Kronos Quartet - Kronos Explorer Series (Box Set) (Music CD) available on July 18 2018 from Base for 35.79
Explorer Series available on June 07 2016 from Amazon for 29.39
UPC bar code 075597957884 ξ2 registered July 18 2018
UPC bar code 075597957884 ξ1 registered June 07 2016
UPC bar code 075597957884 ξ3 registered June 07 2016
Product category is MUSIC CD - CD - Pop Audio
Manufacturered by Nonesuch
Product weight is 0.79 lbs.
Kronos Explorer Series comprises five classic albums from five different parts of the world Pieces of Africa, Night Prayers, Caravan, Nuevo, and Floodplain with liner notes that include an in-depth interview of Harrington by renowned author Jonathan Cott. Pieces of Africa (1992), Kronos' first record of African music, developed over eight years, during which Kronos commissioned/performed with some of the continent's greatest musicians, including Zimbabwe's Dumisani Maraire, Nubian Hamza el Din, and Gambia's Foday Musa Suso. Works with roots in Ghana, Morocco, South Africa, and Uganda also are included. Night Prayers (1994) contains seven works by vastly different artists, geographically all from within the former Soviet Union, including Huun-Huur-Tu from Tuva, Azerbaijani duduk master Djivan Gasparian, and Sofia Gubaidulina from the former Tatar. The compositions on Caravan (2000) come from many compass points-Iraq, California, South America-but all have roots in other places, starting with the territory that links northeastern Europe with the Mediterranean and the Orient; composer Osvaldo Golijov arranged the pieces. For Nuevo (2002), the Quartet embraced Mexican genres from rock to mariachi, with music from the heart of regional Mexico, including street performers, religious festival celebrants, and a duet with a leaf player. And on Floodplain (2009), ancient songs from the wellspring of the Fertile Crescent mingle with new music from low-lying areas in Central Asia, North Africa, and Eastern Europe, performed on centuries-old harps, electric sitar, and instruments built for Kronos.
The CD set is mostly excellent, imaginative music. One of the CD's, however, was made with a tongue in the cheek - if you descend to that level, you may like it. I threw it away. But the four other CD's are really worth the prise.
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