Foghorn Classics

  • Fragments Vol 2 - Shostakovich / Alexander String Quartet

    $37.99

    These fabled works dating from 1960–1975 represent some of Shostakovich’s most bitterly frank, occasionally transcendental essays for the string quartet. At times poignant yet occasionally ribald, these performances have been called utterly compelling. Unique in...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 01, 2007

  • Fragments Vol 1 - Shostakovich / Alexander String Quartet

    $37.99

    Captured here, on three discs, is the first half of the Alexander String Quartet’s complete Shostakovich cycle. Superbly recorded at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in 2005–06, this exquisite collection contains the first...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 01, 2006

  • Cindy Cox: Patagon

    $18.99

    Cindy Cox's new string quartet, Patagón, which takes its title from an ancient name for the region of Patagonia, was inspired by the composer's sabatical to South America. The piece employs a variety of tone...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: October 30, 2015

  • Apotheosis, Vol. 1: The Final Quartets of Mozart / Alexander Quartet

    $29.99

    The Alexander String Quartet turns its attention to Mozart’s last years, beginning with this recording of the final four quartets (the first of a three-volume set which will add his other great chamber works from...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: March 08, 2019

  • Brahms, Schumann: Piano Quintets / Joyce, Alexander String Quartet

    $16.99

    SCHUMANN Piano Quintet. BRAHMS Piano Quintet • Alexander Str Qrt; Joyce Yang (pn) • FOGHORN 2014 (70:24) One would think that the Schumann and Brahms piano quintets would make natural partners on disc; yet, they’ve...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 01, 2014

  • Beethoven: The Complete String Quartets / Alexander String Quartet

    $85.99

    One of the very finest sets available. “ A majority of musicians would probably agree in regarding Beethoven’s string quartets as the highest peak in the whole range of chamber music.” Roger Fiske (‘ Chamber...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 01, 2009

  • Brahms: The String Quintets & Sextets / Alexander String Quartet

    $29.99

    BRAHMS String Sextets Nos. 1 1 and 2 1. String Quintets Nos. 1 2 and 2 2 • Alexander Str Qrt; 1,2 Toby Appel (va); 1 David Requiro (vc) • FOGHORN 2012 (2 CDs: 130:33)...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 01, 2014

  • Brahms: Complete Quartets for Strings / Alexander String Quartet
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    $19.99 $29.99

    The Alexander String Quartet launches its 40th season with this recording of Brahms String Quartets — plus Brahms’ Intermezzo (transcribed for string quartet by Zakarias Grafilo). With these complete Brahms quartets, the ASQ has compiled...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: November 05, 2021

  • Bartok & Kodaly: The Complete String Quartets

    $37.99

    BARTÓK String Quartets No. 1–6. KODÁLY String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 • Alexander Str Qrt • FOGHORN 2009 (3 CDs: 205:55) This fascinating set combines the string quartets of two then-young professors of music...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: January 01, 2013

  • Apotheosis, Vol. 2: Mozart Piano Quartets / Yang, Alexander String Quartet

    $18.99

    Maintaining focus on Mozart’s last years, members of the Alexander String Quartet join with electrifying and much-lauded pianist Joyce Yang on this recording of the two piano quartets. This is the second of a three-volume...


    Format: CD

    Release Date: July 27, 2018

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