Kronos Quartet
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Biography
[Edit]Since their founding in 1973, Kronos Quartet have become the foremost ambassador of contemporary chamber music, determined and successful at breaking down barriers between musical genres and between musicians and audiences.
David Harrington, the ensemble's founder and first violinist, was inspired to form the group after hearing George Crumb's Black Angels. By the end of the 1970s, Kronos settled into a tight collaboration between Harrington, violinist John Sherba, violist Hank Dutt, and cellist Joan Jeanrenaud, and found a home base in San Francisco, California. At an early point, that initial musical inspiration and the audience reception at their performances led Kronos to devote themselves entirely to contemporary music and to present their music in a more relaxed environment than found at typical chamber music recitals.
As of 2010, the Quartet had commissioned more than 700 works and arrangements, not just for string quartet, but also for quartet plus other performers and even other sound sources. Kronos have had a particularly close working relationship with Terry Riley. In 2002, NASA commissioned Riley to write Sun Rings for Kronos, featuring sounds and images recorded by NASA instruments throughout the solar system. Other longstanding partnerships developed between Kronos and composers Philip Glass, Steve Reich, Henryk Górecki, Osvaldo Golijov, and Franghiz Ali-Zadeh.
Kronos' first big album was 1987's White Man Sleeps, and their 1989 recording of Reich's Different Trains won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Composition. Many of Kronos' other recordings have spent weeks at the top of Billboard's Classical Chart, with 2002's Nuevo nominated for both a Grammy and a Latin Grammy, and 2003's recording of Berg's Lyric Suite winning another Grammy for the ensemble. Kronos' recordings reflect their broad interests in jazz, world music, young composers, and film. In performance, they are just as catholic in their venues and collaborations, even working with several choreographers and multimedia artists.
In 1999, Jeanrenaud left the Quartet, and Jennifer Culp stepped in as the cellist. Culp left in 2005 following the recording of You've Stolen My Heart - Songs from R.D. Burman's Bollywood, and was replaced by Jeffrey Zeigler. Personnel changes aside, Kronos Quartet continue to appeal to an eclectic mix of listeners and to receive high praise for their championship of unique music. In 2011, just after the release of Uniko, a collaboration with accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen and sampling artist Samuli Kosminen, it was announced that Kronos had received both the Avery Fisher Prize (U.S.) and the Polar Music Prize (Sweden) for their exceptional achievements.
Title: Kronos Quartet - Released & Unreleased (1985-1995) (CD1)
Artist: Kronos Quartet
Genre: Classical
Title: Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet
Artist: Kronos Quartet, Aki Takahashi
Genre: Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal
Title: Bob Ostertag: All The Rage (Single)
Artist: Kronos Quartet, Kronos Quartet Plays Bob Ostertag
Genre: Classical
Title: Terry Riley: Cadenza On The Night Plain
Artist: Kronos Quartet, Terry Riley
Genre: Ambient, Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Aleksandra Vrebalov: The Sea Ranch Songs (Deluxe Edition)
Artist: Kronos Quartet
Genre: Classical
Title: Dracula
Artist: Kronos Quartet, Michael Riesman, Philip Glass
Genre: Electronica, Theatre/Soundtrack, Classical
Title: Steve Reich: Different Trains / Electric Counterpoint
Artist: Pat Metheny, Kronos Quartet
Genre: Classical
Title: John Anthony Lennon, Sheila Silver: String Quartets
Artist: Kronos Quartet, Atlantic Quartet
Genre: Classical
Title: Górecki: String Quartets 1 & 2 / Gorecki: String Quartets 1 & 2
Artist: Kronos Quartet
Genre:
Title: Rebirth of a Nation (Deluxe Edition)
Artist: Dj Spooky, Kronos Quartet
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack, Classical
Title: Osvaldo Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind
Artist: Kronos Quartet
Genre: Classical
Title: Adams: Gnarly Buttons - John's Book of Alleged Dances
Artist: Kronos Quartet, London Sinfonietta
Genre:
Title: Dracula (Film 1931)
Artist: Kronos Quartet, Michael Riesman, Philip Glass
Genre: Electronica, Theatre/Soundtrack, Classical
Title: Riley: Salome Dances for Peace
Artist: Kronos Quartet
Genre: Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal
Title: Kronos Quartet: Music of Bill Evans
Artist: Eddie Gomez, Jim Hall, Kronos Quartet
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal
Title: Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk
Artist: Ron Carter, Kronos Quartet
Genre: Jazz, Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal
Title: Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass
Artist: Kronos Quartet
Genre: Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal
Title: Mỹ Lai
Artist: Kronos Quartet, Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ / Van-Anh Vanessa Vo, Rinde Eckert
Genre: Classical
Title: Landfall
Artist: Laurie Anderson, Kronos Quartet
Genre: Electronica, Avant Garde Jazz, Avant Garde Metal, Alternative, Classical, Classical Crossover
Title: 25 Years: Terry Riley
Artist: Kronos Quartet, Terry Riley
Genre: Ambient, Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack
Collections
Title: Dark Was the Night
Genre: Alternative
Title: Healing the Divide
Genre: Rock
Title: Red Hot + Bach (Deluxe Version)
Genre:
Title: Red Hot + Bach
Genre:
Title: The Bridge School Collection, Vol. 4 (Live)
Genre: Rock, Songwriter/Lyricist
Title: Yes (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Genre: Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Red Hot + Fela
Genre: World Music
Title: Desert Blues 3: Entre dunes et savanes
Genre: World Music
Title: Rough Guide to Scandinavia
Genre: World Music
Title: Songlines Music Awards 2012
Genre: World Music
Title: Symbiosis: Works by Gunther Schuller, Thomas Oboe Lee
Genre:
Title: Music of John Anthony Lennon
Genre:
Title: Gay American Composers
Genre:
Title: Steve Reich: Works - 1965-1995
Genre:
Title: Bella Música 4 / Bella Musica 4
Genre:
Title: Colors Collection: Ethnic Music CD 2
Genre: Jazz, Gypsy Jazz, Rock, Tango, World Music, Latin, Pop
Title: The Songs Of Bob Dylan - CD3 By BSBT RG
Genre: Rock
Title: Omvision Pt. 17
Genre: Trance, Drum & Bass, Dub
Title: New Emotion Vol. 12 (CD2)
Title: Lovely Relax 2
Title: Lovely Relax Vol. 4 (CD1)
Title: Emotions. Sorrow... Vol. 3 (CD1)
Genre: New Age, Instrumental, Lounge
Title: La Grande Bellezza (CD1)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Heat (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Heat (Music From The Motion Picture)
Genre: Electronica, Jazz, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Big Bad Love (Original Soundtrack)
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: For The Love Of Monk
Genre: Bop
Title: Uncut 2004. 03: The Nonesuch Collection
Genre: Jazz, Rock, World Music, Folk
Title: Tundra Songs
Genre: Classical
Title: Vildtvoksende Fantasier 2021
Genre: Classical
Title: A Message To Myself (Relax) (CD1)
Genre: Electronica
Featuring albums
Title: Requiem for a Dream (Soundtrack from the Motion Picture)
Artist: Clint Mansell
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: The Essential Philip Glass - Deluxe Edition
Artist: Philip Glass, The Philip Glass Ensemble
Genre: Opera
Title: Kevin Volans - Hunting: Gathering (String Quartet No. 2) - Single
Artist: Kevin Volans
Genre:
Title: Heat - Music From The Motion Picture
Artist: Heat - Music From The Motion Picture
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Transient Glory III
Artist: Francisco Nunez, Young People's Chorus Of New York City
Title: Bloodstone
Artist: Amon Tobin
Genre: Breakbeat , Electronica, Drum & Bass, Dancefloor, World Music, Latin, Pop, Dance Pop, Experimental
Title: Rarezas I
Artist: Café Tacuba / Cafe Tacuba
Genre: Rock, World Music, Latin, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: 21 Grams (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Artist: Gustavo Santaolalla
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: A Palace Upon The Ruins (Selected Works) (Original Soundtrack)
Artist: Howard Shore
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack, Classical
Title: A Palace Upon the Ruins (Selected Works)
Artist: Howard Shore
Genre: Rock, Instrumental, Classical, Instrumental
Title: Destiny 2 (Original Soundtrack)
Artist: Michael Salvatori, C Paul Johnson, Skye Lewin, Rotem Moav, Pieter Schlosser
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: True Stories, A Film By David Byrne: The Complete Soundtrack
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: World Dialogue; Circular Lines; Silesia - Kronos Quartet, Al Pari Quartet
Artist: Stephan Thelen
Genre: Classical
Title: Clamor
Artist: Maria Arnal I Marcel Bagés / Maria Arnal I Marcel Bages
Genre: Folktronica, Pop