Black Angels (album)
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Black Angels is a 1990 album by the string quartet
Kronos Quartet
. It includes, and was named after the George Crumb
's 1970 composition Black Angels
; the composition which had inspired David Harrington to found the Kronos Quartet in 1973.
String quartet
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973 in Seattle, Washington. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California. The longest-running combination of performers had Harrington and John Sherba on violin, Hank Dutt on viola, and Joan...
. It includes, and was named after the George Crumb
George Crumb
George Crumb is an American composer of contemporary classical music. He is noted as an explorer of unusual timbres, alternative forms of notation, and extended instrumental and vocal techniques. Examples include seagull effect for the cello , metallic vibrato for the piano George Crumb (born...
's 1970 composition Black Angels
Black Angels (Crumb)
Black Angels , subtitled "Thirteen Images from the Dark Land" is an avant-garde work composed by George Crumb for "electric string quartet." It was composed over the course of a year and is dated "Friday the Thirteenth, March 1970 " as written on the score...
; the composition which had inspired David Harrington to found the Kronos Quartet in 1973.
Track listing
- Black AngelsBlack Angels (Crumb)Black Angels , subtitled "Thirteen Images from the Dark Land" is an avant-garde work composed by George Crumb for "electric string quartet." It was composed over the course of a year and is dated "Friday the Thirteenth, March 1970 " as written on the score...
, Mvt. I Departure (George Crumb) - Black Angels, Mvt. II Absence (George Crumb)
- Black Angels, Mvt. III Return (George Crumb)
- Spem in AliumSpem in aliumSpem in alium is a forty-part Renaissance motet by Thomas Tallis, composed circa 1570 for eight choirs of five voices each. The sacred text has been used as a basis for other choral settings, such as and the...
(Thomas TallisThomas TallisThomas Tallis was an English composer. Tallis flourished as a church musician in 16th century Tudor England. He occupies a primary place in anthologies of English church music, and is considered among the best of England's early composers. He is honoured for his original voice in English...
, arr. Kronos Quartet) - Doom. A Sigh (István Mártha)
- They Are There! (Charles IvesCharles IvesCharles Edward Ives was an American modernist composer. He is one of the first American composers of international renown, though Ives' music was largely ignored during his life, and many of his works went unperformed for many years. Over time, Ives came to be regarded as an "American Original"...
) - Quartet No. 8String Quartet No. 8 (Shostakovich)Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 8 in C minor was written in three days . It was premiered that year in Leningrad by the Beethoven Quartet....
, Mvt. I Largo (Dmitri ShostakovichDmitri ShostakovichDmitri Dmitriyevich Shostakovich was a Soviet Russian composer and one of the most celebrated composers of the 20th century....
) - Quartet No. 8, Mvt. II Allegro molto (Dmitri Shostakovich)
- Quartet No. 8, Mvt. III Allegretto (Dmitri Shostakovich)
- Quartet No. 8, Mvt. IV Largo (Dmitri Shostakovich)
- Quartet No. 8, Mvt. V Largo (Dmitri Shostakovich)
Personnel
- Hank Dutt - Viola
- Tony Eckert - Engineering (Tracks: A1, A2, B3)
- Bob Edwards - Mixing (Tracks: A1, A2)
- David Harrington - Violin
- Robert Hurwitz - Executive Producer
- Joan Jeanrenaud - Cello
- Juhani Liimatainen - Engineering (Tracks: A1, A2, B3)
- Matt Mahurin - Photography
- John Sherba - Violin
- Judith Sherman - Producer, Engineering, Mixing