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Kronos Quartet: Sculthorpe, Sallinen, Glass, Nuncarrow, Hendrix
 
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Kronos Quartet: Sculthorpe, Sallinen, Glass, Nuncarrow, Hendrix

Aulis Sallinen (Composer), Philip Glass (Composer), Conlon Nancarrow (Composer), Jimi Hendrix (Composer), Peter Sculthorpe (Composer), Kronos Quartet (Performer)
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1. Con dolore
2. Risoluto
3. Con dolore
4. Con precisione
5. Con dolore
6. 1. Quarter note = 96
7. 2. Quarter note = 160
8. 3. Quarter note = 90
9. 4. Quarter note = 160
10. Allegro molto
11. Andante moderato
12. Prestissimo

On this CD:
  1. String quartet
    Composed by Peter Sculthorpe
    with David Harrington, Joan Heanrenaud, John Sherba, Kronos Quartet, Hank Dutt

  2. String Quartet No. 3 ("Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral March"), Op. 19
    Composed by Aulis Sallinen
    with David Harrington, Joan Heanrenaud, John Sherba, Kronos Quartet, Hank Dutt

  3. Company. for string quartet/string orchestra
    Composed by Philip Glass
    with David Harrington, Joan Heanrenaud, John Sherba, Kronos Quartet, Hank Dutt

  4. Work(s) String quartet
    Composed by Conlon Nancarrow
    with David Harrington, Joan Heanrenaud, John Sherba, Kronos Quartet, Hank Dutt

  5. Purple Haze
    Composed by Jimi Hendrix
    with David Harrington, Joan Heanrenaud, John Sherba, Kronos Quartet, Hank Dutt


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How odd that the recording that gained Kronos its initial fame proves to be the group's least remarkable: Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze," from the group's 1985 Nonesuch debut. At the time of its release, this encore of Hendrix's canonical rock song gave many traditional cultural commentators pause, and many young fans reason to rejoice. But as the years have passed and Kronos's members have become rock stars themselves (of a sort), listeners have come to find the pleasures promised by the Hendrix cover--soul, visceral rocking, rebellion--elsewhere on this record. The Slavic tinge of Aulis Sallinen's String Quartet No. 3 offers enough melancholy for half a dozen popular songs (and, about four minutes in, some very Hendrix-like rhythms). "Psychedelic" may be the best word to describe the myriad, rapid-fire patterns of the second and fourth movements of Philip Glass's "Company." And there are few rebels so legendary in America as Conlon Nancarrow, who lived in self-exile in Mexico and whose work, this String Quartet notwithstanding, is often too complicated for humans to play. --Marc Weidenbaum

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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely first rate! Performance & recording are excellent, September 22, 1998
By J. LaCoss "Rt. Rev. Sawdust Master" (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews
  
I am far from knowledgable about music. However, this is a marvelous introduction to contemporary music as arranged for a string quartet. The vision and versatility of this group are really laid out here.

The only piece that jars is "Purple Haze," which, sorry folks, just doesn't work with strings. While I greatly applaud Kronos' willingness to try on a rock masterpiece, Hendrix said everything that needs to be said.

I recommend this CD unreservedly! Jeff

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