ALEKSANDRA VREBALOV
Vrebalov: The Sea Ranch Songs [CD plus DVD] Kronos Quartet [ Cantaloupe Music / 2 CD/DVD - released 10/Dec/2016 ] "Incredibly appealing stuff, immaculately performed by San Francisco's Kronos Quartet and well recorded." The Arts Desk |
Kronos Quartet / Aki Takahashi (Piano)
Feldman-Piano and String Quartet [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 24/Sep/1993 ] "The Feldman experience par excellence." Gramophone Feb 1994 |
PHILIP GLASS / LISA BIELAWA / GABRIEL KAHANE / JOHN ZORN etc
Final Answer Kronos Quartet, Andy meyerson, Matthew Welch, Theo Bleckmann [ Orange Mountain Music / CD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] Orange Mountain Music presents a new album by the outstanding San Francisco Girls Chorus conducted by Valerie Sainte-Agathe. This new recording features music by composers Philip Glass, Lisa Bielawa, Gabriel Kahane, John Zorn, Carla Kihlstedt,... |
KAIJA SAARIAHO
Saariaho: Du cristal, ...a la fumae; Nymphea (Jardin secret III) / Sept Papillons Kronos Quartet / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor, with Anssi Karttunen, cello [ Ondine / CD - released 10/Jun/2004 ] "In terms of style , Kaija Saariaho has achieved what many Finnish composers have struggled for in vain - to move completely out of the shadow of Sibelius. The performances are stunning. Esa-Pekka Salonen and the Los Angeles Philharmonic combine... |
STEVE REICH
Reich: Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint Kronos Quartet / Pat Metheny [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 14/Sep/1990 ] Since its inception in 1973, the Kronos Quartet has emerged as a leading voice for new work. Combining a unique musical vision with a fearless dedication to experimentation, Kronos has assembled a body of work unparalleled in its range and scope. |
BRYCE DESSNER
Aheym Kronos Quartet [ Epitaph / CD - released 8/Nov/2013 ] Bryce Dessner is a guitarist with the alternative rock and Americana band the National, and this album with the Kronos Quartet appears not on its longtime label home of Nonesuch but on the rock-oriented ANTI imprint. The sound, from the standpoint of... |
STEVE REICH
WTC 9/11 / Mallet Quartet Kronos Quartet / Steve Reich & Musicians [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 1/Oct/2011 ] Nonesuch releases Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steve Reich's WTC 9/11 on September 19. The album marks the 10th anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, which is the subject of Reich's piece. Commissioned for and recorded by... |
Kronos Quartet With Alim & Fargana Qasimov
Rainbow Music Of Central Asia Vol 8 [ 2 CD/DVD - released 16/Jun/2010 ] |
HARRY PARTCH
U.S. Highball Kronos Quartet With David Barron [ NONESUCH / CD ] |
OSVALDO GOLIJOV
Dreams And Prayers Of Isaac The Blind Kronos Quartet with David Krakauer (clarinet, bass clarinet, basset horn) [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 15/Apr/1997 ] The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind is a kind of epic, a history of Judaism. It has Abraham, exile, and redemption. The movements sound like they are in three of the languages spoken in almost 6,000 years of Jewish history: the first in... |
Kronos Quartet with Michael Collins (Clarinet) Christopher van Kampen (cello) John Constable (piano)
Gorecki, Henryk - Lerchenmusik (Chamber Music) [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 3/May/1991 ] "Lerchenmusik, completed in 1986, is the longest of the two compositions on this superlatively well performed and recorded disc." (Gramophone) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Folk Songs Kronos Quartet, with Natalie Merchant, Olivia Chaney, Sam Amidon & Rhiannon Giddens [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 3/Jul/2017 ] "I've always wanted the string quartet to be vital, and energetic, and alive, and cool, and not afraid to kick ass and be absolutely beautiful and ugly if it has to be. But it has to be expressive of life. To tell the story with grace and humor and... |
Kronos Quartet & Wu Man
Terry Riley: The Cusp of Magic [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 21/Apr/2008 ] Peyote rituals, Chinese lullabies, Indian ragas, children's toys, sacred bonds, and secular madness all dance and swirl in ritualistic fashion in Terry Riley's extraordinary The Cusp of Magic. |
Kronos Quartet/Ali-Zadeh
Ali-Zadeh: Mugam Sayagi [ Nonesuch / CD - released 7/Feb/2005 ] |
Kronos Quartet/Asha Bhosle
You've Stolen My Heart [ Nonesuch / CD - released 22/Aug/2005 ] |
Kronos Quartet/London Sinfonie
Adams:gnarly Buttons Etc. [ Nonesuch / CD ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Pieces of Africa Kronos Quartet with Dumisani Maraire, Hassan Hakmoun, Radouane Laktib (vocals) [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 14/Feb/1992 ] "This is the kind of issue likely to provoke knee-jerk reactions. If you like the Kronos Quartet and if you enjoy crossover music you will probably love it. If not, you will probably hate it." (Gramophone) |
STEVE REICH
Phases - A Nonesuch Retrospective Steve Reich and Musicians / Kronos Quartet / Theatre of Voices / Pat Metheny [ Nonesuch / 5 CD Box Set - released 31/Oct/2006 ] Pioneer of US minimalism Steve Reich is 70 this year and to celebrate Nonesuch has released a bargain-priced 5 CD set of his greatest works including definitive recordings of "Music for 18 Musicians", "Different Trains" and "Drumming". |
Tiger Lillies & The Kronos Quartet
The Gorey End (LP) [ Misery Guts Music / LP - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Writer and illustrator Edward Gorey enjoyed the Tiger Lillies song "Banging in the Nails" (on the album The Brothel to the Cemetery) so much he sent the band a large box of his unpublished stories, some of which they adapted and turned into songs.... |
PHILIP GLASS
Glass Box (10 CD set incls Koyaanisqatsi, Satyagraha & Hydrogen Jukebox) various artists, including the Kronos Quartet, Bruckner Orchester Linz, Lyric Quartet, Douglas Perry (tenor), Philip Glass Ensemble [ Nonesuch Records / 10 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2009 ] A deluxe 10-CD compilation taken from Glass' extensive catalog and ranging from 1969 to 2005.e Godfather of minimalism Philip Glass |