Music: Intermezzo In A Major, Op. 118 No. 2 - Andante Teneramente
Composer: Johannes Brahms, arranged by Zakarias Grafilo
Artists: Alexander String Quartet
Album: Brahms: String Quartets (FCL 2022)
Label: Foghorn Classics
Available 5 November, 2021
Order: newalbm.link/brahmsquartets

The Alexander String Quartet launches its 40th season with this new release of Brahms String Quartets — plus Zakarias Grafilo’s transcription for string quartet of Brahms’ Intermezzo. This is the ASQ’s final recording with its highly esteemed founding violist, Paul Yarbrough, who passes the viola bow to the illustrious David Samuel, a long­ time ASQ collaborator.

The Brahms Project: This Brahms Quartet Cycle follows recordings of Brahms’ Clarinet Quintets (FCL 2021, with Eli Eban) and Piano Quintets (FCL2014, with Joyce Yang), both named MusicWeb Inter­ national Recordings of the Year, as well as his String Quintets and Sextets (FCL 2012), which were hailed as a “life­enhancing set” by The Arts Desk.

Brahms: Intermezzo In A Major, Op. 118 No. 2 - Andante Teneramente

Alexander String Quartet