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| Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet / Aki Takahashi, Kronos Quartet | 
 enlarge | Creators: Joan Jeanrenaud, Morton Feldman, Kronos Quartet, Aki Takahashi, Aki Takahaski, Hank Dutt, David Harrington, John Sherba
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (19 reviews)
Sales Rank: 95886
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 79320
UPC: 075597932027
EAN: 0075597932027
ASIN: B000005J27
Release Date: September 28, 1993
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 Like a monolith rising through fog December 7, 2000
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
the drama of this composition is incalculably precise and unnerving. proceeding at a glacial pace, you could choose to resign this to backround music, but the heart of this experience is just the opposite. what you want to do is play this cd and deprive all your other senses- turn off the lights, sit still, and listen. give an hour of your life over to completely immersing yourself in what I think has to be one the most beautiful compositions I have ever experienced. from seemingly repetitive patterns emerge the slightest deviations and developements that seem absolutely earth-shattering in this stark relief. i compare listening to this to the zen art of demura painting, where the beauty of the simple circle is found in the character of every bristle of the brush that creates the little tangential slivers and brief empty spaces. as they say, god is in the details. but they're not the details your gonna see if you don't let go and give yourself, and every bit of your consciousness, to this sublime capsule.
scale down your listening habits September 27, 2000
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
You could treat this as a piece of background ambience of a rather rarefied and inscrutable kind, but you'll be missing a great deal if you do. Feldman makes you listen hard, by the very refinement of what he is doing; pitches or notes you might have taken for granted now stand revealed as new-minted. Throughout 80 minutes this minimal (no, not in the Glass/Reich sense) musical material commands attention. Feldman, never at the loss for a paradoxical sound-bite is quoted in the booklet as saying "All I ask is that composers wash out their ears before they sit down to compose". Well, with this unique music, he demands that of his listeners too. He is a real wizard: prepare to be spellbound. Performance and recording quality: ideal.
 Strong moodsetter that stays in the background. December 7, 1999
4 out of 9 found this review helpful
I picked this album up by accident at the library. At first, it sounded strange, like X-Files music before something terrible occurs...But the more I listened to it, the more I enjoyed it. It sounds sweet, ominous, and lamenting all at the same time. Perfect for those late nights.
Very nice! August 22, 1999
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
Well Kronos are all over the map stylistically. The one inlcudes an equal amount of Takahashi on the piano. The result is sublime. Feldman could be smooth as silk - and Kronos manage to pull it off perfectly. No two Kronos albums are the same - and frankly I own more than 15 of their Cd's and camn't really find a good "starting point" for anyone. But, since some of their work can be jarring, I dare to suggest that this is a good lead in. And check out Feldman's work also. This CD is just so beautiful - a wonderful find.
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