Kronos Quartet performs Górecki's first string quartet, Already It Is Dusk, paired with London Sinfonietta soloists' performance of his 1984 work for clarinet, cello, and piano, Lerchenmusik. The first is "a 14-minute gem," says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "While one can only imagine that Górecki's music comes from the heart, there is no question that it goes to the heart—and to the gut—of those who hear it." In both pieces, "it is the music's directness, not its subtlety, that makes it so winning."
Kronos Quartet performs Górecki's first string quartet, Already It Is Dusk, paired with London Sinfonietta soloists' performance of his 1984 work for clarinet, cello, and piano, Lerchenmusik. The first is "a 14-minute gem," says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "While one can only imagine that Górecki's music comes from the heart, there is no question that it goes to the heart—and to the gut—of those who hear it." In both pieces, "it is the music's directness, not its subtlety, that makes it so winning."
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Already It Is Dusk
Produced by Judith Sherman
Engineered by Bob Edwards
Recorded July 16, 1990, at Skywalker Sound, Marin County, CA
Lerchenmusik
Produced and engineered by Max Wilcox
Recorded December 10 and 11, 1989, at CBS Studios, London
Assistant Engineer: Mike Ross-Trevor
Cover photograph by Malcolm Crowthers
Design by James Victore
Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz
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MUSICIANS
Already It Is Dusk
Kronos Quartet:
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Joan Jeanrenaud, cello
Lerchenmusik
London Sinfonietta Soloists:
Michael Collins, clarinet
Christopher van Kampen, cello
John Constable, piano
