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Black Angels

Kronos Quartet

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Released: Jan 1990
Label: Nonesuch
Kronos begin this suite of meditations on war and totalitarianism with the title track, an experimental George Crumb piece that inspired the group's formation in 1973. It's a spare, chilling listen, as is Tan Dun's "Ghost Opera." But perhaps most striking are the five movements of Shostakovich's Quartet No. 8, a heartrending 20-minute piece that the composer wrote in just three days after being diagnosed with illness and forced to join the Communist party. Engrossing from start to finish, the work shudders and cowers, veering from tragedy to hard-drinking denial to overwhelming sadness.
- Sarah Bardeen
Kronos Quartet - Black Angels 2010-02-01
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    Black Angels: I. Departure
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    5:25
    Black Angels: II. Absence
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    Black Angels: III. Return
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    Spem in Alium
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    10:54
    Doom. A Sigh
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    2:47
    They Are There! Fighting for the People's New Free World
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    4:56
    Quartet No. 8: I. Largo
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    Quartet No. 8: II. Allegro molto
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    Quartet No. 8: III. Allegretto
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    Quartet No. 8: IV. Largo
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    Quartet No. 8: V. Largo
℗ 1990 Nonesuch Records