Recorded July 1990, August 1992 Release date 25 June 1993 | ||
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Released 25 June 1993 (1993-06-25) Similar Kronos Quartet albums, Contemporary classical music albums, Other albums | ||
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 Dusk/"Lerchenmusik". The Kronos Quartet recorded and released all three of Górecki's string quartets, the third and last in 2007, on Henryk Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 ('...songs are sung').
Contents
Track listing
All music composed by Henryk Górecki.
Critical reception
Michael Walsh, writing for Time, called Górecki "an uncompromising modernist who just may be the Bruckner of our day," and the performance of the string quartets by the "inestimable Kronos Quartet . . . excellent."
Musicians
Production
Songs
1Already It Is Dusk (String Quartet No 1) - Op 6213:59
2Quasi una Fantasia: String Quartet No 2 - Op 64: I Largo Sostenuto – Mesto8:07
3Quasi una Fantasia: String Quartet No 2 - Op 64: II Deciso—Energico; Furioso - Tranquillo – Mesto6:45