In Formation
1982 studio album by Kronos Quartet
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| Studio album by Kronos Quartet | ||||
| Released | 1982 (1982) | |||
| Recorded | 1979 at St. Mary's Cathedral, San Francisco | |||
| Genre | Contemporary classical | |||
| Label | Reference Recordings (#9) | |||
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In Formation is the first studio album by the Kronos Quartet. It contains compositions by Ken Benshof, Hunt Beyer, Alan Dorsey, John Geist, David Kechley, and others. The album was re-issued on CD on 17 December 1993 (Reference #RR-9CD).
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "The Funky Chicken" | David Kechley | 3:17 |
| 2. | "Remember" | Ken Benshoof | 3:23 |
| 3. | "Blues" | Derek Thunes | 3:42 |
| 4. | "When" | Benshoof | 2:24 |
| 5. | "Enantiodromia High" | Hunt Beyer | 3:24 |
| 6. | "Joan's Blue" | Alan Dorsey | 3:32 |
| 7. | "Wind on My Back" | Thunes | 5:09 |
| 8. | "The Junk Food Blues" | John Whitney | 2:32 |
| 9. | "Dark Razz" | John Geist | 3:38 |
| 10. | "Whatever Happened to the Hoodoo Meat Bucket?" | Dorsey | 2:29 |
Critical reception
In Fanfare magazine, the albums was praised highly: "In imaging, transient accuracy and timbre, one of the finest string quartet discs ever issued."[1]
Personnel
- David Harrington – violin
- John Sherba – violin
- Hank Dutt – viola
- Joan Jeanrenaud – cello
References
- ^ Flegler, Joel (1984). "Rev. of Kronos Quartet, In Formation". Fanfare Magazine. 7 (3–4): 77. ISSN 0148-9364. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
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Kronos Quartet
- David Harrington
- John Sherba
- Hank Dutt
- Paul Wiancko
- Joan Jeanrenaud
- In Formation (1982)
- Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk (1985)
- Terry Riley: Cadenza on the Night Plain (1985)
- Music of Bill Evans (1986)
- Kronos Quartet (1986)
- Winter Was Hard (1988)
- Kronos Quartet Plays Terry Riley: Salome Dances for Peace (1989)
- Black Angels (1990)
- Witold Lutosławski: String Quartet (1991)
- Kevin Volans: Hunting:Gathering (1991)
- Five Tango Sensations (1991)
- Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Already It Is Dusk/"Lerchenmusik" (1991)
- Pieces of Africa (1992)
- Short Stories (1993)
- Henryk Górecki: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 (1993)
- At the Grave of Richard Wagner (1993)
- Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet (1993)
- All the Rage (1993)
- Night Prayers (1994)
- Tan Dun: Ghost Opera (1997)
- Early Music (Lachrymæ Antiquæ) (1997)
- Kronos Quartet Performs Alfred Schnittke: The Complete String Quartets (1998)
- Terry Riley: Requiem for Adam (2001)
- Steve Reich: Triple Quartet (2001)
- Nuevo (2002)
- You've Stolen My Heart (2005)
- Henryk Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 ('...songs are sung') (2007)
- Kronos Quartet Plays Sigur Rós (2007)
- Terry Riley: The Cusp of Magic (2008)
- Floodplain (2009)
- Uniko (2011)
- Folk Songs (2017)
- Sun Rings (2019)
- Long Time Passing (2020)
- Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
- Dracula (1999)
- Requiem for a Dream (2000)
- The Fountain (2006)
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