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Henryk Górecki: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet, with two compositions by Polish composer Henryk Górecki. The Kronos Quartet had recorded "Already It Is Dusk", his first string quartet , in 1990 and released it on Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Already It Is Dusk/"Lerchenmusik" .
Coltrane’s classic quartet recorded 11 albums for Impulse!: Ballads (1962) Coltrane (1962) Live at Birdland (1963) Crescent (1964) A Love Supreme (1964) The John Coltrane Quartet Plays (1965) Living Space (1965) Transition (1965) Sun Ship (1965) First Meditations (1965) Kulu Sé Mama (1965) (Side 2 is by the Quartet; side 1 by a larger group)
The discography of the Kronos Quartet includes 43 studio albums, 2 compilations, 5 soundtracks, and 29 contributions to other artists' records. The Kronos Quartet plays classical, pop, rock, jazz, folk, world and contemporary classical music (often written especially for them by for instance Philip Glass, Terry Riley, Alexandra Vrebalov) and was founded in 1973 by violinist David Harrington.
By the time the quartet celebrated its 25th anniversary in 1999, it had a repertoire of over 600 works, including 400 quartets written for it, more than 3,000 performances, seven first-prize ASCAP awards, Edison Awards in classical and popular music, and had more than 1.5 million record sales. [10]
All compositions are by Corea who wanted to create an album of quartets like the many string quartets of the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Impressionist periods, but with jazz instrumentation. "Quartet No. 1" uses a 1-chord (G altered) solo vamp over a rock beat in 3/4, and a repeated theme that uses stacked fourths.
His album The Köln Concert, released in 1975, is the best-selling piano recording in history. [2] In 2008, he was inducted into DownBeat Jazz Hall of Fame in the magazine's 73rd Annual Readers' Poll. [3] In 2003, Jarrett received the Polar Music Prize and was the first recipient to be recognized with prizes for both contemporary and classical ...
Anonymous 4 was an American female a cappella quartet, founded in 1986 [1] and based in New York City.Their main performance genre was medieval music, although later they also premiered works by recent composers such as John Tavener and Steve Reich.
Long Time Passing is a 2020 album by Kronos Quartet celebrating the music of Pete Seeger. The album was commissioned by the FreshGrass Foundation and released on the Smithsonian Folkways label. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] This release follows 2017's Folk Songs , which saw the Kronos Quartet teaming with a variety of folk musicians.