Ground breakers, virtuosos, and commissioners of many of the world’s twentieth and twenty-first century string quartet masterpieces, the influence of the Kronos Quartet cannot be underestimated. We’ll feature a sampling of their luminous output over the years.
Hosted by Seth Boustead
Produced by Jesse McQuarters
Alan Dorsey: Whatever Happened to the Hoodoo Meat Bucket?
Kronos Quartet
Reference Recordings 9
2:26
John Geist: Dark Razz
Kronos Quartet
Reference Recordings 9
3:39
Aleksandra Vrebalov: …hold me, neighbor, in this storm (excerpt)
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch 518349
8:45
Harry Partch: U.S. Highball, “Did I ever ride freight trains- huh!” & “Leaving Little America, Wyo-ma”
Kronos Quartet; David Barron, narrator
Nonesuch 79697
5:10
Pēteris Vasks: String Quartet No. 4, II, Elegy
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch 79695
7:22
John Zorn: Forbidden Fruit (excerpt)
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch 79181
3:43
Steve Reich: Triple Quartet, II
Kronos Quartet
Nonesuch 79546
4:05
Dmitri Yanov-Yanovsky: Lachrimosa
Kronos Quartet; Dawn Upshaw, ms.
Nonesuch 79346
5:55
Television: Marquee Moon (excerpt)
Kronos Quartet
Elektra 60940
1:28