Wednesday at the Banff International String Quartet Competition (BISQC) was a long haul of repetition, three Ravel quartets and three Brahms quartets. It was also a time for individual standout ...

When the Calidore String Quartet took to the stage of St. Francis Auditorium last Sunday, in a recital presented by Santa Fe Pro Musica, the second violinist announced that there would be a small ...

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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

Schulhoff’s brainstorm received a performance of searing intensity and charm by the Penderecki, which was founded in 1986 in Poland at the urging of composer Krzysztof Penderecki (pen-der-ETS-ski).

, two of the past generation's greatest foursomes, would certainly be memorable. current summer season is all the more so, given that both ensembles are making their last CMNW appearances before major ...

The compositional riches of Bohemia were on display Wednesday night at the University of Connecticut’s von der Mehden Recital Hall as the Prazak String Quartet took the stage with an all-Czech program ...

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 ...

Brahms supposedly destroyed 20 string quartets before publishing his first. His friend Dvořák took a slightly less ruthless approach. Although Dvořák seems to have withdrawn or disowned both of the ...