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What's interesting about the latest outing from this prolific chamber group is not so much that they've chosen to create string quartet adaptations of music from the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance -- after all, these are folks who have commissioned arrangements of Jimi Hendrix and Bo Diddley, so we've learned not to be shocked -- but rather that they've chosen to juxtapose the works of Machaut, Pérotin and Tye with pieces by John Cage, Moondog and Harry Partch, among other twentieth-century notables. But maybe that shouldn't come as a surprise, either. It certainly makes lovely musical sense: the stark and static beauty of Arvo Pärt's Psalom fits perfectly with John Dowland's Lachrymae Antiquae (did that man never cheer up?) and John Cage's Quodlibet sounds just right next to Pérotin's "Viderunt Omnes." Was Cage poking fun at his composition teachers with a parody of the raw, open harmonies of the twelfth century? If so, the Kronos folks have turned his intent on its ear in a way that he himself would probably have loved. Puckishness, however, is not really on the agenda here: the overriding mood is one of sadness and devotion, as the album's subtitle (Latin for "ancient tears") makes clear. Like most of Kronos' best work, this is dark, lovely, eerie stuff.
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Kronos Quartet, Arranger, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer - Craig Silvey, Engineer - Guillaume de Machaut, Composer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, Arranger, MainArtist - Christopher Tye, Composer - Judith Sherman, Producer - Craig Silvey, Engineer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer - Craig Silvey, Engineer - David Lamb, Composer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, Arranger, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer - John Dowland, Composer - Craig Silvey, Engineer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer - Arvo Pärt, Composer - Craig Silvey, Engineer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer - Ben Johnston, Arranger - Carig Silvey, Engineer - Harry Partch, Composer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer - Craig Silvey, Engineer - Jack Body, Composer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer - Craig Silvey, Engineer - Eric Salzman, Arranger - John Cage, Composer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, Arranger, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer - Craig Silvey, Engineer - Guillaume de Machaut, Composer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, MainArtist - Traditional, Composer - Judith Sherman, Producer - Craig Silvey, Engineer - Mikael Marin, Arranger - Traditional-Sweden, Composer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer - Craig Silvey, Engineer - Diane Touliatos, Arranger - Kassia, Composer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer - Craig Silvey, Engineer - Louis Hardin, Composer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer - Craig Silvey, Engineer - John Cage, Composer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, Arranger, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer - Craig Silvey, Engineer - Perotin, Composer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, Arranger, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer - Craig Silvey, Engineer - Guillaume de Machaut, Composer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer - Henry Purcell, Composer - Carig Silvey, Engineer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, MainArtist - Hildegard Von Bingen, Composer - Judith Sherman, Producer - Craig Silvey, Engineer - Marianne Pfau, Arranger - Hildegard of Bingen, Composer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, MainArtist - Traditional, Composer - Judith Sherman, Producer - Steve Mackey, Arranger - Bob Edwards (Tuvans), Engineer - Paul Zinman (Kronos Quartet), Engineer - Traditional-Tuva, Composer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, Arranger, MainArtist - Christopher Tye, Composer - Judith Sherman, Producer - Carig Silvey, Engineer - Christoper Tye, Composer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, Arranger, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer - Alfred Schnittke, Composer - Craig Silvey, Engineer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Kronos Quartet, MainArtist - Judith Sherman, Producer - Craig Silvey, Engineer
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
Album review
What's interesting about the latest outing from this prolific chamber group is not so much that they've chosen to create string quartet adaptations of music from the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance -- after all, these are folks who have commissioned arrangements of Jimi Hendrix and Bo Diddley, so we've learned not to be shocked -- but rather that they've chosen to juxtapose the works of Machaut, Pérotin and Tye with pieces by John Cage, Moondog and Harry Partch, among other twentieth-century notables. But maybe that shouldn't come as a surprise, either. It certainly makes lovely musical sense: the stark and static beauty of Arvo Pärt's Psalom fits perfectly with John Dowland's Lachrymae Antiquae (did that man never cheer up?) and John Cage's Quodlibet sounds just right next to Pérotin's "Viderunt Omnes." Was Cage poking fun at his composition teachers with a parody of the raw, open harmonies of the twelfth century? If so, the Kronos folks have turned his intent on its ear in a way that he himself would probably have loved. Puckishness, however, is not really on the agenda here: the overriding mood is one of sadness and devotion, as the album's subtitle (Latin for "ancient tears") makes clear. Like most of Kronos' best work, this is dark, lovely, eerie stuff.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:08:23
- Main artists: Kronos Quartet
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Nonesuch - Warner Records
- Genre: Classical
© 1997 Nonesuch Records ℗ 1997 Nonesuch Records
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