Henryk Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 ('...songs are sung')
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Henryk Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 ('...songs are sung') is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet
, containing the last string quartet
by Polish composer Henryk Górecki
. The Kronos Quartet had recorded Górecki's other string quartets on Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Already It Is Dusk/"Lerchenmusik"
(1991) and on Henryk Górecki: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2
(1993).
Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973 in Seattle, Washington. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California. The longest-running combination of performers had Harrington and John Sherba on violin, Hank Dutt on viola, and Joan...
, containing the last string quartet
String quartet
A string quartet is a musical ensemble of four string players – usually two violin players, a violist and a cellist – or a piece written to be performed by such a group...
by Polish composer Henryk Górecki
Henryk Górecki
Henryk Mikołaj Górecki was a composer of contemporary classical music. He studied at the State Higher School of Music in Katowice between 1955 and 1960. In 1968, he joined the faculty and rose to provost before resigning in 1979. Górecki became a leading figure of the Polish avant-garde during...
. The Kronos Quartet had recorded Górecki's other string quartets on Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Already It Is Dusk/"Lerchenmusik"
Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Already It Is Dusk/"Lerchenmusik"
Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Already It Is Dusk/"Lerchenmusik" is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet and the London Sinfonietta. The two compositions are by Polish composer Henryk Górecki. The Kronos Quartet play "Already It Is Dusk," which they would reissue on Henryk Górecki: String Quartets Nos...
(1991) and on Henryk Górecki: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2
Henryk Górecki: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2
Henryk Górecki: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet, with two compositions by Polish composer Henryk Górecki. The Kronos Quartet had recorded "Already It Is Dusk", his first string quartet, in 1990 and released it on Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Already It Is...
(1993).
Track listing
Critical reception
The album was an "Editor's Choice" for Strings magazine, which called it "a solemn, spiritual, and revolutionary work."Musicians
- David Harrington - violinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
- John Sherba - violin
- Hank Dutt - violaViolaThe viola is a bowed string instrument. It is the middle voice of the violin family, between the violin and the cello.- Form :The viola is similar in material and construction to the violin. A full-size viola's body is between and longer than the body of a full-size violin , with an average...
- Jeffrey Zeigler - celloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
Production
- Recorded August 1–3, 2006 at Skywalker SoundSkywalker SoundSkywalker Sound is the sound effects, sound editing, sound design, sound mixing and music recording division of George Lucas' Lucas Digital motion picture group. Its main facilities are located in Lucas Valley, near Nicasio, California...
, Nicasio, CaliforniaNicasio, CaliforniaNicasio is a census-designated place in Marin County, California. It is located west-southwest of Novato, at an elevation of 194 feet . The population was 96 at the 2010 census....
- Leslie Ann Jones - engineer
- Dann Thompson - assistant engineer
- Robert Hurwitz - executive producer
- Frank Olinsky - art direction, design
- Keith Carter - cover photograph