25 Years

by Kronos Quartet

25 Years cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 27 October 1998
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 10:25:04
  • Community rating: 3.89/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

A retrospective drawn from the Kronos Quartet's first quarter century, gathering the contemporary chamber works that defined the ensemble's repertoire. Its programming shows how the quartet widened the string quartet tradition toward minimalism, folk sources and amplified sound.

Genres

Descriptors: orchestral, instrumental, complex, piano, acoustic, avant-garde

Tracklist

  1. Judah To Ocean (2:22)
  2. Toot Nipple (1:13)
  3. Dogjam (2:30)
  4. Pavane: She's So Fine (6:29)
  5. Rag The Bone (2:59)
  6. Habanera (4:46)
  7. Stubble Crotchet (2:39)
  8. Hammer & Chisel (1:11)
  9. Alligator Escalator (3:50)
  10. St盲ndchen: The Little Serenade (4:52)
  11. Judah To Ocean (Reprise) (2:20)
  12. Fratres (9:25)
  13. Psalom (2:00)
  14. Summa (5:11)
  15. Kyrie (2:06)
  16. Gloria (2:45)
  17. Credo (4:27)
  18. Sanctus (0:55)
  19. Agnes Dei (1:45)
  20. Ite, Missa Est (0:25)
  21. I. Gentle, Easy (2:15)
  22. II. Moderate (8:19)
  23. III. Driving (8:19)
  24. Song Of Twenty Shadows (11:17)
  25. Asleep (5:23)
  26. Loving (6:11)
  27. Anxiety (4:52)
  28. Despertar (6:03)
  29. Fear (4:00)
  30. Four, For Tango (3:58)
  31. Piano And String Quartet (79:33)
  32. I (7:54)
  33. II (6:18)
  34. III (8:38)
  35. 1957 - Award Montage (3:27)
  36. November 25 - Ichigaya (1:19)
  37. 1934 - Grandmother And Kimitake (2:40)
  38. 1962 - Body Building (1:39)
  39. Blood Oath (3:11)
  40. Mishima/Closing (2:56)
  41. I (2:09)
  42. II (1:34)
  43. III (1:28)
  44. IV (2:04)
  45. I (1:11)
  46. II (2:59)
  47. III (5:28)
  48. IV (4:39)
  49. V (7:37)
  50. Prelude: Calmo, Sospeso (3:14)
  51. I. Agitato - Con Fuoco - Maestoso - Senza Misura, Oscilante (8:33)
  52. II. Teneramente - Ruvido - Presto (10:34)
  53. III. Calmo, Sospeso - Allegro Pesante (7:07)
  54. Postlude: Lento, Liberamente (2:20)
  55. Quartet No.4 (11:47)
  56. Mugam Sayagi (21:27)
  57. I. Largo (Sostenuto - Mesto) (8:08)
  58. II. Deciso - Energico (Marcatissimo Sempre) (6:45)
  59. III. Arioso: Adagio Cantabile (7:23)
  60. IV. Allegro (Sempre Con Grande Passione E Molto Marcato) (9:31)
  61. Already It Is Dusk, Quartet No. 1, Op. 62 (13:58)
  62. America - Before The War (8:59)
  63. Europe - During The War (7:31)
  64. After The War (10:19)
  65. I. Departure (5:26)
  66. II. Absence (5:25)
  67. III: Return (7:13)
  68. Introduction (2:21)
  69. Cadenza: Violin I (2:33)
  70. Where Was Wisdom When We Went West? (3:07)
  71. Cadenza: Viola (2:24)
  72. March Of The Old Timers Reefer Division (2:14)
  73. Cadenza: Violin II (2:06)
  74. Tuning To Rolling Thunder (4:53)
  75. The Night Cry Of Black Buffalo Woman (2:53)
  76. Cadenza: Cello (1:08)
  77. Gathering Of The Spiral Clan (5:25)
  78. Captain Jack Has The Last Word (1:35)
  79. Terry Riley: G Song (9:36)
  80. Echoes Of Primordial Time (11:15)
  81. Mongolian Winds (4:10)
  82. Good Medicine Dance (13:29)
  83. I. Moderato (3:12)
  84. II. Agitato (5:36)
  85. III. Mesto (6:41)
  86. IV. Moderato (6:22)
  87. I. Lento (9:01)
  88. II. Allegro (7:00)
  89. III. Lento (5:57)
  90. IV. Vivace (3:21)
  91. V. Lento (9:16)
  92. Collected Songs Where Every Verse Is Filled With Grief (8:13)
  93. I. Deciso (5:03)
  94. II. Amaroso (7:30)
  95. I. Con Dolore (2:03)
  96. II. Risoluto; Calmo (3:14)
  97. III. Con Dolore (3:02)
  98. IV. Con Precisione (1:35)
  99. V. Con Dolore (1:50)
  100. From Ubirr (11:12)
  101. Tragedy At The Opera (6:29)
  102. First Dance (4:03)
  103. Second Dance (5:05)
  104. Third Dance (3:23)
  105. Fourth Dance (6:16)
  106. Fifth Dance (3:20)

Credits

  • Karina Beznicki - product manager [director of production]
  • Astor Piazzolla - composed by, bandoneon
  • David Krakauer - clarinet, bass clarinet, basset horn

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