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

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

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