Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass
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Performer: Joan JeanrenaudComposer: Philip Glass
Performer: Kronos Quartet
Performer: Hank Dutt
Performer: David Harrington
Performer: John Sherba
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1995-02-07
Music Label: Nonesuch
Soundtracks:
- String Quartet No. 5: 1 - I
- String Quartet No. 5: 2 - II
- String Quartet No. 5: 3 - III
- String Quartet No. 5: 4 -- IV
- String Quartet No. 5: 5 - V
- String Quartet No. 4 (Buczak): 6 - I
- String Quartet No. 4 (Buczak): 7 - II
- String Quartet No. 4 (Buczak): 8 - III
- String Quartet No. 2 (Company): 9 - I
- String Quartet No. 2 (Company): 10 - II
- String Quartet No. 2 (Company): 11 - III
- String Quartet No. 2 (Company): 12 - IV
- String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima): 1957: 13
- String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima) (1985): 14
- String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima) (1985): 15
- String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima) (1985): 16
- String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima) (1985): 17
- String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima) (1985): 18
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Free Music Review: Mature Glass
Hit: 4 Stars
I am befuddled by the negative reviews of this recording, just as I am befuddled by those who dismiss Glass, Reich and their peers as "Minimalists" as if their development had ended where it started. Both Reich and Glass are now mature and accomplished composers who have transformed the radical ideas of their youth into a rich and unique compositional language.
On this recording, Kronos show us just how involving and nuanced Glass's "repetitive" language can be. The Quartet #5 in particular is a masterpiece. Perhaps my favorite Glass composition. It is chock full of wonderful melodic and rhythmic ideas. Yes, the rhythmic and harmonic backdrop consists of relentless diatonic arpeggios, but the continual harmonic and dynamic modulations pull the listener along like a raft floating down a roiling river. Kronos renders the music with impeccable accuracy while filling every phrase with humanity and passion. Wonderful.
I give it 4 starts rather than 5 because the CD sound quality is good, but not excellent, and I don't find quartets 2 and 3 as utterly delightful as 4 and 5.
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