Kronos Quartet
At the Grave of Richard Wagner

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Track Listing

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1	At the Grave of Richard Wagner (Liszt)	2:47
2	String Quartet, Op. 3: I. (Berg)	9:03
3	String Quartet, Op. 3: II. (Berg)	10:00
4	Five Pieces, Op. 5: I. (Webern)	2:26
5	Five Pieces, Op. 5: II. (Webern)	2:22
6	Five Pieces, Op. 5: III. (Webern)	0:38
7	Five Pieces, Op. 5: IV. (Webern)	1:43
8	Five Pieces, Op. 5: V. (Webern)	3:29

News & Reviews

Friday, May 11, 2012

Kronos Quartet Announces Spring/Summer Tour; Features Concerts with Philip Glass, Cultural Olympiad, BBC Proms Debut

Kronos Quartet has announced its late-spring and summer tour schedule, adding a number of dates throughout Europe. The Quartet kicks things off this weekend with two concerts at home in San Francisco, then heads to Europe for the first of two trips, featuring performances of Dracula with Philip Glass. In July, Kronos returns to the UK for several events in the Cultural Olympiad and the group's debut at BBC Proms.
Thursday, April 26, 2012

Cal Performances 2012–13 Season to Include Kronos Quartet, Philip Glass, Fatoumata Diawara, Sérgio & Odair Assad, Mark Morris

Cal Performances at the University of California, Berkeley, has announced its 2012–13 season, which will feature Kronos Quartet as the season's Artists in Residence; Philip Glass's groundbreaking work with Robert Wilson, Einstein on the Beach; Fatoumata Diawara's debut; a Sérgio & Odair Assad concert with Paquito D'Rivera; and the return of the Mark Morris Dance Company with the holiday favorite Hard Nut. Subscription sales begin on Friday.

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About this Album

Works from Austrian composers Alban Berg and Anton Webern are prefaced by “a rare Liszt miniature” that, says the Chicago Tribune, reveals the Quartet's goal: to “convey the influence of Wagner down to the pupils of Arnold Schoenberg.”

Credits

MUSICIANS
Kronos Quartet:
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Joan Jeanrenaud, cello

with
Aki Takahashi, piano (1)
Marcella DeCray, harp (1)

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Judith Sherman and Kronos Quartet
Recorded at Skywalker Sound, Marin County, CA
Engineered by Bob Edwards and Judith Sherman
Assistant Engineers: Craig Silvey (1-3), Tony Eckert (4-8)

Art Direction and Design: Frank Olinsky
Cover Photograph: f-stop Fitzgerald

Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz