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Sculthorpe, Sallinen, Glass, Nancarrow / Kronos Quartet

1 CD / Nonesuch / 2011-10-04

Works: Peter Sculthorpe: String quartet; Aulis Sallinen: Quartet for Strings no 3 ("Some Aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral March"), Op. 19; Philip Glass: Company; Conlon Nancarrow: Quartet for Strings...
Performers: Dutt, Hank; Harrington, David; Heanrenaud, Joan; Sherba, John [Violin]
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Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

This recording is representative, according to the liner notes, of what a Kronos Quartet concert might be like. There are performances by a disparate selection of contemporary composers with a catchy ...continue...

Caravan

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2000-04-18

Works: Aleksandra Vrebalov: Pannonia Boundless, for string quartet; Carlos Paredes: Cançao Verdes Anos; Romance no 1; Rahul Dev Burman: Aaj Ki Raat (from the film Anamika); Enrique Rangel: La Muerte Ch...
Performers: Culp, Jennifer; Dutt, Hank; Gheorghe, Anghel "Caliu"; Harrington, David; Hussain, Zakir; Jones, Martyn; Kalhor, Kayhan; Kaspar, Souhail; Kronos Quartet; Lautaru, Constantin; Lautaru, Constantin "Cost...
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Ensemble: Kronos Quartet; Taraf de Haïdouks

Personnel: David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Kayhan Kalhor (kamancha); Hank Dutt (viola); Jennifer Culp (cello); Ali Jihad Racy (nay); Martyn Jones (drums); Zakir Hussain (tabla).

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In Formation / Kronos Quartet

1 CD / Reference Recordings / 1999-05-13

Works: David Kechley: The Funky Chicken; Ken Benshoof: Remember; When; Derek Thunes: Blues; Wind on My Back, for string quartet; Huntley Beyer: Enantiodromia High, for string quartet; Alan Dorsey: Joan's Bl...
Performers: Dutt, Hank; Harrington, David; Jeanrenaud, Joan; Kronos Quartet; Sherba, John [Violin]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

Selections recorded January and March, 1979.

Personnel: David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Hank Dutt (viola); Joan Jeanrenaud (cello).

Recording information: St. Mary's Cathedral, ...continue...

Schuller: Symbiosis; Lee / Kronos Quartet, Collage, et al

1 CD / GM Recordings / 1997-12-01

Works: Thomas Oboe Lee: The Mad Frog, for oboe, bass clarinet & harp; Third String Quartet ("... Child of Uranus, father of Zeus"); Gunther Schuller: Symbiosis for violin, piano & percussion
Performers: Ajemian, Anahid; Ajemian, Maro; Annis, Robert; Chohen, Fredric T.; Dutt, Hank; Harrington, David; Jeanrenaud, Joan; Pilot, Ann Hobson; Rosenberger, Walter; Sherba, John [Violin]
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Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

Released 1985-1995 / Kronos Quartet

2 CD / Warner Classics / 1995-10-24

Works: Dumisani Maraire: Mai Nozipo, for ngoma, hosho & string quartet ("Mother Nozipo"); Astor Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations, for bandoneón & string quartet (abridgement and arrangement of Sette ...
Performers: Caballero, Larry; John Taylor [Engineer/Editor]; Kronos Quartet; Manning, Patty
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

"Kronos is a quality act...There are no proper insert-notes on the music but, to be quite honest, the chosen selections are so vivid, so powerfully...continue...
Personnel: John Taylor And Orchestra (vocals); David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Hank Dutt (viola); Joan Jeanrenaud (cello); Dumisani Maraire (hosho, ngoma)....continue...

Ostertag: All The Rage / Kronos Quartet

1 CD / Warner Classics / 1993-10-26

Works: Bob Ostertag: All the Rage, for string quartet
Performers: Dutt, Hank; Gupton, Eric; Harrington, David; Jeanrenaud, Joan; Ostertag, Bob; Sherba, John [Violin]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

Personnel: David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Hank Dutt (viola); Joan Jeanrenaud (cello).

Recording information: Master Sound Astoria Studios, Astoria, NY (04/1993).

This stirring ...continue...

Kronos Quartet - Short Stories

1 CD / Nonesuch Import / 1993-03-09

Works: Elliott Sharp: Digital; Willie Dixon: Spoonful; John Oswald: Spectre, for string quartet; John Zorn: Cat o' Nine Tails (Tex Avery Directs the Marquis de Sade), for string quartet; Henry Cowell: Quart...
Performers: Bhatt, Krishna; Constant, John; Dutt, Hank; Harrington, David; Jeanrenaud, Joan; Kronos Quartet; Mackey, Steven; Nath, Pandit Pran; Riley, Terry [Composer]; Sherba, John [Violin]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

Personnel: Pran Nath (vocals); David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Hank Dutt (viola); Joan Jeanrenaud (cello).

Recording information: Different Fur, San Francisco, CA (10/1990-08/1992); Sk...continue...

Black Angels

1 CD / / 1990-07-03

Works: George Crumb: Black Angels (Images I), for electric string quartet; Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium; István Márta: Doom. A Sigh, for voice & Roumanian folk ensemble; Charles Ives: They Are...
Performers: Dutt, Hank; Harrington, David; Jeanrenaud, Joan; Sherba, John [Violin]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

Black Angels is one of Kronos' finest works, a haunting cycle of compositions thematically linked by their relationships to war and brutality. The title piece, composed by George Crumb in response to ...continue...