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, with nine of the twelve written or arranged by Cohen. Adding to the recording’s appeal is the fact that eleven of them are concise, song-like settings rich in melody and lasting two to five minutes at a time. … The pieces by other composers fit comfortably alongside Cohen’s. … As solid as all such material is, the album’s arguable high point is “Rhapsody in Bluegrass,” a Cohen-arranged mashup that merges Gershwin’s iconic work with the bluegrass classic “Orange Blossom Special.” However unusual such a move might seem on paper, in practice its inspired coupling of those famous Gershwin melodies with hoedown fiddling oozes charm from start to finish, much like the album of which it’s a part.”
—Textura
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