{"product_id":"black-angels-vinyl-2lp","title":"Black Angels: Vinyl 2LP","description":"\u003cp\u003eNonesuch re-releases \u003cstrong\u003eKronos Quartet\u003c\/strong\u003e’s award-winning album \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBlack Angels\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e on vinyl to coincide with \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKronos Quartet: Five Decades\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, a year-long celebration of the quartet’s 50\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e anniversary.  First released in 1990, the album features David Harrington (violin), John Sherba, (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Joan Jeanrenaud (cello) performing George Crumb’s title piece, which inspired Harrington to found the quartet in 1973, and works by Charles Ives, István Márta, Thomas Tallis, and Dmitri Shostakovich.  Crumb’s title piece, called ‘an unusually elevated and searing Vietnam War protest’ by the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e, sets a dark, powerful tone for this collection, which addresses the political\/physical\/spiritual consequences of war.  The fourth side of the vinyl edition is an etching of an illustration created especially for this purpose by \u003cstrong\u003eMatt Mahurin\u003c\/strong\u003e, whose work is featured on the original album cover. ‘Stylishly packaged, intelligently programmed, superbly recorded and brilliantly performed’, proclaimed \u003cem\u003eGramophone\u003c\/em\u003e.  ‘In short, very much the sort of disc we’ve come to expect from the talented and imaginative Kronos Quartet.’  The \u003cem\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/em\u003e included it among its ‘100 Definitive Classical Albums of the 20\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e Century’.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eBlack Angels\u003c\/em\u003e was conceived as a kind of parable on our troubled contemporary world,” George Crumb wrote in 1986, as cited in the album notes.  “The work portrays a voyage of the soul…  The numerological symbolism of \u003cem\u003eBlack Angels\u003c\/em\u003e, while perhaps not immediately perceptible to the ear, is nonetheless quite faithfully reflected in the musical structure.  These ‘magical’ relationships are variously expressed; e.g. in terms of length, groupings of single tones, durations, patterns of repetition, etc.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003eFor 50 years, San Francisco’s \u003cstrong\u003eKronos Quartet\u003c\/strong\u003e – David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Paul Wiancko (cello) – has challenged and reimagined what a string quartet can be.  Founded at a time when the form was largely centred on long-established, Western European traditions, Kronos has been at the forefront of revolutionizing the string quartet into a living art form that responds to the people and issues of our time.  In the process, Kronos has become one of the most celebrated and influential groups of our era, performing thousands of concerts worldwide, releasing more than 70 recordings of extraordinary breadth and creativity, and collaborating with many of the world’s most accomplished composers and performers.  \u003ca class=\"mce-item-anchor\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003eThrough its nonprofit organization, Kronos Performing Arts Association, Kronos has commissioned more than 1,000 works and arrangements for string quartet – including the \u003cspan class=\"x_apple-converted-space\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eKronos Fifty\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e for the Future\u003c\/em\u003elibrary of free, educational repertoire.  Kronos has received more than 40 awards, including three Grammy Awards and the Polar Music, Avery Fisher, and Edison Klassiek Oeuvre Prizes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003eKronos is prolific and wide-ranging on recordings.  The ensemble’s expansive discography on Nonesuch includes three Grammy-winning albums: Terry Riley’s \u003cem\u003eSun Rings\u003c\/em\u003e (2019), \u003cem\u003eLandfall\u003c\/em\u003e with Laurie Anderson (2018), and Alban Berg’s \u003cem\u003eLyric Suite\u003c\/em\u003e featuring soprano Dawn Upshaw (2003); the 40\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e-anniversary boxed set \u003cem\u003eKronos Explorer Series\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eNuevo\u003c\/em\u003e (2002), a Grammy- and Latin Grammy–nominated celebration of Mexican culture; \u003cem\u003ePieces of Africa\u003c\/em\u003e (1992), a showcase of African-born composers that simultaneously topped Billboard’s Classical and World Music charts; and \u003cem\u003eFolk Songs\u003c\/em\u003e  (2017), Nonesuch’s 50\u003csup\u003eth\u003c\/sup\u003e album with Kronos, which featured Sam Amidon, Olivia Chaney, Rhiannon Giddens, and Natalie Merchant singing traditional folk songs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eDisc 1: Side A\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e1. 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