Floodplain.

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Kronos Quartet, performer.

Contributor:

Golijov, Osvaldo, 1960- arranger of music.

Garchik, Jacob, arranger of music.

Prutsman, Stephen, arranger of music.

Qasımov, Alim, 1957- arranger of music.

Ljova, arranger of music.

Language:

Azerbaijani

English

Subjects (All):

Quintets (Percussion, violins (2), viola, cello), Arranged.

String quartets, Arranged.

Vocal duets with instrumental ensemble.

Quintets (Electronics, violins (2), viola, cello), Arranged.

Electronic music.

Sextets (Electric sitar, tambūrā (Drone lute), percussion, viola, cello), Arranged.

Violin and cello music, Arranged.

Quartets (Unspecified instruments (4)).

Instrumental music--Middle East.

Instrumental music.

Instrumental music--Africa.

Instrumental music--South Asia.

Instrumental music--Europe, Eastern.

Genre:

Electronic music.

Sound recordings.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc (79 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Nonesuch, [2009]

Language Note:

The 4th track sung in Azerbaijani.

System Details:

digital

optical

1.4 m/s

digital recording

Summary:

The Kronos Quartet draws together works from the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, and Eastern Europe, with an emphasis on nations whose conflicts and divisions have often overshadowed their musical legacies.

Contents:

Ya habibi ta'ala = My love, come quickly / Midhat Assem ; arr. Osvaldo Golijov & Kronos Quartet (2:57)

Tashweesh = Interference / Ramallah Underground ; arr. Kronos Quartet & Jacob Garchik (3:22)

Wa habibi = Beloved / traditional ; arr. Stephen Prutsman (3:11)

Getme, getme = Don't leave, don't leave / Said Rustamov ; arr. Alim Qasimov ; string arr. Jacob Garchik (12:05)

Raga mishra bhairavi : Alap / Ram Narayan ; arr. Kronos Quartet ; transc. Ljova (7:13)

Oh mother, the handsome man tortures me / Unknown ; arr. Ljova & Kronos Quartet ; [backing track compiled by Ljova] (3:01)

Mugam beyati shiraz / Rahman Asadollahi ; arr. Kronos Quartet, transc. Ljova (9:23)

Lullaby / trad., arr. Kronos Quartet & Jacob Garchik (4:09)

Nihavent sirto / Tanburi Cemil Bey ; arr. Stephen Prutsman (3:17)

Kara kemir / Kuat Shildebaev ; arr. Kronos Quartet (4:24)

Tèw semagn hagèré = Listen to me, my fellow countrymen / Alèmu Aga ; arr. Jacob Garchik (4:03)

Hold me, neighbor, in this storm

/ Aleksandra Vrebalov (21:46).

Participant:

Kronos Quartet (David Harrington, violin ; John Sherba, violin; Hank Dutt, viola ; Jeffrey Zeigler, cello ; also doubling on other instruments) ; with various performers.

Credits:

Produced by David Harrington.

Notes:

The 1st work for string quartet and riqq; the 2nd, for string quartet and electronics; the 3rd, 7th-8th, 12th for string quartet; the 4th, a song for vocal duet and instrumental ensemble; the 5th, for viola, shruti box, violoncello, tambura, and electric sitar; the 6th, for 2 violins, violoncello, tambourine with backing track; the 9th, for string quartet and darbukka; the 10th, for violoncello and violin; the 11th, for 4 original instruments.

Recorded primarily Aug. 2007-Oct. 2008, Architecture, Los Angeles, CA.

Compact disc.

Program notes in English ([22] p. : ill.) inserted in container.

OCLC:

318997406

Publisher Number:

075597982886

00075597982886 gtin-14

518349-2 Nonesuch