Kronos Quartet Performs Alfred Schnittke - The Complete String Quartets flac mp3 download

Tracklist

String Quartet No. 1	(16:34)
1-1	I. Sonata	7:32
1-2	II. Canon	3:30
1-3	III. Cadenza	5:33
1-4	Canon In Memory Of I. Stravinsky	5:21
String Quartet No. 2	(21:51)
1-5	I. Moderato	3:12
1-6	II. Agitato	5:36
1-7	III. Mesto	6:41
1-8	IV. Moderato	6:22
String Quartet No. 3	(19:02)
1-9	I. Andante	5:41
1-10	II. Agitato	5:44
1-11	III. Pesante	7:37
String Quartet No. 4	(34:43)
2-1	I. Lento	9:03
2-2	II. Allegro	7:00
2-3	III. Lento	5:51
2-4	IV. Vivace	3:21
2-5	V. Lento	9:15
2-6	Collected Songs Where Every Verse Is Filled With Grief	8:13

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured For – BMG Direct – D225802
• Record Company – Nonesuch Records
• Record Company – Warner Music Group
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Nonesuch Records
• Copyright (c) – Nonesuch Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – WEA International Inc.
• Copyright (c) – WEA International Inc.
• Recorded At – Skywalker Sound
• Recorded At – Methuen Memorial Music Hall
• Mastered At – Soundbyte Productions
• Published By – G. Schirmer Inc.
• Published By – Universal Edition
• Published By – Hans Sikorski

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Frank Olinsky
• Cello – Joan Jeanrenaud
• Composed By – Alfred Schnittke
• Edited By [Editing Assistance] – Jeanne Velonis (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 2-1 to 2-5)
• Edited By [Editing] – Jeanne Velonis (tracks: 2-6), Judith Sherman (tracks: 2-6), Tom Leukens (tracks: 2-6)
• Engineer – Craig Silvey (tracks: 1-1 to 1-8, 2-1 to 2-5), John Newton (tracks: 1-9 to 1-11)
• Engineer [Assistant Engineer] – Bob Levy (tracks: 2-6), Chris Haynes (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4), John Kelpo (tracks: 2-1 to 2-5), Judy Kirschner (tracks: 2-6), Steve Limonoff (tracks: 1-5 to 1-8)
• Engineer, Mixed By [Mixer] – Craig Silvey (tracks: 2-6)
• Executive-Producer – Robert Hurwitz
• Liner Notes – Solomon Volkov
• Liner Notes [Translation Edited By] – Sidney Chen
• Liner Notes [Translation] – Valeria Susanina
• Management [Managing Director, With] – Ave Maria Hackett, Laird Rodet, Larry Neff, Leslie Mainer, Sandra Schaaf
• Management [Managing Director] – Janet Cowperthwaite
• Mastered By – David Harrington, Judith Sherman
• Mastered By [Mastering Of Original Release] – Robert C. Ludwig* (tracks: 1-9 to 1-11)
• Mixed By [Mix Assistant] – Bob Levy (tracks: 2-6)
• Performer – Kronos Quartet
• Photography By [Kronos Quartet] – Caroline Greyshock
• Photography By [Photograph Of Alfred Schnittke In His Moscow Apartment ] – Marianna Volkov
• Photography By [Slipcase And Booklet Cover Photographs Of Alfred Schnittke (Berlin, May 1990)] – Betty Freeman
• Producer [Produced By] – Judith Sherman, Kronos Quartet (tracks: 1-9 to 1-11, 2-6)
• Viola – Hank Dutt
• Violin – David Harrington, John Sherba

Notes

String Quartet No. 1 - Commissioned by Rostislav Dubinsky (Borodin Quartet).
Canon In Memory Of I. Stravinsky - Commissioned by "Tempo" magazine.
String Quartet No. 2 - Commissioned by Universal Edition.
String Quartet No. 3 - Commissioned by the Mannheim Gesellschaft für Neue Musik for the Beethoven Quartet.
String Quartet No. 4 - Commissioned by the Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft for the Alban Berg Quartet.
Collected Songs Where Every Verse Is Filled With Grief (1984-85)

Recorded August 1994-August 1996 at Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, Calif.
String Quartet No. 3: Recorded November 1987 at Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, Mass. Previously released on "Winter Was Hard", Nonesuch 79181
Collected Songs Where Every Verse Is Filled With Grief: Recorded November 1997 at Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, Calif. Previously released on "Early Music", Nonesuch 79457

Mastered at SoundByte productions, New York City

Published by G. Schirmer, Inc. o/b/o Universal Edition, except "Canon in Memory of I. Stravinsky" and "Collected Songs Where Every Verse If Filled with Grief", published by G. Schirmer, Inc. o/b/o Hans Sikorski. All compositions ASCAP.

Nonesuch Records, a Warner Music Group Company.
This compilation ℗ & © 1998 Nonesuch Records for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.

Printed in USA

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (CD 1): Wea mfg. Olyphant X4179 2 79500-2.1 04 M1S3
• Mastering SID Code (CD 1): ifpi L902
• Mould SID Code (CD 1): IFPI 2U6A
• Matrix / Runout (CD 2): Wea mfg. Olyphant W3012 2 79500-2.2 01 M1S2
• Mastering SID Code (CD 2): ifpi L901
• Mould SID Code (CD 2): IFPI 2U6A
• Rights Society: ASCAP

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Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
79500-2	Kronos Quartet Performs Alfred Schnittke	Kronos Quartet Performs Alfred Schnittke - The Complete String Quartets ‎(2xCD, Album)	Nonesuch	79500-2	US	1998
7559-79500-2	Kronos Quartet Performs Alfred Schnittke	Kronos Quartet Performs Alfred Schnittke - The Complete String Quartets ‎(2xCD, Album)	Nonesuch	7559-79500-2	Germany	1998
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