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Alexander String Quartet: Quintessence (Clarinet Quintets) | Foghorn Classics CD1982

Alexander String Quartet: Quintessence (Clarinet Quintets)

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Label: Foghorn Classics

Cat No: CD1982

Barcode: 0700871198225

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Chamber

Release Date: 5th October 2009

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About

The Alexander String Quartet has performed in the major music capitals of four continents, securing its standing among the world’s premier ensembles. Widely admired for its interpretations of Beethoven, Mozart, and Shostakovich, the Quartet has also established itself as an important advocate of new music through over 25 commissions and numerous premiere performances. This new US label, Foghorn Classics, is the home of the Alexander String Quartet.

These relatively early recordings from 1995 capture the joyful partnership of great musical friendship that still endures and flourishes today after more than twenty years. The combination of California based Alexander String Quartet and Spanish clarinetist Joan Enric Lluna has been celebrated in concert on dozens of stages on four continents.

Their affinity for the clarinet quintet literature and their mutual respect and admiration for each other’s art may still frequently prompt the five friends to go out of their way at the drop of a hat to celebrate this extraordinary and beloved repertoire.

Recorded here in San Francisco nearly 15 years ago, the intimate, almost private, recorded salon sound is a rare find and wonderfully suited to the intimacy of their soulful, introspective and contemplative interpretations.

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