Singer: Kronos Quartet
Title: The Collection
Label: Nonesuch ‎– 7559-79260-2 ZD
Type: 6 x CD, Compilation Box Set
Country: Germany
Date of released: 1991
Category: Classical
Style: Modern Classical, Modern, Contemporary, Experimental, Post-Modern
Size MP3 zip: 1322 mb
Size FLAC zip: 1817 mb
Rating: 5.0✭
Format: MP3 AUD TTA MPC VOC FLAC MMF AC3 FLAC

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CD1: Kronos Quartet [Nonesuch 7559-79111-2 ]
Peter Sculthorpe: String Quartet No. 8
1-1	Mvt. I Con Dolore	2:59
1-2	Mvt. II Risoluto	3:50
1-3	Mvt. III Con Dolore	3:00
1-4	Mvt. IV Con Precisione	1:57
1-5	Mvt. V Con Dolore	1:55
Aulis Sallinen: String Quartet No. 3
1-6	Some Aspects Of Peltoniemi Hintrik's Funeral March	14:05
Philip Glass: Company	7:53
1-7	Mvt. I	2:22
1-8	Mvt. II	1:34
1-9	Mvt. III	1:48
1-10	Mvt. IV	2:09
Conlon Nancarrow: String Quartet	11:07
1-11	Mvt. I Allegro Molto	2:23
1-12	Mvt. II Andante Moderato	3:29
1-13	Mvt. III Prestissimo	5:15
Jimi Hendrix: Purple Haze
1-14	Purple Haze Arranged By – Steve RiffkinComposed By – Jimi Hendrix	3:00
CD2: White Man Sleeps [Nonesuch 7559-79163-2 ]
2-1	White Man Sleeps #1 Composed By – Kevin Volans	4:31
2-2	Scherzo: Holding Your Own Composed By – Charles Ives	1:23
2-3	Pano Da Costa (Cloth From The Coast) Composed By – Jon Hassell	19:21
2-4	Morango...Almost A Tango Composed By – Thomas Oboe Lee	6:22
2-5	Lonely Woman Arranged By – Mel GravesComposed By – Ornette Coleman	3:08
2-6	Amazing Grace Composed By – Ben Johnston	11:48
2-7	White Man Sleeps #5 Composed By – Kevin Volans	3:38
2-8	String Quartet No. 3 Composed By – Béla Bartók	15:30
CD3: Winter Was Hard [Nonesuch 979 181-2 ]
3-1	Winter Was Hard Choir – San Francisco Girls ChorusDirected By [Choir] – Elizabeth ApplingEngineer – Howard Johnston, John NewtonLyrics By [Original Text] – Bo CarpelanReeds [Reed Organ] – Earl L. Miller	1:40
3-2	Half-Wolf Dances Mad In Moonlight	8:21
3-3	Fratres Arranged By – Thomas Höfer*Composed By – Arvo Pärt	9:24
Six Bagatelles Op.9	3:57
3-4a	Mäßig Composed By – Anton Webern	0:29
3-4b	Leicht Bewegt Composed By – Anton Webern	0:21
3-4c	Ziemlich Fließend Composed By – Anton Webern	0:22
3-4d	Sehr Langsam Composed By – Anton Webern	0:49
3-4e	Äußerst Langsam Composed By – Anton Webern	1:06
3-4f	Fließend Composed By – Anton Webern	0:31
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3-5	Forbidden Fruit Composed By, Producer – John ZornLyrics By [Original Text] – Reck Turntables – Christian MarclayVoice – Ohta Hiromi*	10:16
3-6	Bella By Barlight Composed By – John LurieRecorded By [Metal Box Studio], Mixed By [Metal Box Studio] – Ono Seigen*Recorded By [Russian Hill Recording] – Howard Johnston	2:47
3-7	Four, For Tango Composed By – Astor Piazzolla	4:41
Quartet No. 3	19:06
3-8a	Andante Composed By – Alfred Schnittke	5:40
3-8b	Agitato Composed By – Alfred Schnittke	5:43
3-8c	Pesante Composed By – Alfred Schnittke	7:21
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3-9	Adagio Composed By – Samuel Barber	7:09
3-10	A Door Is Ajar Composed By – Traditional	0:39
CD4/5: Kronos Quartet Plays Terry Riley: Salome Dances For Peace [Nonesuch 7559-79217-2 ]
I. Anthem Of The Great Spirit
4-1	The Summons	4:56
4-2	Peace Dance	11:02
4-3	Fanfare In The Minimal Kingdom	4:30
4-4	Ceremonial Night Race	4:39
4-5	At The Ancient Aztec Corn Races Salome Meets Wild Talker	2:06
4-6	More Ceremonial Races	0:51
4-7	Oldtimers At The Races	3:50
4-8	Half Wolf Dances Mad In Moonlight	9:06
II. Conquest Of The War Demons
4-9	Way Of The Warrior	5:08
4-10	Salome And Half Wolf Descend Through The Gates To The Underworld	4:36
4-11	Breakthrough To The Realm Of The War Demons	2:38
4-12	Combat Dance	3:54
4-13	Victory: Salome Re-Enacts For Half Wolf Her Deeds Of Valor	0:43
4-14	Discovery Of Peace	3:40
4-15	The Underworld Arising	10:08
III. The Gift
5:1	Echoes Of Primordial Time	11:14
5-2	Mongolian Winds	4:10
IV. The Ecstasy
5-3	Processional	2:10
5-4	Seduction Of The Bear Father	3:12
5-5	The Gathering	5:42
5-6	At The Summit	5:24
5-7	Recessional	1:53
V. Good Medicine
5-8	Good Medicine Dance	3:28
CD6: Black Angels [Nonesuch 7559-79242-2 ]
George Crumb: Black Angels	18:15
Thirteen Images From The Dark Land
I. Departure	5:37
6-1a	Threnody I: Night Of The Electric Insects	1:22
6-1b	Sounds Of The Bones And Flutes	0:40
6-1c	Lost Bells	0:54
6-1d	Devil-music	1:39
6-1e	Danse Macabre	1:02
II. Absence	5:25
6-2a	Pavana Lachrymac	1:07
6-2b	Threnody II: Black Angels!	2:30
6-2c	Sarabanda De La Muerte Oscura	0:46
6-2d	Lost Bells (Echo)	1:02
III. Return	7:13
6-3a	God-music	3:01
6-3b	Ancient Voices	0:33
6-3c	Ancient Voices (Echo)	0:34
6-3d	Threnody III: Night Of The Electric Insects - Sarabanda De La Muerte Oscura (Echo)	3:05
Thomas Tallis: Spen In Alium (Sign And Glorify)
6-4	Spen In Alium Composed By – Thomas Tallis	8:52
Istvan Marta: Doom. A Sigh
6-5	Doom. A Sigh Composed By – Istvan Marta*Engineer [Recording, Mix] – Alex Haas	10:54
Charles Ives: They Are There! (Fighting For The People's New Free World)
6-6	They Are There! Composed By – Charles IvesEngineer [Recording] – Dan Reid	2:47
Dmitri Shostakovich: Quartet No. 8	20:00
6-7	I. Largo	4:57
6-8	II. Allegro Molto	2:36
6-9	III. Allegretto	4:19
6-10	IV. Largo	4:12
6-11	V. Largo	3:56

Credits

• Arranged By – Kronos Quartet (tracks: 3-1, 3-10, 6-4)
• Art Direction, Design [For First & Second Disc] – Carin Goldberg
• Art Direction, Design [For Fourth & Fifth Disc] – Frank Olinsky
• Art Direction, Design [For Sixth Disc] – Manhattan Design
• Art Direction, Design [For Third Disc] – Kosh*
• Artwork [Cover Art For Fourth & Fifth Disc] – Henrik Drescher
• Cello – Joan Jeanrenaud
• Composed By – Aulis Sallinen (tracks: 1-6, 3-1), Conlon Nancarrow (tracks: 1-11 to 1-3), Dmitri Shostakovich (tracks: 6-7 to 6-11), George Crumb (tracks: 6-1 to 6-3), Peter Sculthorpe (tracks: 1-1 to 1-5), Philip Glass (tracks: 1-7 to 1-10), Terry Riley (tracks: 3-2, 4-1 to 5-8)
• Edited By [Digital] – Amelia Rogers (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14)
• Engineer – John Newton (tracks: 1-1 to 5-8)
• Engineer [Mix] – Bob Edwards (tracks: 6-1 to 6-4)
• Engineer [Recording, Mix] – Judith Sherman (tracks: 6-1 to 6-11)
• Engineer [Recording] – Juhani Liimatainen (tracks: 6-1 to 6-4, 6-7 to 6-11), Tony Eckert (tracks: 6-1 to 6-4, 6-7 to 6-11)
• Executive-producer – Robert Hurwitz
• Liner Notes [For First Disc] – Gregory Sandow
• Liner Notes [For Fourth & Fifth Disc] – Mark Swed
• Liner Notes [Program Notes For Sixth Disc] – Carol Yaple
• Mastered By – Robert C. Ludwig* (tracks: 4-1 to 5-8)
• Photography By [Cover For First Disc] – Jan Staller
• Photography By [Cover For Fourth & Fifth Disc] – Erwin Blumenfeld
• Photography By [Cover For Second Disc] – Nicholas Nixon
• Photography By [Cover For Third Disc] – Michele Clement
• Photography By [For Sixth Disc] – Matt Mahurin
• Photography By [Kronos Quartet For Fourth & Fifth Disc] – Michele Clement
• Photography By [Terry Riley For Fourth & Fifth Disc] – Michael McIntyre
• Producer – Judith Sherman (tracks: 2-1 to 2-8, 6-1 to 6-11), Kronos Quartet (tracks: 3-1 to 3-10, 6-1 to 6-11), Thomas Frost (tracks: 1-1 to 1-14)
• Viola – Hank Dutt
• Violin – David Harrington, John Sherba

Notes

CD1: Recorded June 1985 at the "American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters", NYC.
CD2: Recorded January 1987 at "Wellesley College Chapel", Wellesley, Massachusetts.
CD3: Recorded November 1987 at "Methuen Memorial Music Hall" Methuen, Massachusetts. ["Winter Was Hard" recorded January 1988 at "St. İgnatius Church", San Francisco, California; "Forbidden Fruit" recorded September 1987 at "Russian Hill Recording", San Francisco, California and "Metal Box Studio", Tokyo, Japan, mixed September 1987 at "CBS Roppongi Studio", Tokyo, Japan.]
CD4/5: Recorded August 1988 at "Skywalker Ranch", Nicasio, California.

Design for fourth and fifth disc at Manhattan Design