Kevin Volans: Hunting:Gathering

Kevin Volans: Hunting:Gathering
Studio album by Kronos Quartet
Released 27 January 1991 (1991-01-27)
Genre Contemporary classical
Label Nonesuch (#79253)
Producer Judith Sherman
Kronos Quartet chronology
Witold Lutosławski: String Quartet
(1991)		 Kevin Volans: Hunting:Gathering
(1991)		 Five Tango Sensations
(199)

Kevin Volans: Hunting:Gathering is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet, containing works by South African composer Kevin Volans composed especially for the quartet.[1][2]

Contents

Track listing

All music composed by Kevin Volans.

No. Title Length
1. "String Quartet No. 2: I"   8:57
2. "String Quartet No. 2: I"   9:15
3. "String Quartet No. 2: I"   2:48

Critical reception

The New York Times called Hunting:Gathering "a work that moves freely among African rhythmic and melodic shapes, contemporary Western harmonies and tone-shaping techniques, and distorted glimpses of Haydnesque Classicism."[3]

Credits

Musicians

Production

See also

References

  1. ^ "Evening Music". WNYC. 2004-11-15. http://www.wnyc.org/shows/eveningmusic/episodes/2004/11/15. Retrieved 2009-01-27. 
  2. ^ Gold, Gerald (1991-02-17). "Record Notes; Kronos Takes One to Tango". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE6DB1F3FF934A25751C0A967958260&sec=&spon=. Retrieved 2009-01-27. 
  3. ^ Kozinn, Allan (1990-11-26). "Review/Music; New Works for Quartet by Composers of 6 Nations". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1990/11/26/arts/review-music-new-works-for-quartet-by-composers-of-6-nations.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/M/Music. Retrieved 2009-01-27.