Henryk Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 ('...songs are sung')

Henryk Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 ('...songs are sung') is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet, containing the last string quartet by Polish composer Henryk Górecki. The Kronos Quartet had recorded Górecki's other string quartets on Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Already It Is Dusk/"Lerchenmusik" (1991) and on Henryk Górecki: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 (1993).

Henryk Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 ('...songs are sung')
Studio album by
Kronos Quartet
Released20 March 2007 (2007-03-20)
GenreContemporary classical
LabelNonesuch (#79993)
ProducerJudith Sherman
Kronos Quartet chronology
The Fountain
(2006)		 Henryk Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 ('...songs are sung')
(2007)		 Kronos Quartet Plays Sigur Rós
(2007)

Track listing

All music is composed by Henryk Górecki.

No.TitleLength
1."I. Adagio-Molto Andante-Cantabile"10:34
2."II. Largo, Cantabile"10:59
3."III. Allegro, Sempre ben marcato"4:22
4."IV. Deciso-Espressivo ma ben tenuto"11:26
5."V. Largo-Tranquillo"12:36

Critical reception

The album was an "Editor's Choice" for Strings magazine, which called it "a solemn, spiritual, and revolutionary work."[1]

Credits

Musicians
  • David Harrington - violin
  • John Sherba - violin
  • Hank Dutt - viola
  • Jeffrey Zeigler - cello

Production
  • Recorded August 1–3, 2006 at Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, California
    • Leslie Ann Jones - engineer
    • Dann Thompson - assistant engineer
  • Robert Hurwitz - executive producer
  • Frank Olinsky - art direction, design
  • Keith Carter - cover photograph

See also

References
  1. Cahill, Greg (Aug–Sep 2007). "Editor's Choice". Strings. String Letter Publishing. 22 (2): 147.
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