare Magazine’s Colin Clarke has a new review for our latest recording Patagón featuring the music of Cindy Cox: “Elegy for solo violin is a five-minute, slowly-unfolding, eloquent tribute. Zakarias Grafilo plays it beautifully, particularly the stratospherically-high final section: the music seems to ascend into silence like a spirit finding the higher realms. … Out…
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Patagón Receives 5 Stars from Audiophile Audition!
New ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ review from Steven Ritter of Audiophile Audition for Cindy Cox: Patagón: “You want the short review? This is the best new music disc I have heard this year, and you should buy it. That was for those of you shopping and caught up in the Christmas season. … Cox seems to have a…
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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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Classical Net Reviews Brahms String Quintets & Sextets
Brian Wigman has a rave new review for our Brahms String Quintets & Sextets on Classical.net: “This review is going to be short, because so highly-acclaimed is this disc that my opinion isn’t particularly important, if ever it was. Simply put, after delighting the critical establishment with some marvelous Piano Quintets, the Alexander String Quartet…
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Film Music Critic Recommends Brahms Quintets & Sextets
Film music critic, Thomas Kiefner has a very kind new review for our Brahms: The Quintets & Sextets recording: “Along with coffee I put on the String Quintet No. 1 in F Major, Op. 88 (1882) of Johannes Brahms (1833-1897) and what a pleasant way to start the day! …the upbeat well structured Quintet No.…
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Strings Magazine Features Brahms: The String Quintets & Sextets
In the upcoming August issue of Strings Magazine, critic Laurence Vittes comes away impressed with the new Brahms: The String Quintets & Sextets recording: “Their two-CD set of the Quintets Op. 88 and 111, and Sextets Op. 18 and 36, with violist Toby Appel and cellist David Requiro, shows the Alexanders at the full breadth…
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Brahms: The String Quintets and Sextets “Chamber Music Heaven”
An ArkivMusic.com customer calls our Brahms: The String Quintets & Sextets CD “Chamber Music Heaven!” “The Alexander with augmented forces show their mettle in beautiful recordings of the Brahms sextets and the string quintets. All come off with beautiful playing, phrasing and intonation. I was especially impressed with the Sextets which are some of my…
