Kevin Volans: Hunting:Gathering

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Producer Judith Sherman Release date 27 January 1991		Artist Kronos Quartet Label Nonesuch Records Inc.

Released 27 January 1991 (1991-01-27) Kevin Volans HuntingGathering(1991) Five Tango Sensations(1991) Genres Classical music, Contemporary classical music Similar Kronos Quartet albums, Contemporary classical music albums, Other albums

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.

Track listing

All music composed by Kevin Volans.

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."

Musicians

David Harrington - violin

John Sherba - violin

Hank Dutt - viola

Joan Jeanrenaud - cello

Production

Recorded at Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, California

Judith Sherman, Juhani Liimatainen, and Tony Eckert - engineers

Songs

1Kevin Volans - Hunting: Gathering (1987) (String Quartet No 2) No 19:04
2Kevin Volans - Hunting: Gathering (1987) (String Quartet No 2) No 29:23
3Kevin Volans - Hunting: Gathering (1987) (String Quartet No 2) No 32:48

References

Kevin Volans: Hunting:Gathering Wikipedia

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