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

Monday, August 12, 2013

Kronos Quartet Performs with Paul McCartney, The National at Outside Lands Festival

Kronos Quartet helped close out the opening day of the Outside Lands festival in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park on Friday night with a flourish: first performing with The National (pictured here with Bob Weir, who joined for a song), then returning to the stage for the closing act, Sir Paul McCartney, for his encore, a performance of "Yesterday." Rolling Stone reports the performance "moved virtually every single person in the field, including security guards and food vendors." Watch it here.
Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Lincoln Center Out of Doors Kicks Off with Kronos at 40, Five-Day Kronos Quartet "Festival Within a Festival"

The 2013 Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival gets under way today, and featured among the festival's 100 free performances taking place across the plazas of New York's Lincoln Center this summer are the events of Kronos at 40, curated in collaboration with Kronos Quartet to mark its 40th anniversary. This "festival within a festival" unfolds during the first five days of the larger festival and includes 28 concerts and events with daily appearances by Kronos plus performances by other artists. Check out the complete schedule of events and watch an interview with Kronos Quartet's David Harrington here.

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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