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| Kronos Caravan | 
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| Artists: Aleksandra Vrebalov, Carlos Paredes, Rahul Dev Burman, Enrique Rangel, Sapo Perapaskero, Rezso Seress, Terry Riley, Anibal Troilo, Kayhan Halhor, Ali Jihad Racy, Nicholas (aka Dale, Dick) Roubanis, Zakir Hussain
Creator: Kronos Quartet
Label: Nonesuch
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
Buy New: $6.19
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (10 reviews)
Sales Rank: 111311
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 79490
UPC: 075597949025
EAN: 0075597949025
ASIN: B00004S92N
Release Date: April 18, 2000
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| Customer Reviews:
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 A CD anyone would love! July 6, 2000
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Kronos Quartet's last accomplishment - Caravan - got me hooked from the very first time I listened to it.I highly recommend it to those who wish to "get acquainted" with the KQ and don't know which CD to start from. This one, in my opinion, is more apt to satisfy the average music consumer than others by the KQ. Caravan has got a terrific vitality to it, a dynamism I haven't found in any of the other KQ CDs I've listened to so far. Also, in some tracks, it's got a rock-like sound to it, that will be familiar to those who - like myself - have always loved popular music but have just began approaching classical music. Caravan's apparent simplicity of form mustn't deceive, however: yes, it is easy to listen to, and, yes, it is likely to satisfy unrefined listeners as well as sophisticated ones, but it is not an unchallenging work. Rather, I see it as multi-layered, stratified, allowing different levels of understanding. My favorite track is Terry Riley's "Cortejo Funebre en el Monte Diablo," a perfect combination of past and present, of classical and "industrial" sounds. I can't praise this track enough: I find it alone to be well worth the price of the entire CD. Caravan is definitely, and overall, a "five star" CD.
The Near East Shines in this Album of Many Cultures May 23, 2000
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Kronos has made an album to remember with Caravan. There is a wide variety of cultural music represented and all are performed admirably. My favorites are from the Middle East; however, the Carlos Paredes piece is excellent. The songs are slightly eccentric and full of energy. For any classical music lover who needs to get out of the 'same old' styles and composers, this is a necessity. I can't recommend it highly enough.
Arab Composer's Ecstasy May 12, 2000
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The Kronos Quartet, known for performing Western classical music, has taken a world tour with Caravan, their new CD containing works from South America, India, Portugal, and the Middle East, among other places. Arab-American composer Ali Jihad Racy composed a piece called Ecstasy that was performed by the quartet joined by Racy on the nay and Arab percussionist Souhail Kaspar. One of the dozen works on the disc, Ecstasy is known to Arab listeners as tarab, reaching a state of joy derived from the music, often linked to Sufi traditions. Racy wrote beautiful long solo for the cello before he joins in on the rim-blown reed flute called nay, to Kaspar's steady beat on the tar. A master nay player, Racy makes his audience feel the wind of the east come out of his wind instrument.
World Music IS Art Music-- Bravo Kronos! April 20, 2000
9 out of 11 found this review helpful
Kronos clocks in with another world music/art music masterpiece and shows us all that the art music of the future can't hide behind Western tradition any more. All these pieces are strong for what they are-- of course, I'll warn that, as always this is a 'something for everyone' disc and there's no guarantee you'll be tapping your toes to every track... but you'll be fascinated by this very inexpensive ticket for a trip around the world with no long plane flight or suchlike. I'm also, once again, spellbound by the consistency of Kronos's playing-- they truly have a 'sound' that is recognizable: energetic, timbrally balanced, and right on in tuning. You can tell they believe in all this music; rest assured it's been hand picked. Buy this now and check out everything else by Kronos while you're at it-- I especially recommend Different Trains, The Philip Glass Quartets, and the Released/Unreleased Retrospective Discs... Enjoy!
Fascinating international tour by music April 18, 2000
20 out of 23 found this review helpful
In these days when multiculturalism is being forced upon too many with sledgehammer effect, it is good to recall how Nonesuch has been offering wonderful recordings of music from other lands for decades now. An excellent example has reached me by way of a pre-release copy called . It is described in the press release as an all-premiere recording, which collects new music from Portugal and Argentina, India to the Middle East, Mexico and the United States; and it offers us "collaborations with renowned musicians from around the world in diverse repertoire unified by arrangements of Osvaldo Golijov." Most of this is exciting stuff, some of it quite beautiful at the same time. Of course I cannot vouch for the authenticity of any of it; but I can assure you that the Kronos Quartet is never below their standards here. They are, to be sure, joined by various musicians on 5 of the 10 tracks. The liner notes, which I assume will be the same when the fully packaged product is released, are copious and informative.
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