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Early Music [Import]

Kronos Quartet (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

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Audio CD (Sep 30 1997)
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Import
Label: Nonesuch
ASIN: B000005J4S

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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1. Kyrie I
2. Rachell's Weepinge
3. Langdans efter Byfans Mats
4. Lachrymae Antiqua
5. Psalom
6. Two Studies On Ancient Greek Scales: 1. Olympos' Pentatonic - 2. Archytas' Enharmonic
7. Long-Ge
8. Totem Ancestor
9. Kyrie II
10. Brudmarsch fra Osta
11. Using The Apostate Tyrant As His Tool
12. Synchrony No.2
13. Quodlibet
14. Viderunt Omnes
15. Kyrie III
16. Four Part Fantasia No. 2
17. O Virtus Sapientie
18. Uleg-Khem
19. Farwell My Good I. Forever
20. Collected Songs Where Every Verse Is Filled With Grief
See all 21 tracks on this disc

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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

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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 Part, 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, Perotin, 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 program. --David Vernier

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4.0 out of 5 stars I loved this CD!, Nov 1 2002

"heaven42" (Ilinois,Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Early Music (Audio CD)

When I was listening to MSN I came across it. I love Early Music and they had a Radio station that was playing it. I decided to listen to it. So as I was lisitening to it I came across the song Collected Songs Where Every Verse Is Filled With Grief. That is the besty song I ever heard in a long time. I like the other songs but this one really spoke to me. It was quite moving if I might say.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Not as early as you might think, Jun 6 2000

Scott Taylor - See all my reviews

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Yes, there is "old" music on this disc. But works in olden style by John Cage, Arvo Part, et al are also present. Quite a challenging program on the listener - but rewarding as well. I am particularly found of Kronos' setting of Alfred Shnittke's "Collected Songs Where Every Verse is Filled With Grief". Very eclectic recording performed with usual finesse of the Kronos Quartet - and some guests.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Pleonastic, Mar 9 2000

Giuseppe A. Paleologo "gappy" (Riverdale, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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Kronos Quarter has been an agile and versatile instrument in the hands of modern composers. It has (re)interpreted music from many sources in a coherent way, thus creating a very distinctive sound. This album offers a mixed program of composers, juxtaposing the modern and the antique. The thesis of the album is (I think) that early composers are surprisingly palatable to modern sensibilities, and that they are close in spirit to a vast array of contemporary musicians. Also, it seems that the bond linking all these authors is a certain state of affliction; hence the subtitle of the album "lachrymae antiquae", ancient tears. Yet, overall, I found this a pretentious album, even in its use of latin. After so many years of philologically accurate renditions of the early masters, performed on period intruments, the operation of K.Q. sounds at least inappropriate if not even a bit obnoxious. It often seems that they are sacrificing the original intentions of the authors to the altar of this "modernity" thesis. The listener should judge by him/herself.

Summing up, I would just say that this is first of all a K.Q. album "inspired by" early music. I would just point out that it doesn't add much to the understanding neither of Machaut & co., nor of K.Q., which is still a great ensemble.

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4.0 out of 5 stars a good one
Who can say, as of now, how much of the music the KQ plays will fall, deservedly or not, by the wayside and how much of it will continue for the ages? Read more

Published on Dec 2 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars A pretty so-so effort, better luck next time?
Really this is a two star album, but I gave it three here because I would feel like a wretch slamming this record. Read more

Published on Nov 25 1998