Dawn Kronos Quartet/Upshaw
Berg: Lyric Suite [ Nonesuch / CD - released 3/Nov/2003 ] |
GOLIJOV
Oceana Dawn Upshaw (soprano) with Luciana Souza, Los Angeles Guitar Quartet, Kronos Quartet, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Spano [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 5/Aug/2007 ] "This music is distinctive, eclectic and exciting; at once both profound and accessible. Everyone performs well; Dawn Upshaw displays versatility in addition to singing with a luminous quality. Souza's voice is natural and unforced yet powerful. The... |
BODY / CAGE / von BINGEN / DOWLAND / MACHAUT / etc
Early Music Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 15/Oct/1997 ] "The modern-instrument Kronos Quartet adapt their playing style to suit whichever period is to hand - or at least that appears to be the general rule." (Gramophone) |
Kimmo Pohjonen / Samuli Kosminen / Kronos Quartet
Uniko [ Ondine / CD - released 16/Jan/2012 ] "Uniko is like an ocean tide coming in. Big waves of sound build in complexity, animation and sometimes sheer frenzy..." The New York Times |
GEORGE CRUMB / THOMAS TALLIS / CHARLES IVES / ISTVAN MARTA
Black Angels Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] "Stylishly packaged, intelligently programmed, superbly recorded and brilliantly performed." (Gramophone) |
ALFRED SCHNITTKE
Complete Music For String Quartet Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/1998 ] "Listen long enough and you'll get it." (Amazon.com) |
PHILIP GLASS
Dracula (Soundtrack) Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 1/Feb/2001 ] the first original score for the 1931 horror classic - Dracula |
Kronos Quartet
Floodplain [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 25/May/2009 ] With these 12 pieces, Kronos Quartet explore centuries-old traditions while also presenting adventurous new music by young composers who sample and reinterpret aspects of their indigenous cultures. |
Kronos Quartet
Henryk Gorecki:string Quartet. [ Nonesuch / CD - released 19/Mar/2007 ] |
Kronos Quartet
Kronos Explorer Series [ Nonesuch / 5 CD - released 16/May/2014 ] The Kronos Explorer Series comprises five classic albums from five different parts of the world: PIECES OF AFRICA, NIGHT PRAYERS, CARAVAN, NUEVO, and FLOODPLAIN. All are presented with new liner notes that include an in-depth interview of Harrington... |
GLASS / HENDRIX / SCULTHORPE / SALLINEN
Kronos Quartet Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "I recommend this CD unreservedly" (Amazon.com) |
VLADIMIR MARTYNOV
The Music of Vladimir Martynov Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch / CD - released 16/Jan/2012 ] Chamber ensemble and masters of contemporary classical, Kronos Quartet present here three works written for them by the leading Russian composer, Vladimir Martynov. |
Kronos Quartet
Night Prayers [ Nonesuch / CD ] |
GIYA KANCHELI / TIGRAN TAHMIZYAN/ OSVALDO GOLIJOV / SOFIYA GUBAYDULINA / etc
Night Prayers Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 23/Sep/1994 ] "Their Night Prayers collection--which features mainly Eastern European composers--peaks with Sofia Gubaidulina's bristling Quartet No. 4. Expert at traditional instrumentation and composition, Gubaidulina scripts the piece's early parts with vaguely... |
Kronos Quartet
Nuevo [ Nonesuch / CD - released 13/May/2002 ] |
Kronos Quartet
Piazzolla - 5 Tango Sensations [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] "this disc will make a fine introduction to someone increasingly recognized as a master in his field" (Amazon.com) |
PIAZZOLLA / RILEY / REICH / GLASS / BERBER / DAUGHERTY
Released 1985-1995 Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / 2 CD - released 19/Jan/1996 ] "A remarkable achievement and essential listening for the as-yet uninitiated." (Gramophone Feb 1996) |
TERRY RILEY
Salome Dances For Peace Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / 2 CD - released 14/Sep/1990 ] German import (catalog 7559792172) |
GORECKI
String Quartet No.3 Op.67 ...songs are sung Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 26/Mar/2007 ] "Without any question," says Kronos violinist David Harrington, "'…songs are sung,' for me, is one of the most lyrical, poignant and far-reaching works ever written for string quartet…This music consoles as it faces, unflinchingly, the deepest... |
LUTOSLAWSKI
String Quartets Kronos Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 3/May/1991 ] German import (catalog 7559792552) |