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Music : Early Music by the Kronos Quartet
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Early Music by the Kronos Quartet from: Nonesuch List Price: £15.99 CD-Charts Price: £12.98 You Save: £3.01 (19%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0075597945720 Label: Nonesuch Manufacturer: Nonesuch Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Nonesuch Release Date: October 13, 1997 Running Time: 68 minutes Studio: Nonesuch Sales Rank: 76667 MPN: 79457 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: Don't get too comfortable with this disc's opening minutes, which sound convincingly like a well-tuned consort of viols performing two short pieces by Machaut and Tye. These two works from the 14th and 16th centuries quickly give way to a piece from 1997 by David Lamb. Then come Arvo Pärt, Harry Partch, John Cage, and even Moondog, a.k.a. Louis Hardin. Additional instruments come and go--harmonium, bagpipe, zhong ruan, nyckelharpa, drum--all of which complement and enhance the string sounds. Later, we hear music by Hildegard von Bingen, Pérotin, and even Purcell. Most of the selections from early composers are arrangements by the Kronos Quartet and others, but it's a tribute to the recording's producers that in spite of the music's diversity, everything works together to make a coherent, cohesive, intellectually, and musically challenging programme. --David Vernier Customer Reviews
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 Rating: - Brilliant!This CD is wonderful! The range of material included is excellent, running from 11th century religious content to modern works written just a few years ago. The works are extremely varied, but the CD works on the common themes of music with a modal sound and of music of mourning (hence the subtitle "Ancient Tears"). The use of traditions and instruments from other cultures is refreshing, and the different styles serve to hold the listeners interest. The sounds and melodies grab the attention at once, but the intricacy of the music keeps you interested on subsequent listenings - keep an ear out in particular for the first musically coherent quarter tone playing I've ever heard (!), which crops up in track 6. This CD is a great ... Read More: |
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