Classic recording of Crumb's "Black Angels", performed by the electricized New York String Quartet, featuring Paul Zukofsky. Zukofsky also performs on the other two pieces, composed by Charles Jones. LP, Vinyl record album
(Red label pressing. Cover has aging, a small split on the top seam, and light wear.)
Also includes the pieces "Mallet Quartet" and "Dance Patterns". CD
(Out of print. Mark through digipak barcode.)
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Steve Reich/Kronos Quartet/Pat Metheny —
Different Trains ... CD Nonesuch, 1989. Used ...
$5.99
A pivotal album from minimalist genius Steve Reich – a record that got him into living rooms across America – thanks to the album's higher concept, and key participation of the Kronos Quartet and guitarist Pat Metheny! Kronos perform on the long title track "Different Trains" – a piece that is both a meditation on train travel and its role in the Holocaust – performed by the quartet with additional sounds from Reich on tape! Metheny's guitar sounds fantastic on "Electric Counterpoint" – a work that's completely faithful to the amazing range of tones and colors he'd been bringing to his own albums for years, but which also reworks things with Reich's minimal modes. CD