Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet

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Track Listing

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1	String Quartet No. 8: I. Con dolore (Peter Sculthorpe)	2:04
2	String Quartet No. 8: II. Risoluto (Peter Sculthorpe)	3:49
3	String Quartet No. 8: III. Con dolore (Peter Sculthorpe)	3:02
4	String Quartet No. 8: IV. Con precisione (Peter Sculthorpe)	1:49
5	String Quartet No. 8: V. Con dolore (Peter Sculthorpe)	2:07
6	String Quartet No. 3: Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral March (Aulis Sallinen)	14:05
7	Company, Quartet No. 2: I. (Philip Glass)	2:22
8	Company, Quartet No. 2: II. (Philip Glass)	1:36
9	Company, Quartet No. 2: III. (Philip Glass)	1:46
10	Company, Quartet No. 2: IV. (Philip Glass)	2:14
11	String Quartet: I. Allegro molto (Conlon Nancarrow)	2:18
12	String Quartet: II. Andante moderato (Conlon Nancarrow)	3:31
13	String Quartet: III. Prestissimo (Conlon Nancarrow)	5:17
14	Purple Haze (Jimi Hendrix, arr. Steve Riffkin)	2:52

News & Reviews

Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Lincoln Center Out of Doors to Feature Kronos at 40, Kronos Quartet "Festival Within a Festival," Starting July 24

The schedule for this summer’s Lincoln Center Out of Doors festival has been announced. Featured among its 100 free performances in the plazas of NYC's Lincoln Center is Kronos at 40, curated in collaboration with Kronos Quartet to mark its 40th anniversary. This five-day "festival within a festival" launches the larger festival on July 24 and includes 28 concerts and events with daily appearances by Kronos plus performances by other artists. Kronos Quartet performs at Carnegie Hall this Friday, May 3, and will receive an honorary degree from Seattle's Cornish College of the Arts later this month.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Cal Performances 2013–14 Season to Include Kronos Quartet, Joshua Redman, Richard Goode; Jeremy Denk to Curate Ojai North!

Cal Performances at the University of California, Berkeley, has announced its 2013–14 concert season, which will feature performances from a number of Nonesuch artists: Kronos Quartet, which celebrates its 40th anniversary with two concerts at Zellerbach Hall; Joshua Redman, whose Quartet performs songs from his new album, Walking Shadows; and Richard Goode, performing music by Janáček, Schubert, and Debussy. Additionally, Cal Performances and the Ojai Music Festival present Ojai North!, of which pianist Jeremy Denk is this season's music director.

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About this Album

The Quartet’s best-selling Nonesuch debut includes its now legendary interpretation of Jimi Hendrix’s “Purple Haze.” The Washington Post praised the group’s “breadth of vision” throughout a collection “devoted to some of the most imaginative music of our time.”

Credits

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

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Thomas Frost
Recorded June 1985 at the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, NYC
Engineer: John Newton
Digital Editing: E. Amelia Rogers
Mastering: Robert C. Ludwig

Art direction and design: Carin Goldberg
Cover Photograph: Jan Staller

Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz