Kronos Quartet – Black Angels – 2 LPs – First time on vinyl!

Description

Artist: Kronos Quartet |Label:Nonesuch |Format: LP |Genre: Classical |
Album Condition: New | Cover Condition: Sealed

Kronos Quartet
Black Angels
Nonesuch 79242 – 2 LP set – FIRST time on vinyl!!

Kronos Quartets award-winning 1990 album Black Angels gets its first-ever vinyl release in celebration of the groups 50th anniversary. The two-LP set includes George Crumbs title piece, which inspired David Harrington to found the quartet, and works by Charles Ives, Istvn Mrta, Thomas Tallis, and Dmitri Shostakovich; the vinyls fourth side is an etching of an illustration Matt Mahurinwhose work is featured on the original album covercreated especially for this purpose. Crumbs title piece, called an unusually elevated and searing Vietnam War protest by the New York Times, sets a dark, powerful tone for the collection, which addresses the political/physical/spiritual consequences of war. The Evening Standard includes the album among its 100 Definitive Classical Albums of the 20th Century.

Tracks are:
Side One – Black Angels (1970) George Crumb
Side Two – Spem In Alium (Sing and Glorify) Thomas Tallas
– Doom A Sigh – Istvan Marta
– They Are There! – Charles Ives
Side Three – Quartet No, 8 – Dmitri Shostakovich
Side Four – exlusive etching (no music)

NEW SEALED 2 LP set – First Time on Vinyl!!