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Kyrie IMesse de Nostre Dame, mass for 4 voices: Kyrie 1Studies (2) on Ancient Greek ScalesRachell's WeepingPsalomLangdans efter Byfans MatsLångdans efter Byfåns MatsLachrimae antiquae, for 5 viols/violins & lute (from "Lachrimae")Lachrimae or Seaven Teares: Lachrimae antiquaePsalom, for string quartetStudies (2) on Ancient Greek Scales, for harmonic canon & bass marimba (from "Eleven Intrusions")Totem Ancestor for Prepared PianoO virtus sapientiaeLong-Ge, for string quartetIn Nomine "Rachells weepinge"Totem Ancestor, for prepared pianoKyrie IIMesse de Nostre Dame, mass for 4 voices: Kyrie 2Brudmarsch frä ÖstaBrudmarsch frå ÖstaUsing the Apostate Tyrant As His ToolUsing the Apostate Tyrant As His ToolSynchrony no 2Synchrony for string quartet (6 other arrangements): No. 2Quod LibetString Quartet in Four Parts: QuodlibetViderunt omnesViderunt omnes, organum for 4 voicesKyrie IIIMesse de Nostre Dame, mass for 4 voices: Kyrie 3Fantasy for 4 viols in B flat major, Z. 736Fantasia for 4 Viols in B flat major, Z 736O virtus Sapientiae, antiphonLong-GeUleg-KhemUleg-KhemIn Nomine "Farewell my good 1, for ever""In Nomine a 5 ("Farwell my good 1. for ever")Collected Songs Where Every Verse is Filled with GriefCanon in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky, for string quartet: Collected Songs Where Every Verse is Filled with GriefRequiem: Bells - Tolling of the KnellChurch Bells: Abbey of St. Peter's of Solesmes, FranceTrack List
Kyrie IMesse de Nostre Dame, mass for 4 voices: Kyrie 1Studies (2) on Ancient Greek ScalesRachell's WeepingPsalomLangdans efter Byfans MatsLångdans efter Byfåns MatsLachrimae antiquae, for 5 viols/violins & lute (from "Lachrimae")Lachrimae or Seaven Teares: Lachrimae antiquaePsalom, for string quartetStudies (2) on Ancient Greek Scales, for harmonic canon & bass marimba (from "Eleven Intrusions")Totem Ancestor for Prepared PianoO virtus sapientiaeLong-Ge, for string quartetIn Nomine "Rachells weepinge"Totem Ancestor, for prepared pianoKyrie IIMesse de Nostre Dame, mass for 4 voices: Kyrie 2Brudmarsch frä ÖstaBrudmarsch frå ÖstaUsing the Apostate Tyrant As His ToolUsing the Apostate Tyrant As His ToolSynchrony no 2Synchrony for string quartet (6 other arrangements): No. 2Quod LibetString Quartet in Four Parts: QuodlibetViderunt omnesViderunt omnes, organum for 4 voicesKyrie IIIMesse de Nostre Dame, mass for 4 voices: Kyrie 3Fantasy for 4 viols in B flat major, Z. 736Fantasia for 4 Viols in B flat major, Z 736O virtus Sapientiae, antiphonLong-GeUleg-KhemUleg-KhemIn Nomine "Farewell my good 1, for ever""In Nomine a 5 ("Farwell my good 1. for ever")Collected Songs Where Every Verse is Filled with GriefCanon in Memoriam Igor Stravinsky, for string quartet: Collected Songs Where Every Verse is Filled with GriefRequiem: Bells - Tolling of the KnellChurch Bells: Abbey of St. Peter's of Solesmes, FranceAlbum Notes
This disc was nominated for the 1998 Grammy Award for "Best Chamber Music Performance."
Selections recorded at Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, California and Mastersound Astoria, Queens, New York.
In concert, the Kronos Quartet has the uncanny ability to assemble great programs of varied compositions. Who would have guessed that mixing Terry Riley with Arvo Pärt and Jimi Hendrix would create a perfect concert recipe? In EARLY MUSIC, they have done it again. All of the mostly-short works on this album are intertwined by there relationship to real or imagined "ancient" music. Selections by Machaut are followed by John Cage, which are in turn followed by anonymous eastern religious music. Furthermore, in many of the selections, the quartet is joined by special instruments, including drums, harmonium and Tuvan throat singers.
Together these elements comprise an album that flows from beginning to end like a rhapsodic dream, each scene melting into the next. Kronos plays mostly without vibrato in an effort to purify their pitch, and the result is that suddenly your living room becomes a darkened arched cathedral, where music that was performed last year and last millennium mingles in the air and returns to your ear, rich, beautiful and personal. This is not a recording that any other quartet could accomplish.
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See Also
- Keeril Makan: In Sound (Makan, Keeril)
- Music Of Central Asia, Vol. 8: Rainbow (Sakhi, Homayun)
