Kronos Quartet.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Kronos Quartet, performer.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

String quartets.

String quartets, Arranged.

Variations (String quartet).

Folk songs, Finnish--Finland--Instrumental settings.

Folk songs, Finnish.

Finland.

Rock music--1981-1990.

Rock music.

Genre:

String quartets.

Instrumental settings.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Other Title:

Title on program notes book: Music by Sculthorpe, Sallinen, Glass, Nancarrow, Hendrix

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Nonesuch, [1986]

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

stereo

digital recording

Contents:

String quartet no. 8 / Peter Sculthorpe (13:41)

String quartet no. 3 : Some aspects of Peltoniemi Hintrik's funeral march / Aulis Sallinen (14:05)

Company / Philip Glass (7:53)

String quartet / Conlon Nancarrow (11:07)

Purple haze / Jimi Hendrix ; arr. by Steve Riffkin (3:00)

Participant:

Kronos Quartet.

Notes:

Nonesuch: 79111-2 (on container spine: 9 79111-2).

The 2nd work variations on a Finnish folksong; the 5th work orig. a rock song.

"Recorded June 1985 at the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, NYC."

Compact disc.

Digital recording.

Program notes by Gregory Sandow and notes on the performing group ([6] p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Also released on analog disc (79111

Contains:

Sculthorpe, Peter, 1929-2014. Quartets, strings, no. 8.

Sallinen, Aulis. Quartets, strings, no. 3.

Glass, Philip. Company.

Nancarrow, Conlon, 1912-1997. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 1

Hendrix, Jimi. Purple haze; arranged.

OCLC:

62447573

Publisher Number:

Nonesuch 79111-2

Nonesuch 9 79111-2

79111 Nonesuch