Tapa Aqui, Descobre Ali [Import]

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2000 Release from Popular Young Axe Group from Bahia. Features the Single 'tapa Aqui' and Descobre Ali'.

Tapa Aqui, Descobre Ali,As Meninas,Universal,World Music

Average customer rating: not as short as the other "singles" Mysticism, Hauntingly and Atmospherically Intoned by Kronos An uneven but intriguing collection with Gubaidulina's 4th a deep, reverent journey through central asia

Night Prayers Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Gubaidulina, Sofia | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Kancheli | Kancheli, Giya | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Kronos Quartet | ( K ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Upshaw, Dawn | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind Osvaldo Golijov: Ayre Osvaldo Golijov: Ainadamar Golijov: Yiddishbbuk Henryk Górecki: Already It Is Dusk (String Quartet No. 1, Op. 62) (1988) / Quasi una Fantasia (String Quartet No. 2, Op. 64) (1990-91) - Kronos Quartet ASIN: B000005J2X Release Date: 1994-09-06

Tracks:

1. Kongerei - Traditional
2. Lacrymosa
3. Mugam Sayagi
4. Quartet No. 4 - Sofia Gubaidulina
5. A Cool Wind Is Blowing
6. K'vakarat
7. Night Prayers - Giya Kancheli

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One of the five most acclaimed New Music chamber ensembles in the world, Kronos Quartet has recorded music from every period, from Machaut to Wagner to Hendrix to Dun. Their Night Prayers collection--which features mainly Eastern European composers--peaks with Sofia Gubaidulina's bristling Quartet No. 4. Expert at traditional instrumentation and composition, Gubaidulina scripts the piece's early parts with vaguely balalaika-like tones that morph into mid- range, stretched notes. The quartet's underlying structure becomes a skittering display of plucked, repetitive notes against which the strings variously slash, sweep, and chatter. Gubaidulina's summation of late-century chamber work is more than striking. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

not as short as the other "singles".......2007-05-17

the music on this album evokes images like the cover presents;dark,ambient,questioning,and definately surreal.well worth the purchase!

Mysticism, Hauntingly and Atmospherically Intoned by Kronos.......2005-09-17

The Kronos Quartet will doubtlessly maintain a unique place in music history as the most innovative, risk-taking, humanistic fine group of musicians ever known. Not only is their ability to perform standard works excellent, but they have always stretched that virtuosity to explore rarely heard and even commissioned works by composers including some not known to the Western world at least.

NIGHT PRAYERS is as fine an example of their artistic strategy as any of the many recordings they have made. Though the works on this recording are truly meant to be performance art (the lighting and placement of the quartet and soloists on stage is a prime importance), this brilliant CD at least captures for posterity the beauty of the works they have performed.

The driving force of these varied works is to present music that is spiritual in a way many of us have never experienced. The works are primarily from the depths of Russia and Siberia and Eastern European countries influenced by the nomadic oriental sounds of a world practically unknown to us. Opening the recital is 'Kongerei', a traditional work from Tuva in Mongolia and is fascinatingly intoned by throat singers capable of producing multiple pitches (allowing themselves to harmonize with themselves!) simultaneously with the cello providing the ground bass.

This strangely haunting work is followed by Uzbekistani Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky's setting of the 'Lacyrmosa'. The soloist, aptly, is Dawn Upshaw whose quiet clearly focused voice is surrounded in beauty by the minimalist quartet writing. 'Mugam Sayagi' by Azerbaijani Franghiz Ali-Zadeh is based on 16th century secret language of Islam and is primarily a solo cello work with minor filigree work from the violin. The stunning Quartet No. 4 by the brilliant Russian composer Sofia Gubaidulina and combines pre-recorded music (bouncing rubber balls) and live music it a manner that never approaches parody. It is simply stunning writing.

'A Cool Wind Is Blowing' by Tigran Tahmizyan is Armenian in style and in derivation and utilizes the Armenian wooden oboe (duduk) as played by Djivan Gasparian to reveal the poetry. The 'K'vakarat' by Osvaldo Golijov who, though born in Argentina, is from Russian Jewish parents and thus his composition for Cantor (Mikail Alexandrovich) and quartet fits well into this collection of music form the Steppes. The final work is the most mystical and beautiful for this listener. 'Night Prayer' by Georgian Giya Kancheli is not only a wondrous work for string quartet, it also adds voices at the end, voices of children singing 'Lord, hear my voice, Lord'. The use of silences is breathtaking.

This is simply one of those unusual recordings that deserves a wide audience. It is food for the mind, the soul, and the spirit. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, September 05

An uneven but intriguing collection with Gubaidulina's 4th.......2005-06-07

NIGHT PRAYERS is a collection of pieces performed by Kronos Quartet whose binding theme is Central Asia. With the exception of Osvaldo Golijov, hailing from Argentina but of Russian-Jewish heritage, all the composers represented here were born in the former Soviet republics east of the Black Sea.

The disc opens with "Kongerei", a traditional song from Tuva sung by the Throat Singers of Tuva with the simplest of accompaniment by Kronos. The song is a lament for the Tuvans who, because of the arbitrary nature of international borders, are stuck in China unable to see the whole breadth of their ancestral homeland. While it is entertaining, the inclusion of this song smacks of world-music crossover gimmickry.

"Lacrymosa" by Uzbekistani composer Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky is a frenetic piece for string quartet and soprano, based on a portion of the "Dies Irae" sequence of the Requiem Mass. Dawn Upshaw performs the vocal part. The texture of the work is reminiscent of the oeuvre of Arvo Part, but more astringent. I was quite impressed by the piece and look forward to hearing more of the work of Yanov-Yanovsky.

The Azerbaijani composer Franghiz Ali-Zadeh contributes "Mugam Sayagi", inspired by the Azerbaijani tradition of disguising songs of love from a man to a woman as a hymn to their god. The work is elegantly structured, a long drone from the cello representing a morning call to prayer before the rest of the quartet responds in passionate dance-like music and cadenzas, and finally a return to solo cello as an evocation of the evening call to prayer. This is a compelling work, probably the most pleasant surprise on the disc, though a bit overlong.

Sofia Gubaidulina's "String Quartet No. 4" is, I believe, the most important of the pieces here. This Russian-Tartar composer is one of the greatest artists (and saints) of our time, and her music is Christian with a sincerity and orthodoxy unmatched in contemporary repetoire by anyone but Messiaen. While much of Gubaidulina's work is immediately rewarding, such as her masterpiece JOHANNES-PASSION or her sympony "Stimmen Verstummen", her string quartets are difficult. This quartet, written in 1993, begins with a recording played of rubber balls bouncing on strings, then the use of lights of various colours (which listeners of this CD miss out on), and then finally the string quartet begins to play. The use of a recording which the performers have to answer may have been inspired by Nono's piece "La lontananza...", which Gubaidulina helped realise three years before. However, Nono's work is a dispassionate exploration of various timbres, while Gubaidulina's is rapture and ecstasy.

The Armenian musical tradition is represented here by Tigran Tahmizyan's piece "A Cool Wind is Blowing" for string quartet and duduk, a type of flute, here performed by Djivan Gasparian. The song is based on a folk song, a remnant of the Armenian culture that flourished before Muslim and Soviet domination, but the string quartet plays--almost at right angles to the flute part--a series of throughly modern sounds. It is quite short, under four minutes, and there is not much to say about it.

Osvaldo Golijov's "K'vakarat" was commissioned for the dedication of the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. It is centred around a Hebrew prayer sung during the High Holidays, and movingly sung here by the cantor Mikhail Alexandrovich. The cantor stands in worship of God, but the string quartet's role is meant to provide resistance. "Starting with Jakov who fought with God's angel," writes Golijov, "I have always admired the rebels." The piece stands in strong contrast with Gubaidulina's, for hers is a work of praise while Golijov's is a piece of doubt.

The disc closes with Giya Kancheli's "Night Prayers", at 23 minutes the longest piece here. For most of its length it is for unaccompanied string quartet, but in the last couple of minutes a recording is use of a male choir and boy soprano singing "Domine, exaudi vocem meam, Domine." The only other work I have heard by this Georgia composer is "Styx", which I find quite pleasant, but this piece neither touches the heart nor dazzles with technical innovation, and represents the worst parts of the "holy minimalism" genre.

I am a passionate admirer of the music of Sofia Gubaidulina, and think that this disc is worth buying just to obtain a recording of her fourth string quartet. Beyond that, however, this is a fine opportunity to learn about Central Asian composers who have embraced Western music but have brought along something unique from their own national traditions.

a deep, reverent journey through central asia.......2001-04-11

This collection from the Kronos Quartet presents works from Tuva in Western Siberia, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, and Russia, and includes Jewish, Islamic and both Catholic and Orthodox Christian themes.

The Throat Singers of Tuva create a ritual opening to the sacred with their opening "Kongerei." You'll have to turn up the volume to hear the lovely but faint soprano voice of Dawn Upshaw singing "Lacrymosa," from the Catholic mass. "Mugum Sayagi," by Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, an Azeri woman composer, begins softly, and then breaks out in virtuosic cadenzas, expressing "the ecstatic longing of a man for a woman expressed as the love of God," an example of the secret Azeri musical tradition of the 16th century used to evade Islamic strictures. Sofia Gubaidulina, the Russian/Tartar woman composer, contributes her masterful "Quartet No. 4" to the album, the most complex, modern piece here, and absolutely wonderful, though a little out of place with the other more folk-influenced works. "A Cool Wind Is Blowing," by the Armenian composer Tigran Tahmizyan, is my personal favorite -- only 4 minutes long, based on an ancient folk tune, it is haunting and memorable. "K'VARAKAT" features the lovely vocals of a Jewish cantor, and was commissioned for the dedication of the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington DC. Finally, the title piece, Kancheli's "Night Prayers," is a mournful and beautiful work that evokes "sadness, compassion and hope" in the words of the Georgian composer.

There is much silence and space here, evoking the desert, the mountains, and the steppe. The album is powerfully effective if you surrender to its dark, somber mood. NIGHT PRAYERS is tremendously relevant nowadays, addressing the common human condition across cultures and faiths. It could not be more ideal to accompany reflection and meditation on compassion, tolerance, and PEACE.

Average customer rating: A worthwhile investment Excelent compilation! Amazingly Now Retrospective How Could You Not Listen? Good for help to know up-to-date contemporaly music

25 Years: Retrospective Suzanne Elder , Paul Hillier , David Krakauer , John Adams , Franguiz Ali-Zadeh , Ken Benshoof , George Crumb , Morton Feldman , Philip Glass , Osvaldo Golijov , Henryk Gorecki , Sofiya Gubaydulina , Arvo Part , P. Q. Phan , Astor Piazzolla , Steve Reich , Terry Riley , Alfred Schnittke , Peter Sculthorpe , Kevin Volans , Aki Takahashi , Ellen L. Hargis , Neal Rogers , and Kronos Quartet Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Adams | Adams, John | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by George Crumb | Crumb, George | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Feldman | Feldman, Morton | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Gubaidulina, Sofia | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Górecki, Henryk Mikolaj | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Glass | Glass, Philip | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Piazzolla, Astor | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Part | Part, Arvo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Reich, Steve | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Riley, Terry | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schnittke | Schnittke, Alfred | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Kronos Quartet | ( K ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: The John Adams Earbox: A 10-CD Retrospective Three Tales (CD & DVD) Schnittke: Complete String Quartets Alban Berg: Lyric Suite Henryk Gorecki: String Quartet No. 3...songs are sung ASIN: B00000DD9B Release Date: 1998-10-27

Tracks:

1. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Judah to Ocean
2. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Toot Nipple
3. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Dogjam
4. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Pavane: She's So Fine
5. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Rag the Bone
6. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Habanera
7. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Stubble Crochet
8. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Hammer & Chisel
9. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Alligator Escalator
10. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Standchen: The Little Serenade
11. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Judah to Ocean (Reprise)
12. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Fratres
13. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Psalom
14. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Summa
15. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Missa Syllabica: Kyrie
16. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Gloria
17. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Credo
18. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Sanctus
19. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Agnus Dei
20. John's Book of Alleged Dances (1994): Ite, missa est

Tracks:

1. Traveling Music: 1. Gentle, easy
2. Traveling Music: 2. Moderate
3. Traveling Music: 3. Driving
4. Song of Twenty Shadows
5. Five Tango Sensations: Asleep
6. Five Tango Sensations: Loving
7. Five Tango Sensations: Anxiety
8. Five Tango Sensations: Despertar
9. Five Tango Sensations: Fear
10. Five Tango Sensations: Four, for Tango

Tracks:

1. Piano And String Quartet (1985) - Various Artists

Tracks:

1. Quartet # 4 (Buczak, 1989): I
2. Quartet # 4 (Buczak, 1989): II
3. Quartet # 4 (Buczak, 1989): III
4. Mishima Quartet, Quartet #3 (1985): 1957 - Award Montage
5. Mishima Quartet, Quartet #3 (1985): November 25 - Ichigaya
6. Mishima Quartet, Quartet #3 (1985): 1934 - Grandmother and Kimitake
7. Mishima Quartet, Quartet #3 (1985): 192 - Body Building
8. Mishima Quartet, Quartet #3 (1985): Blood Oath
9. Mishima Quartet, Quartet #3 (1985): Mishima/Closing
10. Company, Quartet #2 (1983): I
11. Company, Quartet #2 (1983): II
12. Company, Quartet #2 (1983): III
13. Company, Quartet #2 (1983): IV
14. Quartet #5 (1991): I
15. Quartet #5 (1991): II
16. Quartet #5 (1991): III
17. Quartet #5 (1991): IV
18. Quartet #5 (1991): V

Tracks:

1. The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind: Prelude: Calmo, sospeso
2. The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind: I. Agitato - Con fucco - Maestoso - Senza misura, oscilante
3. The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind: II. Teneramente - Ruvido - Presto
4. The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind: III. Calmo, sospeso - Allego pesante
5. The Dreams & Prayers of Isaac the Blind: Postlude: Lento, liberamente
6. Quartet #4 (1993)
7. Mugam Sayagi (1993)

Tracks:

1. Quasi una fantasia (Quartet #2), Op.64 (1990-91): I. Largo (Sostenuto - Mesto)
2. Quasi una fantasia (Quartet #2), Op.64 (1990-91): II. DecisoEnergico (Marcatissimo sempre)
3. Quasi una fantasia (Quartet #2), Op.64 (1990-91): III. Arioso: Adagio cantabile
4. Quasi una fantasia (Quartet #2), Op.64 (1990-91): IV. Allegro (Sempre con grande passione e molto marcato)
5. Already It is Dusk (Quartet #1), Op.62 (1988)

Tracks:

1. Different Trains: America Before The War
2. Different Trains: Europe During The War
3. Different Trains: America After The War
4. Black Angels: I. Departure - 1. Thenody I: Night Of The Electric Insects - 2. Sounds Of Bones And Flutes - 3. Lost Bells - 4. Devil-Music - 5. Danse Macabre
5. Black Angels: II. Absence - 6. Pavana Lachrymae - 7. Threnody II: Black Angels! - 8. Sarabanda de la Muerte Oscura - 9. Losts Bells (Echo)
6. Black Angels: III. Return - 10. God Music - 11. Ancient Voices - 12. Ancient Voices (Echo) - 13. Thenody III: Night Of The Electric Insects

Tracks:

1. Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): Introduction
2. Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): Cadenza: Violin I
3. Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): Where Was Wisdom When We Went West?
4. Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): Cadenza: Viola
5. Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): March of the Old Timers Reefer Division
6. Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): Cadenza: Violin II
7. Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): Tuning to Rolling Thunder
8. Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): The Night Cry of Black Buffalo Woman
9. Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): Cadenza: Cello
10. Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): Gathering of the Spiral Clan
11. Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): Captain Jack Has the Last Word
12. Cadenza on the Night Plain (1984): G Song
13. Salome Dances for Peace (1985-86) - III. The Gift: Echoes of Primordial Tim
14. Salome Dances for Peace (1985-86) - III. The Gift: Mongolian Winds
15. V. Good Medicine: Good Medicine Dance

Tracks:

1. Quartet No. 2 (1981): I. Moderato
2. Quartet No. 2 (1981): II. Agitato
3. Quartet No. 2 (1981): III. Mesto
4. Quartet No. 2 (1981): IV. Moderato
5. Quartet No. 4 (1989): I. Lento
6. Quartet No. 4 (1989): II. Allegro
7. Quartet No. 4 (1989): III. Lento
8. Quartet No. 4 (1989): IV. Vivace
9. Quartet No. 4 (1989): V. Lento
10. Collected Songs Where Every Verse Is Filled With Grief (1984-85)

Tracks:

1. Jabiru Dreaming, Quartet #11 (1990): I. Deciso
2. Jabiru Dreaming, Quartet #11 (1990): II. Amoroso
3. Quartet #8 (1969): I. Con dolore
4. Quartet #8 (1969): II. Risoluto; calmo
5. Quartet #8 (1969): III. Con dolore
6. Quartet #8 (1969): IV. Con precisione
7. Quartet #8 (1969): V. Con dolore
8. From Ubirr (1994)
9. Tragedy at the Opera (1995)
10. White Man Sleeps Quartet #1: First Dance
11. White Man Sleeps Quartet #1: Second Dance
12. White Man Sleeps Quartet #1: Third Dance
13. White Man Sleeps Quartet #1: Fourth Dance
14. White Man Sleeps Quartet #1: Fifth Dance

Amazon.com

Seems like only yesterday the Kronos Quartet stepped up their career as musical mavericks with a coveted, wide-open contract with Nonesuch Records. Now it's Nonesuch's turn to give Kronos the big-package nod, gathering key works recorded by the group--from younger composers and time-tested veterans alike--into this 10-CD box set. As one might expect, the set is stuffed with contrasts, from the first CD, with its 11-part, upstepping John Adams suite and then the far more solemn Missa Syllabica from Arvo Pärt. Nearly 20 of these pieces here were composed expressly for Kronos, pitched and sculpted for their easily-racked mixture of straightforward string quartet roles and intelligently restructured approaches to the even the simplest gestures. Perhaps most key here is George Crumb's Black Angels, in large part due to Crumb's role in inspiring David Harrington to form Kronos 25 years ago. Crumb's music spirals and chases through the air, engaging high pitches and fast pacings as if they were ends in themselves. Gone from this set are most of the short snippets that have filled some of Kronos's other fine single CD recordings. In abundance instead are some of the legendary works: Morton Feldman's long, endlessly patient Piano and String Quartet (with Aki Takahashi), Steve Reich's unnerving Different Trains, and Henryk Górecki's String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2. There are also some of the astounding Eastern European works from Night Prayers as well, including the stunning Quartet No. 4 from Sofia Gubaidulina. And of course there are the Kronos biggie pieces: Philip Glass's works fill one CD, and so do Terry Riley's. What's more, Riley's Cadenza on the Night Plain and "G Song" are presented here in entirely fresh, new recordings. What the listener gets is a huge block of music, full of shifting colors and textures but perfectly apt in giving a wide-angle vantage on what Kronos has done for contemporary music. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

A worthwhile investment.......2003-10-06

It would be an understatement to say that this is a fabulous box set. All 10 CDs are packed with some fabulous music that beautifull highlights the first 25 years of the Kronos Quartet, and the booklet included provides a great history of the group as well as nice blurbs on the composers and their pieces.

Equally nice about the box set is the inclusion of multiple new recordings, thus making this a worthwhile investment for fans. The Peter Sculthorpe Quartets are a particularly nice addition, as are the added Piazzolla, Part, and Riley compositions.

Along with this, the "classic" Kronos recordings are all here: "Black Angels" "Different Trains" "Salome Dances for Peace" (well, exceprts), and Feldman's Piano and String Quartet. Of particular note, I think is the inclusion of Gubaidulina's Quartet No 4, a fabulous recording that is otherwise hidden in Kronos' recording "Night Prayers."

Yes, this is quite an investment, but I firmly believe that it's worth it - longtime fans and newcomers alike have a lot to gain from this collection.

Excelent compilation!.......2001-09-09

I like more classic period, like Hayden, but Cronos does it very well, technicaly excelent. The ten sets are wonderful recordings and the selection is unique. It deserves the investment, If you buy it, youre going to have more than ten hours of joy.

Amazingly Now Retrospective.......2001-06-26

Since their youthful start in the NW back in the 70's, Kronos has collaborated with, commissioned, or just played such a breadth of musicians it almost seems that breadth - and especially non western world culture - is their mission. But, while this conservatively and esthetically designed 25-yr-retrospective box (with its increasingly sophisticated photo-portraits) belies the pulsation of social angst and conscience that underlies the bulk of the inclusions, the latter concern, its vitality and relevance - and not some stylish chasing after cultural breadth - is what overtakes the listener/reader, rather soon. I say reader, since the booklet is very helpful, especially to the relative novice, and well balanced in its coverage of composers, historical contexts, performers, individual texts, etc.

There are probably more non contemporaries performed by the Quartet over the years than this selection would indicate. That undercuts their ties with the sense of revolution in music throughout the ages, but it leaves more time for the present: and that is where one expects the group wishes to be, is most contributory and challenged, and is best and most fairly judged. Highly recommended, both for those who know Kronos's work well and wish a handsome tribute on their shelf, and for those who do not but are open and ready to be affected, whether impacted esthetically, reminded socio-morally, or whatever combination of both befits.

How Could You Not Listen?.......1998-12-19

My opinion pales when compared to this CD. Indeed the group's ingeniousness, its knowing and its balls are in full display here, hopefully to put to rest any lingering contention that there is little more to Kronos than form. To any person who accepts the merits of 20th-century music, this CD presents the genius of our culture and teaches that daring and ingenuity do not have to be sacrificed on the road to technical brilliance. My only regret is that the CD does not include Kronos's interpretation of Bartok. But, so what? Górecki's here, as are Part and Benshoof. Listen to this CD -- soar and struggle with it.

Good for help to know up-to-date contemporaly music.......1998-11-28

The Kronos Quartet has released many albums. There let us see what the quartet has tried new titles and arrenges in each period. But this is the best set for understand the quartet as summary of thier works. The CDs are distributed by each composers and we can see thier identities easily.Unfortunately this dose not include all but be enough to see what the quartet has been.I hope that every classical music fans(not only contemporaly music fans) listen this CDs.

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Life & Works of Verdi Verdi Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Instructional | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Life and Works of Franz Schubert The Life and Works of Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky Brahms: Life & Works The Life and Works of Antonín Dvorák, Narration with Musical Excerpts The Life and Works of Franz Liszt ASIN: B00007FPFM Release Date: 2003-04-15

Tracks:

1. Aida: Grand March And Triumphal Chorus / Background, Childhood And Youth
2. La Traviata: Brindisi 'Libiam Ne' Lieti Calici'
3. Early Manhood, Civil Strife And The Start Of A Career
4. Overture To 'Oberto, Conte Di San Bonifacio'
5. Tragedy, Creation, And The Birth Of A True Professional
6. Overture To 'Un Giorno Di Regno'
7. Failure, Despair, And Rescue: The Genesis Of Nabucco
8. Nabucco: Chorus Of The Hebrew Slaves 'Va, Pensiero, Sull' Ali Dorate'
9. A Sensation Reported And Recalled
10. Overture To 'Nabucco'
11. In The Galleys: Fame, Frustration, And A Major Surprise
12. Macbeth: Chorus Of The Scottish Exiles 'Patria Oppressa!'
13. The Revolution Of Macbeth And A Return To Safer Ground
14. Overture To 'I Masnadieri'
15. Paris And A Love Affair
16. The Revolutions Of 1848
17. Overture To 'La Battaglia Di Legnano'

Tracks:

1. Composition And Censorship: The Strife-Torn Birth Of Rigoletto
2. Rigoletto: 'La Donna E Mobile'
3. Verdi The Unsurpassed Psychologist
4. Rigoletto: 'Bella Figlia Dell' Amore'
5. Strepponi, Busseto, And The Rift With Barezzi
6. Escape: Verdi And Strepponi At Sant' Agata
7. Il Trovatore: Soldiers' Chorus 'Or Co' Dadi, Ma Fra Poco'
8. 'The Bear Of Busseto' Emerges: The Darker Side Of Verdi
9. Il Trovatore: 'Di Tale Amor Che Dirsi'
10. Verdi's 'Divorce' From His Parents; His Mother's Death, And A Theatrical Fiasco
11. La Traviata: 'Dite Alla Giovine'
12. Verdi And Women: Strepponi And The 'Dark Lady'
13. 'La Travailata': Verdi's Trials At The Paris Opera
14. I Vespri Siciliani: 'Quando Al Mio Sen Per Te Parlava'
15. Verdi In Rehearsal - And A Review From Berloiz
16. Overture To 'I Vespri Siciliani'

Tracks:

1. Yet More Trouble With The Censors
2. Un Ballo In Maschera: 'Ma Se M'e Forza Perderti'
3. A Passionate Patriot, A Reluctant Politician
4. A Semi-Official Retirement, Nursed By Disenchantment
5. Verdi Welcomes War
6. He Travels To Paris For Don Carlos
7. Don Carlos: 'Tu Che La Vanita'
8. 'Stupendous Triumph'
9. Verdi Shaken By Deaths Of His Father, Barezzi And Rossini
10. He Meets Manzoni
11. An Unusual Opera
12. La Forza Del Destino: 'Solenne In Quest' Ora'
13. Enter Teresa Stolz, Exit Mariani
14. La Forza Del Destino: 'Pace, Pace'
15. Strepponi Struggles With Jealousy As Verdi Writes Aida
16. Aida: Act III, Nile Scene

Tracks:

1. Verdi Bemoans The Corruption
2. Manzoni's Death Begets A Masterpiece
3. Requiem: 'Rex Tremendae'
4. The Return To Shakespeare
5. Otello: 'Canzone Del Salce - Ave Maria'
6. Verdi The Wagner Of Italy
7. Otello: 'Desdemona Rea, Si, Per Ciel'
8. A Shakespearian Swansong
9. Falstaff: Finale 'Ogni Sorta Di Gente; Facciamo Il Parentado'
10. Old Age And Death Of Strepponi
11. Verdi The Widower
12. Stolz And The Aged Verdi; A Visit From Toscanini
13. Te Deum
14. The Old Man Dies And The World Pays Homage
15. Requeim, Part VII: Dies Irae; Requiem Aeternam; Libera Me

Average customer rating: Caught by Virtuosity

Caught by the Sky with Wire Manufacturer: O.O. Discs ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music | Computer Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Tango | Latin Music | Styles | Music ASIN: B000056T7D Release Date: 2001-01-30

Tracks:

1. Gada Yina African
2. Caught By The Sky With Wire: The Dance
3. Caught By The Sky With Wire: Hugging Himself For Days And Never Getting An Answer
4. Caught By The Sky With Wire: Those With The Longest Shadows
5. Caught By The Sky With Wire: Tied Together With This
6. Caught By The Sky With Wire: Again, The Little Girl And Her Bird
7. Caught By The Sky With Wire: His Heart, Exploded With Wire
8. Caught By The Sky With Wire: In A Year, When She Can Speak Again
9. Grand Alap (A Window In The Sky)
10. Northstar Boogaloo
11. Habil-Sajahy

Customer Reviews:

Caught by Virtuosity.......2001-04-06

Things don't seem to be what they really are when you first hear this disc! How is it possible to have so much happening, at such a virtuosic level with only two musicians? This is gorgeous music played exquisitely and begs to be played many times. Every aspect of the disc yells out, "Exceptional quality!" from the elegant design by a fellow named Appleton, to the linear notes by Greg Sandow and especially the music itself. These two folks, members of the Bang on The Can All-Stars, play this music as if it was made for them - and, of course, it was. All of the compositions by George Lewis, Chinary Ung, Nick Didkovsky and others were composed for this duo of Maya Beiser (cello) and Steven Schick (percussion). If you want to hear the future of serious chamber music, pick this up.

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