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Kronos Quartet
The Kronos Quartet is an American string quartet based in San Francisco. They have been in existence with a rotating membership of musicians for over forty years. The quartet specializes in contemporary and new music, with more than 750 works having been written for them.
History
The quartet was founded by violinist David Harrington in Seattle, Washington. Its first performance was in November 1973. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California. The longest-running combination of performers (from 1978 to 1999) had Harrington and John Sherba on violin, Hank Dutt on viola, and Joan Jeanrenaud on cello. In 1999, Joan Jeanrenaud left Kronos because she was "eager for something new"; she was replaced by Jennifer Culp who, in turn, left in 2005 and was replaced by Jeffrey Zeigler. In June 2013, Zeigler was replaced by Sunny Yang. With almost forty studio albums to their credit and having performed worldwide, they were called "probably the most famous 'new music' group in the world" and were praised in philosophical studies of music for the inclusiveness of their repertoire.
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Kronos Quartet (album)
Kronos Quartet is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet, the first of their albums on Nonesuch Records. It contains compositions by Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe, Finnish composer Aulis Sallinen, American composer Philip Glass, and American/Mexican composer Conlon Nancarrow. The last track is Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze."
Track listing
Critical reception
According to John Rockwell of the New York Times, "The best recorded anthology yet to capture the heady diversity of musical idioms that this San Francisco quartet espouses."Joseph McLellan, for the Washington Post, commented in a similar vein: "This group is absolutely amazing-not merely because of the superb technique with which it tackles the challenging contemporary repertoire, but even more for the breadth of vision that matter-of-factly and quite correctly includes Jimi Hendrix. . . . Hearing this music is a mind-expanding experience."
Credits
Musicians
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Kronos Quartet Filmography
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2012, role: actor , character name: Themselves
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2007, role: composer
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Famous quotes by Kronos Quartet:
"Joseph Haydn wrote, what, 68 quartets?"
"Gustavo was humongous in Argentina when I was a kid,"
Kronos Quartet
ALBUMS
- Music for Heart and Breath released: 2014
- A Thousand Thoughts released: 2014
- Aheym released: 2013
- Music of Vladimir Martynov released: 2012
- Uniko released: 2011
- Music of Central Asia, Volume 8: Rainbow released: 2010
- Floodplain released: 2009
- Oceana released: 2007
- You’ve Stolen My Heart: Songs From R.D. Burman’s Bollywood released: 2005
- 2003-09-23: Healing the Divide: Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, NY, USA released: 2003
- The Gorey End released: 2003
- Nuevo released: 2002
- Requiem for Adam / Philosopher's Hand released: 2001
- Kronos Caravan released: 2000
- Kronos Quartet Performs Alfred Schnittke - The Complete String Quartets released: 1998
- Kronos Quartet: 25 Years released: 1998
- Gnarly Buttons / John's Book of Alleged Dances released: 1998
- Early Music (Lachrymæ Antiquæ) released: 1997
- Ghost Opera (Kronos Quartet feat. Wu Man) released: 1997
- Howl, U.S.A. released: 1996
- Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass released: 1995
- Released: 1985-1995 released: 1995
- Kronos Quartet / Franz Schubert Quartett / Wilanow Quartet released: 1994
- Monk Suite released: 1994
- Night Prayers released: 1994
- Du Cristal / …À La Fumée / Nymphéa released: 1993
- String Quartet no. 1, op. 62 "Already It Is Dusk" / String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia" released: 1993
- Short Stories released: 1993
- At the Grave of Richard Wagner released: 1993
- Piano and String Quartet released: 1993
- Pieces of Africa released: 1992
- String Quartet released: 1991
- In Formation released: 1990
- Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint released: 1989
- Cadenza on the Night Plain released: 1988
- Winter Was Hard released: 1988
- White Man Sleeps released: 1987
- Music by Sculthorpe, Sallinen, Glass, Nancarrow, and Hendrix released: 1986
- 1999-06-23: Teatro Alighieri, Ravenna, Italy released:
- 2009-05-04: Théâtre de la Ville, Paris, France released:
- Music of Bill Evans released:
- Black Angels released:
- Requiem for a Dream released:
Music for Heart and Breath
Released 2014- Quartet for Heart and Breath
- Heart and Breath Sextet
- For Heart, Breath, and Orchestra
- Interruptions (Heart and Breath Nonet): I. Miniature I
- Interruptions (Heart and Breath Nonet): II. String Peaks
- Interruptions (Heart and Breath Nonet): III. Wind's Idea
- Interruptions (Heart and Breath Nonet): IV. Miniature II
- Interruptions (Heart and Breath Nonet): V. Sticks/Tension
- Interruptions (Heart and Breath Nonet): VI. French Guitars
- Interruptions (Heart and Breath Nonet): VII. Freeform Winds/String Drones
- Duet for Heart and Breath
- Quartet for Heart and Breath (for Kronos)
A Thousand Thoughts
Released 2014- Tusen Tankar
- Dark Was the Night, Cold Was the Ground
- La Sidounak Sayyada
- Lưu thủy trường
- Aha Gèdawo
- An Buachaillín Bán
- The Round Sun and Crescent Moon in the Sky
- Eviç Taksim
- Rangin Kaman (excerpt)
- Smyrneiko Minore
- Cry of a Lady
- Sim Sholom
- Mera Kuchh Saaman
- Asleep (from Five Tango Sensations)
- Danny Boy
Floodplain
Released 2009- Ya Habibi Ta'ala (My Love, Come Quickly)
- Tashweesh (Interference)
- Wa Habibi (Beloved)
- Getme, Getme (Don't Leave, Don't Leave)
- Raga Mishra Bhairavi: Alap
- Oh Mother, the Handsome Man Tortures Me
- Mugam Beyati Shiraz
- Lullaby
- Nihavent Sirto
- Kara Kemir
- Tèw semagn hagèré (Listen to Me, My Fellow Countrymen)
- ...hold me, neighbor, in this storm...
Oceana
Released 2007- Oceana: I. Call
- Oceana: II. First Wave: "Oceana nupcial, cadera de las islas"; Rain Train Interlude
- Oceana: III. Second Wave: "Quiero oír lo invisible"
- Oceana: IV. Second Call
- Oceana: V. Third Wave: "Oceana, reclina tu noche en el castillo"
- Oceana: VI. Aria: "Tengo hambre de no ser sino piedra marina"
- Oceana: VII. Chorale of the Reef: "Oceana, dame las conchas del arricife"
- Tenebrae: I
- Tenebrae: II
- Three Songs: I. Night of the Flying Horses: Close Your Eyes - Doina - Gallop
- Three Songs: II. Lúa descolorida
- Three Songs: III. How Slow the Wind
You’ve Stolen My Heart: Songs From R.D. Burman’s Bollywood
Released 2005- Dum Maro Dum (Take Another Toke)
- Rishte Bante Hain (Relationships Grow Slowly)
- Mehbooba Mehbooba (Beloved, O Beloved)
- Ekta Deshlai Kathi Jwalao (Light a Match)
- Nodir Pare Utthchhe Dhnoa (Smoke Rises Across the River)
- Koi Aaya Aane Bhi De (If People Come)
- Mera Kuchh Saaman (Some of My Things)
- Saajan Kahan Jaoongi Main (Beloved, Where Would I Go?)
- Piya Tu Ab To Aaja (Lover, Come to Me Now)
- Dhanno Ki Aankhon (In Dhanno’s Eyes)
- Chura Liya Hai Tum Ne (You’ve Stolen My Heart)
- Saiyan Re Saiyan (My Lover Came Silently)
2003-09-23: Healing the Divide: Avery Fisher Hall, Lincoln Center, New York City, NY, USA
Released 2003Kronos Quartet: 25 Years
Released 1998- John's Book of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: Toot Nipple
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: Dogjam
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: Pavane: She's So Fine
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: Rag the Bone
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: Habanera
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: Stubble Crochet
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: Hammer & Chisel
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: Alligator Escalator
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: Standchen: The Little Serenade
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: Judah to Ocean (reprise)
- Fratres
- Psalom
- Summa
- Missa Syllabica: I. Kyrie
- Missa Syllabica: II. Gloria
- Missa Syllabica: III. Credo
- Missa Syllabica: IV. Sanctus
- Missa Syllabica: V. Agnus Dei
- Missa Syllabica: VI. Ite, Missa Est
Gnarly Buttons / John's Book of Alleged Dances
Released 1998- John's Book of Alleged Dances: I. Judah to Ocean
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: II. Toot Nipple
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: III. Dogjam
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: IV. Pavane: She's So Fine
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: V. Rag the Bone
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: VI. Habanera
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: VII. Stubble Crotchet
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: VIII. Hammer & Chisel
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: IX. Alligator Escalator
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: X. Ständchen: The Little Serenade
- John's Book of Alleged Dances: Xi. Judah to Ocean (reprise)
- Gnarly Buttons: I. The Perilous Shore
- Gnarly Buttons: II. Hoe-Down (Mad Cow)
- Gnarly Buttons: III. Put Your Loving Arms Around Me
Early Music (Lachrymæ Antiquæ)
Released 1997- Kyrie I
- Rachell’s Weepinge
- Långdans efter Byfåns Mats
- Lachrymæ Antiquæ
- Psalom
- Two Studies on Ancient Greek Scales
- Long‐Ge
- Totem Ancestor
- Kyrie II
- Brudmarsch frå Östa
- Using the Apostate Tyrant as His Tool
- Synchrony No. 2
- Quodlibet
- Viderunt Omnes
- Kyrie III
- Four Part Fantasia no. 2
- O Virtus Sapientie
- Uleg‐Khem
- Farwell My Good I. Forever
- Collected Songs Where Every Verse is Filled with Grief
- Bells
Howl, U.S.A.
Released 1996- Sing Sing: J. Edgar Hoover
- Barstow: Eight Hitchhikers' Inscription From a Highway Railing at Barstow, California
- Cold War Suite From How It Happens: Lawless Things
- Cold War Suite From How It Happens: Movies
- Cold War Suite From How It Happens: Light
- Cold War Suite From How It Happens: Perfect Weapon
- Cold War Suite From How It Happens: What Would Have Happened
- Howl: I.
- Howl: II
- Howl: III
- Howl: Footnote to Howl
Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass
Released 1995- String Quartet no. 5: I
- String Quartet no. 5: II
- String Quartet no. 5: III
- String Quartet no. 5: IV
- String Quartet no. 5: V
- String Quartet no. 4 "Buczak": I
- String Quartet no. 4 "Buczak": II
- String Quartet no. 4 "Buczak": III
- String Quartet no. 2 "Company": I
- String Quartet no. 2 "Company": II
- String Quartet no. 2 "Company": III
- String Quartet no. 2 "Company": IV
- String Quartet no. 3 "Mishima": I. 1957. Award Montage
- String Quartet no. 3 "Mishima": II. November 25. Ichigaya
- String Quartet no. 3 "Mishima": III. 1934. Grandmother and Kimitake
- String Quartet no. 3 "Mishima": IV. 1962. Body Building
- String Quartet no. 3 "Mishima": V. Blood Oath
- String Quartet no. 3 "Mishima": VI. Mishima/Closing
Kronos Quartet / Franz Schubert Quartett / Wilanow Quartet
Released 1994- String Quartet No. 1: Andante Agitato
- String Quartet No. 2: Grave
- String Quartet No. 4: I. Molto sostenuto e espressivo
- String Quartet No. 4: II. Adagio molto con espressione
- String Quartet No. 4: III. Allegretto scherzando
- Streichquartett Nr. 1, Op. 27: I. Introduktion und Scherzo
- Streichquartett Nr. 1, Op. 27: II. Thema Mit 2 Variationen
- Streichquartett Nr. 1: I. Satz
- Streichquartett Nr. 1: II. Satz
- ArnolD SCHönBErG in memoriam
- Quartetto Per Archi 2: 'primaverile'
String Quartet no. 1, op. 62 "Already It Is Dusk" / String Quartet no. 2, op. 64 "Quasi una fantasia"
Released 1993Winter Was Hard
Released 1988- Winter Was Hard
- Half Wolf Dances Mad in Moonlight
- Fratres
- Six Bagatelles: Mäßig / Leicht bewegt / Ziemlich fließend / Sehr langsam / Äußerst langsam / Fließend
- Forbidden Fruit (Variations for Voice, String Quartet and Turntables)
- Bella by Barlight
- Four for Tango
- Quartet No. 3: Andante - Agitato - Pesante
- Adagio
- A Door Is Ajar
Music by Sculthorpe, Sallinen, Glass, Nancarrow, and Hendrix
Released 1986- String Quartet no. 8: I. Con dolore
- String Quartet no. 8: II. Risoluto
- String Quartet no. 8: III. Con dolore
- String Quartet no. 8: IV. Con precisione
- String Quartet no. 8: V. Con dolore
- String Quartet no. 3
- Company: I
- Company: II
- Company: III
- Company: IV
- String Quartet: I. Allegro molto
- String Quartet: II. Andante moderato
- String Quartet: III. Prestissimo
- Purple Haze
Requiem for a Dream
- Summer: Summer Overture
- Summer: Party
- Summer: Coney Island Dreaming
- Summer: Party
- Summer: Chocolate Charms
- Summer: Ghosts of Things to Come
- Summer: Dreams
- Summer: Tense
- Summer: Dr. Pill
- Summer: High on Life
- Summer: Ghosts
- Summer: Crimin' & Dealin'
- Summer: Hope Overture
- Summer: Tense
- Summer: Bialy & Lox Conga
- Fall: Cleaning Apartment
- Fall: Ghosts-Falling
- Fall: Dreams
- Fall: Arnold
- Fall: Marion Barfs
- Fall: Supermarket Sweep
- Fall: Dreams
- Fall: Sara Goldfarb Has Left the Building
- Fall: Bugs Got a Devilish Grin Conga
- Winter: Winter Overture
- Winter: Southern Hospitality
- Winter: Fear
- Winter: Full Tense
- Winter: The Beginning of the End
- Winter: Ghosts of a Future Lost
- Winter: Meltdown
- Winter: Lux Aeterna
- Winter: Coney Island Low
- Aeternal (remix)
- Requiem for a Dream (orchestral version)
