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Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass
from: Nonesuch
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0075597935622
Label: Nonesuch
Manufacturer: Nonesuch
MPN: 79356
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Nonesuch
Release Date: February 07, 1995
Studio: Nonesuch
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Rating: - Mature Glass
I am befuddled by the negative reviews of this recording, just as I am befuddled by those who dismiss Glass, Reich and their peers as "Minimalists" as if their development had ended where it started. Both Reich and Glass are now mature and accomplished composers who have transformed the radical ideas of their youth into a rich and unique compositional language.
On this recording, Kronos show us just how involving and nuanced Glass's "repetitive" language can be. The Quartet #5 in ... Read More
Rating:  - Not much here
There's a common experience in listening to music in which as you become more familiar with someone's work, or with a particular genre, that you start to hear things you didn't hear intiially. Phillip Glass- and many of his minimalistic brethern, like Steve Reich- are the one counterexample; the more I listen to their music, the less I hear.
There was a time- in the 1980s- when I was a great fan of Phillip Glass. But the more albums I bought, the more it all started to blend into one ... Read More
Rating:  - Enlightening
This album was my first approach to a minimalist composer, and I didn't exactly know what to expect. The first time I heard it I felt enlightened. I just had couldn't stop listening this piece of music. Beautiful, trancey, ethereal.
If you are looking for standard western classical music, with a strong sense of progression towards that "extacy" moment, you could feel dissapointed. But then again, if you want that...why get a minimalist composer's work?
Rating: - Minimalist Masterpiece
To quote Sherri "Altovoice" : "I can't believe anyone would rate this noise higher than a 1. If you like the sound of chainsaws needing servicing, then perhaps you'll enjoy this CD. My husband called it "sounds to fight with your spouse to".
All I can say is that she must have gotten a Slipknot CD in the Kronos case by mistake!
Yes, 'minimalism' isn't for everyone, and I would not recommend Glass to everyone, but for those who like both Kronos & Glass' work, this is ... Read More
Rating: - Too Bad There Isn't a Way to Put -0- Stars
I can't believe anyone would rate this noise higher than a 1. If you like the sound of chainsaws needing servicing, then perhaps you'll enjoy this CD. My husband called it "sounds to fight with your spouse to". The folks who gave this 4 or 5 stars must be "shills"...they are probably in the band, or are the composer. I'm so disappointed in the CD that I plan to request a refund from Amazon.
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