Various artists - Kronos Quartet Polish Quartets DVD

Kronos Quartet Polish Quartets Koncert Kronos Quartet Kwartety Polskie

Witold Lutosławski, Paweł Mykietyn, Henryk Mikołaj Górecki
Kronos Quartet
Kwartety Polskie
Polskie Wydawnictwo Audiowizualne, 2007
classical music
DVD

See other title by: Henryk Mikołaj Górecki

Recorded by Polish Audiovisual Publishers the concert held by the Kronos Quartet on 11 November 2006 at the Second Festival of Polish Music in Cracow, was entirely devoted to works by Polish composers - from the avant-garde of the sixties to recent works. Four different scores represent a significant fregment of Polish repertoire for string quartet written between 1960-2006. (...) During over thirty years since its first concert in 1973 the Kronos Quartet has become one of the most influential and celebrated ensembles of our time. It has performed thousands of concerts, released over 40 recordings, and collaborated with several composers and performers worldwide. It specializes in music of the second half of the 20th century and the contemporary repertoire, also the arrangements of ethnic, jazz and rock music. The Kronos Quartet has commissioned more than 500 new works and arrangements for string quartet, and premiered over 450 of them. It received numerous awards including a Grammy for Best Chamber Music Performance (2004) and Musicians of the Year (2003) from Musical America.
Katarzyna Naliwajek-Mazurek

DVD:
1. Witold Lutosławski - Kwartet smyczkowy (1964)
2. Paweł Mykietyn - II Kwartet smyczkowy (2006) (prawykonanie)
3. Krzysztof Penderecki - Quartetto per archi nr 1 (1960)
4. Henryk Mikołaj Górecki - III Kwartet smyczkowy Pieśni śpiewają
5. Third String Quartet ?Songs Are Sung, op. 67 (1994/95) - I. Adagio - Molto andante - Cantabile
6. Third String Quartet ?Songs Are Sung, op. 67 (1994/95) - II. Largo, cantabile
7. Third String Quartet ?Songs Are Sung, op. 67 (1994/95) - III. Allegro, sempre ben marcato
8. Third String Quartet ?Songs Are Sung, op. 67 (1994/95) - IV. Deciso - Espressivo ma ben tenuto
9. Third String Quartet ?Songs Are Sung, op. 67 (1994/95) - V. Largo - Tranquillo

Bonus:
Interviev withDavid Harrington (Kronos Quartet), Henryk Mikołaj Górecki i Paweł Mykietyn.