Kronos Quartet
Black Angels

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Track Listing

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1	Black Angels: I. Departure (George Crumb)	5:37
2	Black Angels: II. Absence (George Crumb)	5:25
3	Black Angels: III. Return (George Crumb)	7:13
4	Spem in Alium (Thomas Tallis, ar. Kronos Quartet)	8:52
5	Doom. A Sigh (Istvan Marta)	10:54
6	They Are There! Fighting for the People's New Free World (Charles Ives)	2:47
7	Quartet No. 8: I. Largo (Dmitri Shostakovich)	4:57
8	Quartet No. 8: II. Allegro molto (Dmitri Shostakovich)	2:36
9	Quartet No. 8: III. Allegretto (Dmitri Shostakovich)	4:19
10	Quartet No. 8: IV. Largo (Dmitri Shostakovich)	4:12
11	V. Largo (Dmitri Shostakovich)	3:56

News & Reviews

Friday, August 13, 2010

Kronos Quartet Performs Free Concert in New York City for Lincoln Center Out of Doors

Kronos Quartet performs a free outdoor concert at New York's Damrosch Park for the Lincoln Center Out of Doors series, featuring the world premiere of Christine Southworth's Super Collider, performed with Gamelan Galak Tika on the new Gamelan Elektrika, plus works by Steve Reich, Café Tacuba, Aleksandra Vrebalov, and Raz Mesinai. Prior to the concert, Gamelan Galak Tika will lead a free workshop on the kecak, Bali's famed "Monkey Chant."
Tuesday, August 10, 2010

Mercury News: Kronos Quartet "Just Keeps Getting Better"

Kronos Quartet performed at the Cabrillo Festival over the weekend in a concert that led the San Jose Mercury News to exclaim: "With its charisma and chops, its taste and unflagging sense of mission, Kronos just keeps getting better. After 30-plus years, Kronos is tops, as it showed Sunday night." Kronos Quartet next performs a free concert at New York's Damrosch Park Bandshell Friday for the Lincoln Center Out of Doors series.

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About this Album

Composer George Crumb’s title piece, evoking Vietnam and called "an unusually elevated and searing Vietnam War protest" by the New York Times, sets a dark, powerful tone for this collection, which addresses the political/physical/spiritual consequences of war. London’s Evening Standard includes the album among its “100 Definitive Classical CDs of the 20th Century.”

Credits

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

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Judith Sherman and Kronos Quartet
Recording Engineers: Judith Sherman, Juhani Liimatainen (1-4, 7-11), Tony Eckert (1-4, 7-11), Alex Haas (5), Dan Reid (6)
Mix Engineers: Judith Sherman, Bob Edwards (1-4), Alex Haas (5)

Art direction and design: Manhattan Design
Photography: Matt Mahurin

Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz