| Kronos Quartet: 25 Years [Box Set] | ![Kronos Quartet: 25 Years [Box Set]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/511moBqQFBL._SL160_.jpg)
| Artists: Suzanne Elder, Paul Hillier, David Krakauer, John Adams, Franguiz Ali-Zadeh, Ken Benshoof, George Crumb, Morton Feldman, Philip Glass, Osvaldo Golijov, Henryk Gorecki, Sofiya Gubaydulina, Arvo Part, P. Q. Phan, Astor Piazzolla, Steve Reich, Terry Riley, Alfred Schnittke, Peter Sculthorpe, Kevin Volans, Aki Takahashi, Ellen L. Hargis, Neal Rogers, Kronos Quartet
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
List Price: $99.98
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Sales Rank: 265,790
Format: Box set
Languages: German (Unknown), German (Published)
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 10
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 5.9 x 5.3 x 3.4
UPC: 075597950427
EAN: 0075597950427
ASIN: B00000DD9B
Release Date: October 27, 1998
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Judah to Ocean | | • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Toot Nipple | | • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Dogjam | | • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Pavane: She's So Fine | | • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Rag the Bone | | • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Habanera | | • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Stubble Crochet | | • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Hammer & Chisel | | • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Alligator Escalator | | • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Standchen: The Little Serenade | | • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Judah to Ocean (Reprise) | | • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Fratres | | • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Psalom | | • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Summa | | • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Missa Syllabica: Kyrie | | • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Gloria | | • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Credo | | • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Sanctus | | • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Agnus Dei | | • | John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Ite, missa est |
Disc 2
| • | Traveling Music: 1. Gentle, easy | | • | Traveling Music: 2. Moderate | | • | Traveling Music: 3. Driving | | • | Song of Twenty Shadows | | • | Five Tango Sensations: Asleep | | • | Five Tango Sensations: Loving | | • | Five Tango Sensations: Anxiety | | • | Five Tango Sensations: Despertar | | • | Five Tango Sensations: Fear | | • | Five Tango Sensations: Four, for Tango |
Disc 3
| • | Piano And String Quartet (1985) - Various Artists |
Disc 4
| • | Quartet # 4 (Buczak, 1989): I | | • | Quartet # 4 (Buczak, 1989): II | | • | Quartet # 4 (Buczak, 1989): III | | • | Mishima Quartet, Quartet #3 (1985): 1957 - Award Montage | | • | Mishima Quartet, Quartet #3 (1985): November 25 - Ichigaya | | • | Mishima Quartet, Quartet #3 (1985): 1934 - Grandmother and Kimitake | | • | Mishima Quartet, Quartet #3 (1985): 192 - Body Building | | • | Mishima Quartet, Quartet #3 (1985): Blood Oath | | • | Mishima Quartet, Quartet #3 (1985): Mishima/Closing | | • | Company, Quartet #2 (1983): I | | • | Company, Quartet #2 (1983): II | | • | Company, Quartet #2 (1983): III | | • | Company, Quartet #2 (1983): IV | | • | Quartet #5 (1991): I | | • | Quartet #5 (1991): II | | • | Quartet #5 (1991): III | | • | Quartet #5 (1991): IV | | • | Quartet #5 (1991): V |
Disc 5
| • | The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind: Prelude: Calmo, sospeso | | • | The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind: I. Agitato - Con fucco - Maestoso - Senza misura, oscilante | | • | The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind: II. Teneramente - Ruvido - Presto | | • | The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind: III. Calmo, sospeso - Allego pesante | | • | The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind: Postlude: Lento, liberamente | | • | Quartet #4 (1993) | | • | Mugam Sayagi (1993) |
Disc 6
| • | Quasi una fantasia (Quartet #2), Op.64 (1990-91): I. Largo (Sostenuto - Mesto) | | • | Quasi una fantasia (Quartet #2), Op.64 (1990-91): II. DecisoEnergico (Marcatissimo sempre) | | • | Quasi una fantasia (Quartet #2), Op.64 (1990-91): III. Arioso: Adagio cantabile | | • | Quasi una fantasia (Quartet #2), Op.64 (1990-91): IV. Allegro (Sempre con grande passione e molto marcato) | | • | Already It is Dusk (Quartet #1), Op.62 (1988) |
Disc 7
| • | Different Trains: America Before The War | | • | Different Trains: Europe During The War | | • | Different Trains: America After The War | | • | Black Angels: I. Departure - 1. Thenody I: Night Of The Electric Insects - 2. Sounds Of Bones And Flutes - 3. Lost Bells - 4. Devil-Music - 5. Danse Macabre | | • | Black Angels: II. Absence - 6. Pavana Lachrymae - 7. Threnody II: Black Angels! - 8. Sarabanda de la Muerte Oscura - 9. Losts Bells (Echo) | | • | Black Angels: III. Return - 10. God Music - 11. Ancient Voices - 12. Ancient Voices (Echo) - 13. Thenody III: Night Of The Electric Insects |
Disc 8
| • | Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): Introduction | | • | Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): Cadenza: Violin I | | • | Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): Where Was Wisdom When We Went West? | | • | Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): Cadenza: Viola | | • | Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): March of the Old Timers Reefer Division | | • | Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): Cadenza: Violin II | | • | Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): Tuning to Rolling Thunder | | • | Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): The Night Cry of Black Buffalo Woman | | • | Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): Cadenza: Cello | | • | Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): Gathering of the Spiral Clan | | • | Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): Captain Jack Has the Last Word | | • | Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): G Song | | • | Salome Dances for Peace (1985-86) - III. The Gift: Echoes of Primordial Tim | | • | Salome Dances for Peace (1985-86) - III. The Gift: Mongolian Winds | | • | V. Good Medicine: Good Medicine Dance |
Disc 9
| • | Quartet No. 2 (1981): I. Moderato | | • | Quartet No. 2 (1981): II. Agitato | | • | Quartet No. 2 (1981): III. Mesto | | • | Quartet No. 2 (1981): IV. Moderato | | • | Quartet No. 4 (1989): I. Lento | | • | Quartet No. 4 (1989): II. Allegro | | • | Quartet No. 4 (1989): III. Lento | | • | Quartet No. 4 (1989): IV. Vivace | | • | Quartet No. 4 (1989): V. Lento | | • | Collected Songs Where Every Verse Is Filled With Grief (1984-85) |
Disc 10
| • | Jabiru Dreaming, Quartet #11 (1990): I. Deciso | | • | Jabiru Dreaming, Quartet #11 (1990): II. Amoroso | | • | Quartet #8 (1969): I. Con dolore | | • | Quartet #8 (1969): II. Risoluto; calmo | | • | Quartet #8 (1969): III. Con dolore | | • | Quartet #8 (1969): IV. Con precisione | | • | Quartet #8 (1969): V. Con dolore | | • | From Ubirr (1994) | | • | Tragedy at the Opera (1995) | | • | White Man Sleeps Quartet #1: First Dance | | • | White Man Sleeps Quartet #1: Second Dance | | • | White Man Sleeps Quartet #1: Third Dance | | • | White Man Sleeps Quartet #1: Fourth Dance | | • | White Man Sleeps Quartet #1: Fifth Dance |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
Seems like only yesterday the Kronos Quartet stepped up their career as musical mavericks with a coveted, wide-open contract with Nonesuch Records. Now it's Nonesuch's turn to give Kronos the big-package nod, gathering key works recorded by the group--from younger composers and time-tested veterans alike--into this 10-CD box set. As one might expect, the set is stuffed with contrasts, from the first CD, with its 11-part, upstepping John Adams suite and then the far more solemn Missa Syllabica from Arvo Pärt. Nearly 20 of these pieces here were composed expressly for Kronos, pitched and sculpted for their easily-racked mixture of straightforward string quartet roles and intelligently restructured approaches to the even the simplest gestures. Perhaps most key here is George Crumb's Black Angels, in large part due to Crumb's role in inspiring David Harrington to form Kronos 25 years ago. Crumb's music spirals and chases through the air, engaging high pitches and fast pacings as if they were ends in themselves. Gone from this set are most of the short snippets that have filled some of Kronos's other fine single CD recordings. In abundance instead are some of the legendary works: Morton Feldman's long, endlessly patient Piano and String Quartet (with Aki Takahashi), Steve Reich's unnerving Different Trains, and Henryk Górecki's String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2. There are also some of the astounding Eastern European works from Night Prayers as well, including the stunning Quartet No. 4 from Sofia Gubaidulina. And of course there are the Kronos biggie pieces: Philip Glass's works fill one CD, and so do Terry Riley's. What's more, Riley's Cadenza on the Night Plain and "G Song" are presented here in entirely fresh, new recordings. What the listener gets is a huge block of music, full of shifting colors and textures but perfectly apt in giving a wide-angle vantage on what Kronos has done for contemporary music. --Andrew Bartlett
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