Archive for Quartet San Francisco
A QSF Journey In American Record Guide
The January/February 2019 issue of American Record Guide features a review of Quartet San Francisco’s A QSF Journey recording: “The arrangements…by first violinist Jeremy Cohen…[range] From the delightfully optimistic Fiesta that reminds me of Yo-Yo Ma and Edgar Meyer’s Goat Rodeo Sessions album to the morose Tango Carnevale, to Rhapsody in Bluegrass, this album keeps pleasantly surprising us with each song. … This group deserves commendation for bridging the gap between classical and popular music…
A QSF Journey in Boston Concert Reviews
Boston Concert Reviews is exploring “The Glory of the String Quartet” in a new series on Classical Music Concerts and includes a great review of Quartet San Francisco’s A QSF Journey recording: “A beautiful, spacious recording from this eminent audiophile label and its brilliant recording team, ensnaring all of the sparkle, flair and tactile glory of this intrepid string quartet in flight in their eclectic global program. The arrangements are opulent and colorful. … The…
Classical Candor Review for A QSF Journey
John J. Puccio calls Quartet San Francisco’s A QSF Journey recording one of his favorite albums of 2018 in a new review on his Classical Candor blog: “It’s always good news when Reference Recordings releases a new album. It’s doubly good news when their chief engineer, Keith O. Johnson, does the recording. It’s triply good news when they make it a studio production. And it’s quadruply good news when the studio they make it in…
Textura Reviews A QSF Journey
Textura features Quartet San Francisco‘s A QSF Journey recording in their November 2018 reviews: “…many of this eclectic recording’s pieces eschew conventional classical style for others, specifically tango, bluegrass, and folk music from around the world. Such choices lend the recording a highly personalized quality that, paired with the excellence of the quartet’s playing, makes the hour spent in this group’s company time well spent. … the album upholds the group’s crossover reputation in its set-list,…
A QSF Journey in The Whole Note
The Whole Note features Quartet San Francisco’s A QSF Journey recording in their November 2018 issue: “The boundaries between music genres are fluid and constantly moving these days, with many musicians experimenting and combining elements of different styles in both new compositions and interpretations of the traditional ones. Classical music seems to be an especially productive foundation for such crossovers, breeding many exciting projects. One of them is the latest release by Grammy-nominated Quartet San…
Audiophile Audition Gives Four Stars to A QSF Journey
Audiophile Audition gives four stars to Quartet San Francisco’s new recording, A QSF Journey: “…is this stuff on this recording any good? The answer is a resounding “yes”. This is not Beethoven or Bartok, so don’t expect that. It is entertainment, though at a very high level, and the music itself is ingratiating and relaxing, the latter in the sense of pleasurable, not sleep-inducing. We get a wide variety of compositions and arrangements, from Gershwin…
Culture Spot LA Reviews A QSF Journey
Culture Spot LA‘s Henry Schlinger has a new review for Quartet San Francisco’s new recording, A QSF Journey: “The new CD on Reference Recordings by the Quartet San Francisco (QSF), A QSF Journey, is a wonderful addition to the string quartet catalogue. The CD contains 12 tracks, many of which were either composed or arranged by the quartet’s founder and first violinist Jeremy Cohen and played to perfection by the quartet whose other members include…
New Recordings From The Pittsburgh Symphony and Quartet San Francisco
Announcing TWO September 2018 Releases! Beethoven: Symphony No 3 “Eroica”; Strauss: Horn Concerto No. 1 A QSF Journey Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra chart a new path forward! Reference Recordings proudly presents these two iconic works in definitive interpretations from Manfred Honeck and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, in superb audiophile sound. This hybrid SACD release was recorded in beautiful and historic Heinz Hall, home of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra. Quartet San Francisco’s eclecticism…