- classical, contemporary classical
- 49 min
- 14 tracks
- Nonesuch
Kronos Quartet is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet, the first of their albums on Nonesuch Records. It contains compositions by Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe, Finnish composer Aulis Sallinen, American composer Philip Glass, and American/Mexican composer Conlon Nancarrow. The last track is Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze."
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Grave, spare, character-led and intimate.
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- intimateepic
- unpretentiousprestige
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Tracks
- 1String Quartet no. 8: I. Con dolore2:05
- 2String Quartet no. 8: II. Risoluto3:49
- 3String Quartet no. 8: III. Con dolore3:02
- 4String Quartet no. 8: IV. Con precisione1:49
- 5String Quartet no. 8: V. Con dolore2:08
- 6String Quartet no. 314:12
- 7Company: I2:22
- 8Company: II1:37
- 9Company: III1:47
- 10Company: IV2:14
- 11String Quartet: I. Allegro molto2:18
- 12String Quartet: II. Andante moderato3:31
- 13String Quartet: III. Prestissimo5:18
- 14Purple Haze2:52
14 tracks, 49 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Kronos Quartet
- Label
- Nonesuch
- Released
- 1986
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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