The exceptional intimacy required of a classical string quartet requires hard work and the right chemistry between four sensitive musicians before it can bear fruitful results. Happily, this is the ...
When I reviewed the Tokyo String Quartet's CD of Brahms Quintets with guest musicians Jon Manasse and Jon Nakamatsu last November, I knew it was the group's penultimate recording. Violinist Kikuei ...
Into the Irvine Barclay Theatre on Tuesday night, the Tokyo String Quartet carried with it not only the question that dogs all legendary quartets – does it still have it? – but the extra burden of ...
String Quartet No. 1, 'From my life' Sacconi Quartet Bedřich Smetana, Composer String Quartet No. 12, 'American' Sacconi Quartet Antonín Dvořák, Composer The Dvorák American is better, certainly more ...
Trinity Episcopal Church is bringing the Borromeo String Quartet, called by the Chicago Tribune “a remarkably accomplished string quartet, not simply for its high technical polish and refined tone, ...
Here is a superlative disc from the Sacconi Quartet, on their own label, with a treasure trove of top-drawer performances from the rich Bohemian repertoire. I absolutely love their warm, deeply ...