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| Kronos Quartet | 
 enlarge | Artists: Philip Glass, Conlon Nancarrow, Jimi Hendrix, Hank Dutt, David Harrington, Joan Jeanrenaud, John Sherba
Creators: Peter Sculthorpe, Aulis Sallinen
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (1 reviews)
Sales Rank: 143942
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 075597911121
EAN: 0075597911121
ASIN: B000005IXL
Release Date: October 25, 1990
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| Tracks:
| • | String Quartet No. 8: Con dolore | | • | String Quartet No. 8: Risoluto | | • | String Quartet No. 8: Con dolore | | • | String Quartet No. 8: Con precisione | | • | String Quartet No. 8: Con dolore | | • | String Quartet No. 3: Some Aspects Of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funderal March | | • | Company: Company - I | | • | Company: Company - II | | • | Company: Company - III | | • | Company: Company - IV | | • | String Quartet: Allegro molto | | • | String Quartet: Andante moderato | | • | String Quartet: Prestissimo | | • | Purple Haze |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
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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| Customer Reviews:
Absolutely first rate! Performance & recording are excellent September 23, 1998
17 out of 19 found this review helpful
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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