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Kronos Quartet - The Collection
Label:
Catalog#:
7559-79260-2 ZD
Format:
6 x CD, Box Set
Country:
Germany
Released:
1991
Genre:
Classical
Style:
Modern Classical,
Modern,
Contemporary,
Experimental,
Post-Modern
Tracklist
| CD1: Kronos Quartet [Nonesuch 7559-79111-2 (1986)] | ||||
| Peter Sculthorpe: String Quartet No. 8 | ||||
| 1.1 | Mvt. I Con Dolore | 2:59 | ||
| 1.2 | Mvt. II Risoluto | 3:50 | ||
| 1.3 | Mvt. III Con Dolore | 3:00 | ||
| 1.4 | Mvt. IV Con Precisione | 1:57 | ||
| 1.5 | Mvt. V Con Dolore | 1:55 | ||
| Aulis Sallinen: String Quartet No. 3 | ||||
| 1.6 | Some Aspects Of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral March | 14:05 | ||
| Philip Glass: Company (7:53) | ||||
| 1.7 | Mvt. I | 2:22 | ||
| 1.8 | Mvt. II | 1:34 | ||
| 1.9 | Mvt. III | 1:48 | ||
| 1.10 | Mvt. IV | 2:09 | ||
| Conlon Nancarrow: String Quartet (11:07) | ||||
| 1.11 | Mvt. I Allegro Molto | 2:23 | ||
| 1.12 | Mvt. II Andante Moderato | 3:29 | ||
| 1.13 | Mvt. III Prestissimo | 5:15 | ||
| Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze | ||||
| 1.14 | Purple Haze | 3:00 | ||
|
Arranged By -
Steve Riffkin
Composed By - Jimi Hendrix | ||||
| CD2: White Man Sleeps [Nonesuch 7559-79163-2 (1987)] | ||||
| 2.1 | White Man Sleeps #1 | 4:31 | ||
| Composed By - Kevin Volans | ||||
| 2.2 | Scherzo: Holding Your Own | 1:23 | ||
| Composed By - Charles Ives | ||||
| 2.3 | Pano Da Costa (Cloth From The Coast) | 19:21 | ||
| Composed By - Jon Hassell | ||||
| 2.4 | Morango...Almost A Tango | 6:22 | ||
| Composed By - Thomas Oboe Lee | ||||
| 2.5 | Lonely Woman | 3:08 | ||
|
Arranged By -
Mel Graves
Composed By - Ornette Coleman | ||||
| 2.6 | Amazing Grace | 11:48 | ||
| Composed By - Ben Johnston | ||||
| 2.7 | White Man Sleeps #5 | 3:38 | ||
| Composed By - Kevin Volans | ||||
| 2.8 | String Quartet No. 3 | 15:30 | ||
| Composed By - Béla Bartók | ||||
| CD3: Winter Was Hard [Nonesuch 979 181-2 (1988)] | ||||
| 3.1 | Winter Was Hard | 1:40 | ||
|
Choir -
San Francisco Girls Chorus
Directed By [Choir] - Elizabeth Appling Engineer - Howard Johnston , John Newton Lyrics By [Original Text] - Bo Carpelan Reeds [Reed Organ] - Earl L. Miller | ||||
| 3.2 | Half-Wolf Dances Mad In Moonlight | 8:21 | ||
| 3.3 | Fratres | 9:24 | ||
|
Arranged By -
Thomas Höfer*
Composed By - Arvo Pärt | ||||
| 3.4 | Six Bagatelles Op.9 | 3:57 | ||
| Composed By - Anton Webern | ||||
| I | Mäßig | 0:29 | ||
| II | Leicht Bewegt | 0:21 | ||
| III | Ziemlich Fließend | 0:22 | ||
| IV | Sehr Langsam | 0:49 | ||
| V | Äußerst Langsam | 1:06 | ||
| VI | Fließend | 0:31 | ||
| 3.5 | Forbidden Fruit | 10:16 | ||
|
Composed By, Producer -
John Zorn
Lyrics By [Original Text] - Reck Turntables - Christian Marclay Voice - Ohta Hiromi* | ||||
| 3.6 | Bella By Barlight | 2:47 | ||
|
Composed By -
John Lurie
Recorded By [Metal Box Studio], Mixed By [Metal Box Studio] - Ono Seigen* Recorded By [Russian Hill Recording] - Howard Johnston | ||||
| 3.7 | Four, For Tango | 4:41 | ||
| Composed By - Astor Piazzolla | ||||
| 3.8 | Quartet No. 3 | 19:06 | ||
| Composed By - Alfred Schnittke | ||||
| I | Andante | 5:40 | ||
| II | Agitato | 5:43 | ||
| III | Pesante | 7:21 | ||
| 3.9 | Adagio | 7:09 | ||
| Composed By - Samuel Barber | ||||
| I | 6. Schirmer | 7:09 | ||
| 3.10 | A Door Is Ajar | 0:39 | ||
| Composed By - Traditional | ||||
| CD4/5: Kronos Quartet Plays Terry Riley: Salome Dances For Peace [Nonesuch 7559-79217-2 (1989)] | ||||
| I. Anthem Of The Great Spirit | ||||
| 4.1 | The Summons | 4:56 | ||
| 4.2 | Peace Dance | 11:02 | ||
| 4.3 | Fanfare In The Minimal Kingdom | 4:30 | ||
| 4.4 | Ceremonial Night Race | 4:39 | ||
| 4.5 | At The Ancient Aztec Corn Races Salome Meets Wild Talker | 2:06 | ||
| 4.6 | More Ceremonial Races | 0:51 | ||
| 4.7 | Oldtimers At The Races | 3:50 | ||
| 4.8 | Half Wolf Dances Mad In Moonlight | 9:06 | ||
| II. Conquest Of The War Demons | ||||
| 4.9 | Way Of The Warrior | 5:08 | ||
| 4.10 | Salome And Half Wolf Descend Through The Gates To The Underworld | 4:36 | ||
| 4.11 | Breakthrough To The Realm Of The War Demons | 2:38 | ||
| 4.12 | Combat Dance | 3:54 | ||
| 4.13 | Victory: Salome Re-Enacts For Half Wolf Her Deeds Of Valor | 0:43 | ||
| 4.14 | Discovery Of Peace | 3:40 | ||
| 4.15 | The Underworld Arising | 10:08 | ||
| III. The Gift | ||||
| 5:1 | Echoes Of Primordial Time | 11:14 | ||
| 5.2 | Mongolian Winds | 4:10 | ||
| IV. The Ecstasy | ||||
| 5.3 | Processional | 2:10 | ||
| 5.4 | Seduction Of The Bear Father | 3:12 | ||
| 5.5 | The Gathering | 5:42 | ||
| 5.6 | At The Summit | 5:24 | ||
| 5.7 | Recessional | 1:53 | ||
| V. Good Medicine | ||||
| 5.8 | Good Medicine Dance | 3:28 | ||
| CD6: Black Angels [Nonesuch 7559-79242-2 (1990)] | ||||
| George Crumb: Black Angels (18:15) | ||||
| Thirteen Images From The Dark Land | ||||
| 6:1 | I. Departure | 5:37 | ||
| 1 | Threnody I: Night Of The Electric Insects | 1:22 | ||
| 2 | Sounds Of The Bones And Flutes | 0:40 | ||
| 3 | Lost Bells | 0:54 | ||
| 4 | Devil-music | 1:39 | ||
| 5 | Danse Macabre | 1:02 | ||
| 6:2 | II. Absence | 5:25 | ||
| 6 | Pavana Lachrymac | 1:07 | ||
| 7 | Threnody II: Black Angels! | 2:30 | ||
| 8 | Sarabanda De La Muerte Oscura | 0:46 | ||
| 9 | Lost Bells (Echo) | 1:02 | ||
| 6:3 | III. Return | 7:13 | ||
| 10 | God-music | 3:01 | ||
| 11 | Ancient Voices | 0:33 | ||
| 12 | Ancient Voices (Echo) | 0:34 | ||
| 13 | Threnody III: Night Of The Electric Insects - Sarabanda De La Muerte Oscura (Echo) | 3:05 | ||
| Thomas Tallis: Spen In Alium (Sign And Glorify) | ||||
| 6.4 | Spen In Alium | 8:52 | ||
| Composed By - Thomas Tallis | ||||
| Istvan Marta: Doom. A Sigh | ||||
| 6.5 | Doom. A Sigh | 10:54 | ||
|
Composed By -
Istvan Marta*
Engineer [Recording, Mix] - Alex Haas | ||||
| Charles Ives: They Are There! (Fighting For The People's New Free World) | ||||
| 6.6 | They Are There! | 2:47 | ||
|
Composed By -
Charles Ives
Engineer [Recording] - Dan Reid | ||||
| Dmitri Shostakovich: Quartet No. 8 (20:00) | ||||
| 6.7 | I. Largo | 4:57 | ||
| 6.8 | II. Allegro Molto | 2:36 | ||
| 6.9 | III. Allegretto | 4:19 | ||
| 6.10 | IV. Largo | 4:12 | ||
| 6.11 | V. Largo | 3:56 | ||
Credits
Arranged By -
Kronos Quartet
(tracks: 3.1, 3.10, 6.4)
Artwork By [Art Direction & Design For First & Second Disc] - Carin Goldberg
Artwork By [Art Direction & Design For Fourth & Fifth Disc] - Frank Olinsky / Manhattan Design
Artwork By [Art Direction & Design For Sixth Disc] - Manhattan Design
Artwork By [Art Direction & Design For Third Disc] - Kosh
Artwork By [Cover Art For Fourth & Fifth Disc] - Henrik Drescher
Cello - Joan Jeanrenaud
Composed By - Aulis Sallinen (tracks: 1.6, 3.1) , Conlon Nancarrow (tracks: 1.11 to 1.3) , Dmitri Shostakovich (tracks: 6.7 to 6.11) , George Crumb (tracks: 6.1 to 6.3) , Peter Sculthorpe (tracks: 1.1 to 1.5) , Philip Glass (tracks: 1.7 to 1.10) , Terry Riley (tracks: 3.2, 4.1 to 5.8)
Edited By [Digital] - Amelia Rogers (tracks: 1.1 to 1.14)
Engineer - John Newton (tracks: 1.1 to 5.8)
Engineer [Mix] - Bob Edwards (tracks: 6.1 to 6.4)
Engineer [Recording, Mix] - Judith Sherman (tracks: 6.1 to 6.11)
Engineer [Recording] - Juhani Liimatainen (tracks: 6.1 to 6.4, 6.7 to 6.11) , Tony Eckert (tracks: 6.1 to 6.4, 6.7 to 6.11)
Executive Producer - Robert Hurwitz
Mastered By - Robert C. Ludwig* (tracks: 4.1 to 5.8)
Other [Liner Notes For First Disc] - Gregory Sandow
Other [Liner Notes For Fourth & Fifth Disc] - Mark Swed
Other [Program Notes For Sixth Disc] - Carol Yaple
Photography [Cover For First Disc] - Jan Staller
Photography [Cover For Fourth & Fifth Disc] - Erwin Blumenfeld
Photography [Cover For Second Disc] - Nicholas Nixon
Photography [Cover For Third Disc] - Michele Clement
Photography [For Sixth Disc] - Matt Mahurin
Photography [Kronos Quartet For Fourth & Fifth Disc] - Michele Clement
Photography [Terry Riley For Fourth & Fifth Disc] - Michael McIntyre
Producer - Judith Sherman (tracks: 2.1 to 2.8, 6.1 to 6.11) , Kronos Quartet (tracks: 3.1 to 3.10, 6.1 to 6.11) , Thomas Frost (tracks: 1.1 to 1.14)
Viola - Hank Dutt
Violin - David Harrington , John Sherba
Artwork By [Art Direction & Design For First & Second Disc] - Carin Goldberg
Artwork By [Art Direction & Design For Fourth & Fifth Disc] - Frank Olinsky / Manhattan Design
Artwork By [Art Direction & Design For Sixth Disc] - Manhattan Design
Artwork By [Art Direction & Design For Third Disc] - Kosh
Artwork By [Cover Art For Fourth & Fifth Disc] - Henrik Drescher
Cello - Joan Jeanrenaud
Composed By - Aulis Sallinen (tracks: 1.6, 3.1) , Conlon Nancarrow (tracks: 1.11 to 1.3) , Dmitri Shostakovich (tracks: 6.7 to 6.11) , George Crumb (tracks: 6.1 to 6.3) , Peter Sculthorpe (tracks: 1.1 to 1.5) , Philip Glass (tracks: 1.7 to 1.10) , Terry Riley (tracks: 3.2, 4.1 to 5.8)
Edited By [Digital] - Amelia Rogers (tracks: 1.1 to 1.14)
Engineer - John Newton (tracks: 1.1 to 5.8)
Engineer [Mix] - Bob Edwards (tracks: 6.1 to 6.4)
Engineer [Recording, Mix] - Judith Sherman (tracks: 6.1 to 6.11)
Engineer [Recording] - Juhani Liimatainen (tracks: 6.1 to 6.4, 6.7 to 6.11) , Tony Eckert (tracks: 6.1 to 6.4, 6.7 to 6.11)
Executive Producer - Robert Hurwitz
Mastered By - Robert C. Ludwig* (tracks: 4.1 to 5.8)
Other [Liner Notes For First Disc] - Gregory Sandow
Other [Liner Notes For Fourth & Fifth Disc] - Mark Swed
Other [Program Notes For Sixth Disc] - Carol Yaple
Photography [Cover For First Disc] - Jan Staller
Photography [Cover For Fourth & Fifth Disc] - Erwin Blumenfeld
Photography [Cover For Second Disc] - Nicholas Nixon
Photography [Cover For Third Disc] - Michele Clement
Photography [For Sixth Disc] - Matt Mahurin
Photography [Kronos Quartet For Fourth & Fifth Disc] - Michele Clement
Photography [Terry Riley For Fourth & Fifth Disc] - Michael McIntyre
Producer - Judith Sherman (tracks: 2.1 to 2.8, 6.1 to 6.11) , Kronos Quartet (tracks: 3.1 to 3.10, 6.1 to 6.11) , Thomas Frost (tracks: 1.1 to 1.14)
Viola - Hank Dutt
Violin - David Harrington , John Sherba
Notes
CD1: Recorded June 1985 at the "American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters", NYC.
CD2: Recorded January 1987 at "Wellesley College Chapel", Wellesley, Massachusetts.
CD3: Recorded November 1987 at "Methuen Memorial Music Hall" Methuen, Massachusetts. ["Winter Was Hard" recorded January 1988 at "St. İgnatius Church", San Francisco, California; "Forbidden Fruit" recorded September 1987 at "Russian Hill Recording", San Francisco, California and "Metal Box Studio", Tokyo, Japan, mixed September 1987 at "CBS Roppongi Studio", Tokyo, Japan.]
CD4/5: Recorded August 1988 at "Skywalker Ranch", Nicasio, California.
CD2: Recorded January 1987 at "Wellesley College Chapel", Wellesley, Massachusetts.
CD3: Recorded November 1987 at "Methuen Memorial Music Hall" Methuen, Massachusetts. ["Winter Was Hard" recorded January 1988 at "St. İgnatius Church", San Francisco, California; "Forbidden Fruit" recorded September 1987 at "Russian Hill Recording", San Francisco, California and "Metal Box Studio", Tokyo, Japan, mixed September 1987 at "CBS Roppongi Studio", Tokyo, Japan.]
CD4/5: Recorded August 1988 at "Skywalker Ranch", Nicasio, California.