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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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).

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 ...

Martin Helmchen, 27, is rapidly establishing himself as one of the most interesting young European pianists. Previously he has recorded mostly Mozart and Schubert. Here he extends his repertoire ...

Without seeming to think about it consciously, seasonal changes have a big impact on my listening habits, and autumn usually means spinning a lot more of Brahms’s chamber music – particularly the ...

Performances in N.Y.C. Advertisement Supported by Music Review By Steve Smith Dvorak is the latest composer to seize the collective attention of the Emerson String Quartet, that brightest of stars in ...