Kevin Volans: Hunting:Gathering

Kevin Volans: Hunting:Gathering is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet, containing works by South African composer Kevin Volans composed especially for the quartet.[1][2]

Kevin Volans: Hunting:Gathering
Studio album by
Released27 January 1991 (1991-01-27)
GenreContemporary classical
LabelNonesuch (#79253)
ProducerJudith Sherman
Kronos Quartet chronology
Witold Lutosławski: String Quartet
(1991)
Kevin Volans: Hunting:Gathering
(1991)
Five Tango Sensations
(1991)

Track listing

All music is composed by Kevin Volans.

No.TitleLength
1."String Quartet No. 2: I"8:57
2."String Quartet No. 2: II"9:15
3."String Quartet No. 2: III"2:48

Critical reception

The New York Times called Hunting:Gathering "a work that moves freely among African rhythmic and melodic shapes, contemporary Western harmonies and tone-shaping techniques, and distorted glimpses of Haydnesque Classicism."[3]

Credits

Musicians

Production

See also

References

  1. "Evening Music". WNYC. 2004-11-15. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
  2. Gold, Gerald (1991-02-17). "Record Notes; Kronos Takes One to Tango". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
  3. Kozinn, Allan (1990-11-26). "Review/Music; New Works for Quartet by Composers of 6 Nations". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
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