Aug 12, 2010 - Kronos Quartet - Black Angels (1999). This is one of the first albums that got me interested in modern composition. As you can probably guess,. Black Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land): VIII. Testi po nevrologii dlya vrachej s otvetami kazahstan. Sarabanda de la Muerte Oscura (track 2) Black Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land): XII.
Close Kronos Quartet: Black Angels (1990) Classical MP3 224kps WinRar 110mb The Kronos Quartet performs George Crumb's 'Black Angels,' Shostakovich's Eighth String Quartet, and other works. The Black Angels piece is particularly special because it is written for 'electric/amplified' String Quartet. Work Listing George Crumb 'Black Angels: Thirteen Images from the Dark Land,' (1970).
Thomas Tallis 'Spem in Alium' 40-part motet (circa 16th century) arranged by Kronos Istvan Marta 'Doom: A Sigh,' (1989) Charles Ives 'They Are There!' (1917/1942) arranged by John Geist Dmitri Shostakovich String Quartet No. 8 (1960) Track Listing 1.
Black Angels: I. Departure (5:37) 2.
Black Angels: II. Absence (5:25) 3. Black Angels: III. Return (7:13) 4. Spem In Alium (Sing And Glorify) (8:52) 5.
A Sigh (10:54) 6. They Are There! Largo (4:57) 8.
Allegro Molto (2:36) 9. Allegretto (4:19) 10.
Largo (4:12) 11. Largo (3:56) Download.
This disc is supposed to hurt. Just look at the program: it starts with 's Black Angels for electric string quartet, a work that is the aural equivalent of Coppola's Apocalypse Now, and ends with 's String Quartet No. 8, a work that is either the aural equivalent of a monument to the victims of war and fascism written in the ruins of Dresden or the musical equivalent of a suicide note written before the composer joined the Communist Party.
With the spooky and evocative performances of Spem in Alium, 's Doom. A Sigh, and ' There They Are!, this disc is so painful it could be the soundtrack for an unmade Kubrick movie. The question is, is this disc supposed to hurt so much? The is a harsh and aggressive ensemble with an angular approach to rhythm and structure and an overwhelming need to assert its individual and collective identity. It tears into the howling notes that begin Black Angels with the ferocity of The Furies and they don't take the pedal off the metal until the last gasp of the final Largo of the Eighth. Yet surely this is the intent of the music: 's Black Angels is as violently anti-war as 's Eighth is fatally anti-totalitarian, and any performance that doesn't hurt with the deep pain of righteous vehemence would hardly be worth hearing.
Nonesuch's 1990 digital sound is so in your face that it's in your skull.