More By Artist: Kronos Quartet
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GLASS / HENDRIX / SCULTHORPE / SALLINEN
Kronos Quartet Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "I recommend this CD unreservedly" (Amazon.com) |
VLADIMIR MARTYNOV
The Music of Vladimir Martynov Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch / CD - released 16/Jan/2012 ] Chamber ensemble and masters of contemporary classical, Kronos Quartet present here three works written for them by the leading Russian composer, Vladimir Martynov. |
GIYA KANCHELI / TIGRAN TAHMIZYAN/ OSVALDO GOLIJOV / SOFIYA GUBAYDULINA / etc
Night Prayers Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 23/Sep/1994 ] "Their Night Prayers collection--which features mainly Eastern European composers--peaks with Sofia Gubaidulina's bristling Quartet No. 4. Expert at traditional instrumentation and composition, Gubaidulina scripts the piece's early parts with vaguely... |
Kronos Quartet
Piazzolla - 5 Tango Sensations [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "this disc will make a fine introduction to someone increasingly recognized as a master in his field" (Amazon.com) |
PIAZZOLLA / RILEY / REICH / GLASS / BERBER / DAUGHERTY
Released 1985-1995 Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / 2 CD - released 19/Jan/1996 ] "A remarkable achievement and essential listening for the as-yet uninitiated." (Gramophone Feb 1996) |
TERRY RILEY
Salome Dances For Peace Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / 2 CD - released 14/Sep/1990 ] German import (catalog 7559792172) |
GORECKI
String Quartet No.3 Op.67 ...songs are sung Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 26/Mar/2007 ] "Without any question," says Kronos violinist David Harrington, "'…songs are sung,' for me, is one of the most lyrical, poignant and far-reaching works ever written for string quartet…This music consoles as it faces, unflinchingly, the deepest... |
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LUTOSLAWSKI
String Quartets Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 3/May/1991 ] German import (catalog 7559792552) |
PHILIP GLASS
String Quartets Nos 2 - 5 Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 9/Sep/2000 ] The Kronos perform Glass |
TERRY RILEY
Sunrise Of The Planetary Dream Collector Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch / CD - released 3/Jul/2015 ] "If you have actually never heard anything of Terry Riley, this disc is a good place to begin. If you are a longtime listener, as I am, this is an essential find and a "must-have." (AudAud.com) |
STEVE REICH
Triple Quartet / Electric Guitar Phase / Music for Large Ensemble Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 19/Mar/2002 ] Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (April 2002) |
KEVIN VOLANS
Volans: Hunting: Gathering (String Quartet No. 2) (1987) Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 3/May/1991 ] German import (catalog 7559792532) |
Kronos Quartet / Aki Takahashi (Piano)
Feldman-Piano and String Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 24/Sep/1993 ] "The Feldman experience par excellence." Gramophone Feb 1994 |
STEVE REICH
Reich: Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint Kronos Quartet / Pat Metheny [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 14/Sep/1990 ] Since its inception in 1973, the Kronos Quartet has emerged as a leading voice for new work. Combining a unique musical vision with a fearless dedication to experimentation, Kronos has assembled a body of work unparalleled in its range and scope. |
STEVE REICH
WTC 9/11 / Mallet Quartet Kronos Quartet / Steve Reich & Musicians [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] Nonesuch releases Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steve Reich's WTC 9/11 on September 19. The album marks the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, which is the subject of Reich's piece. Commissioned for and recorded by... |
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HARRY PARTCH
U.S. Highball Kronos Quartet With David Barron [ NONESUCH / CD ] |
OSVALDO GOLIJOV
Dreams And Prayers Of Isaac The Blind Kronos Quartet with David Krakauer (clarinet, bass clarinet, basset horn) [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 15/Apr/1997 ] The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind is a kind of epic, a history of Judaism. It has Abraham, exile, and redemption. The movements sound like they are in three of the languages spoken in almost 6,000 years of Jewish history: the first in... |
Kronos Quartet with Michael Collins (Clarinet) Christopher van Kampen (cello) John Constable (piano)
Gorecki, Henryk - Lerchenmusik (Chamber Music) [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 3/May/1991 ] "Lerchenmusik, completed in 1986, is the longest of the two compositions on this superlatively well performed and recorded disc." (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Folk Songs Kronos Quartet, with Natalie Merchant, Olivia Chaney, Sam Amidon & Rhiannon Giddens [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 3/Jul/2017 ] "I've always wanted the string quartet to be vital, and energetic, and alive, and cool, and not afraid to kick ass and be absolutely beautiful and ugly if it has to be. But it has to be expressive of life. To tell the story with grace and humor and... |
Kronos Quartet & Wu Man
Terry Riley: The Cusp of Magic [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 21/Apr/2008 ] Peyote rituals, Chinese lullabies, Indian ragas, children's toys, sacred bonds, and secular madness all dance and swirl in ritualistic fashion in Terry Riley's extraordinary The Cusp of Magic. |
