Kronos Quartet - Pieces Of Africa album

The album consists of commissions from African composers working at varying distances from European conventions. But whereas Byrne and Simon arguably used the music of Brazil or South Africa as backgrounds over which to display their own egos, the Kronos Quartet's members managed to sublimate themselves in service to the compositions, never giving the listener any sense of condescension. All of which is to say that Pieces of Africa is a very beautiful recording with several superb individual works

Pieces of Africa is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet, containing works commissioned by the quartet, written by seven African composers. David Harrington - violin, akete.

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Published by Rizzoli International Publications. Reprinted with permission. Packaging: Warner jewel case (embossed logo on front) with 24-page booklet including English, French and German liner notes.

The discography of the Kronos Quartet includes 43 studio albums, two compilations, five soundtracks, and 29 contributions to other artists' records. The Kronos Quartet plays classical, pop, rock, jazz, folk, world and contemporary classical music (often written especially for them by for instance Philip Glass, Terry Riley, Alexandra Vrebalov,. and was founded in 1973 by violinist David Harrington. Since 1978, they are based in San Francisco, California.

This album has an average beat per minute of 124 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 80/183 BPM). See its BPM profile at the bottom of the page. Tracklist Pieces of Africa. BPM Profile Pieces of Africa. Album starts at 124BPM, ends at 128BPM (+4), with tempos within the -BPM range. Try refreshing the page if dots are missing). Recent albums by Kronos Quartet. Mahsa Vahdat & Marjan Vahdat).

Home International . Nonesuch. Format: 2xLP Cat: 00952 Released: 21 Oct 16 Genre: International.

Exclusive discount for Prime members. Sample this album Artist (Sample). 1. 30. Mai Nozipo ("Mother Nozipo"). I didn't get to hear the rest of the album, but I am assuming the anything and everything that Kronos Quartet does, is worth listening to. I hope I'm right. One person found this helpful.

Pieces of Africa, 1992. Mai Nozipo ("Mother Nozipo"), 06:59. Tilliboyo ("Sunset"), 04:20. Unfortunately, the station stopped broadcasting. Perhaps, this is a temporary station problem. You can leave your e-mail and we will let you know when the broadcast of the station will be online again: Or listen to the other country dec name stations.