Kronos Quartet discography explained

Artist:	Kronos Quartet
Studio:	44
Soundtrack:	5
Compilation:	2
Video:	3
Option:	29
Option Name:	Contributions

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 have been based in San Francisco, California. Since 1985, the quartet's music has been released on Nonesuch Records.

Early recordings by the quartet contain contemporary classical music and adaptations of more popular music, such as jazz and rock and roll. Since the 1980s, and especially with the release of Cadenza on the Night Plain, written as a collaboration between composer Terry Riley and the quartet, much of the quartet's repertoire and album releases contain music written especially for them, by composers such as Terry Riley, Kevin Volans, Henryk Górecki, and Ástor Piazzolla. Their music "covers a who's who of 20th century-composers", as one critic noted in 1998.^[1]

Kronos has recorded five soundtracks including the 1998 score by Philip Glass for the scoreless (except for Tchaikovsky title music) 1931 sound movie Dracula, and has contributed to the soundtracks of five other movies, including Heat and 21 Grams. Outside the genre of classical music, Kronos has collaborated with a great number of other artists, especially pop artists, such as Joan Armatrading, Dave Matthews Band, Andy Summers, Nelly Furtado, and Nine Inch Nails.

The quartet has achieved considerable commercial and critical success and by 1998 (the year of the quartet's 25th anniversary) had sold more than 1.5 million albums.^[2] Many of Kronos' albums have ranked on various Billboard charts;^[3] the 1992 album Pieces of Africa reached #1 in the Top World Albums chart. The quartet won a Grammy for the 2003 album Lyric Suite.

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Notes
1979	Music of Dane Rudhyar Released: 1979 Label: Composers Recordings, Inc. (CRI) SD 418 Format: LP; later CD	Their first release; includes two string quartets, "Advent" and "Crisis and Overcoming"
1982	In Formation Released: 1982 Label: Reference (#9) Format: LP; CD	"In imaging, transient accuracy and timbre, one of the finest string quartet discs ever issued."^[4]
1985	Released: 1985 Label: Landmark (#1505) Format: LP, CD, MP3	Compositions by Thelonious Monk.^[5] With Ron Carter (bass improvisation).^[6] Re-released in 2005 as CD, on Savoy. Re-issued with Music of Bill Evans on 2CD as 32 Jazz: The Complete Landmark Sessions.^[7]
1985	Released: 1985 Label: Gramavision R2 79444 Format: 2LP, CD	Collaboration between composer Terry Riley and the Quartet.^[8] "Charming music that grows on one, in really committed performances."^[9] Rereleased on CD (Gramavision #18-7014-2), August 1, 1992; rereleased on CD (Hanibal #1509), January 31, 2006.
1986	Music of Bill Evans Released: 1986 Label: Landmark (#1510), Savoy (#17405) Format: LP, CD	Compositions written by or associated with Bill Evans. With Jim Hall (guitar) and Eddie Gómez (bass).^[10] Leonard Feather gave the album five stars;^[11] Stephen Holden, for the New York Times, named it "Jazz Album of the Week."^[12] Reissued with Monk Suite on 2CD as 32 Jazz: The Complete Landmark Sessions.
1986	Kronos Quartet Released: August 15, 1986 Label: Nonesuch (#79111) Format: LP, CD, MP3	Music by Peter Sculthorpe, Aulis Sallinen, Philip Glass, Conlon Nancarrow,^[13] and an arrangement of Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze." "The best recorded anthology yet to capture the heady diversity of musical idioms that this San Francisco quartet espouses."^[14]
1987	White Man Sleeps Released: July 15, 1987 Label: Nonesuch (#79163) Format: LP, CD, MP3	Ten compositions, by Kevin Volans and others.^[15]
1988	Winter Was Hard Released: September 30, 1988 Label: Nonesuch (#79181) Format: LP, CD, MP3	Music by Aulis Sallinen, Terry Riley, Arvo Pärt, Anton Webern, John Zorn, John Lurie, Ástor Piazzolla, Alfred Schnittke, and Samuel Barber. Listed at #11 in the Los Angeles Times Classical Top 25 of 1989.^[16]
1989	Steve Reich: Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint Released: March 3, 1989 Label: Nonesuch (#79176) Format: LP, CD, MP3	Two Steve Reich compositions. Kronos Quartet play tracks 1–3 (Different Trains); Pat Metheny (guitar) plays tracks 4–6 (Electric Counterpoint). Different Trains written for the quartet.^[17] Listed at #16 in the Los Angeles Times Classical Top 25 of 1989. Reich won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Composition, with Kronos Quartet as performing artist.^[18]
1989	Released: October 27, 1989 Label: Nonesuch (#79127) Format: 2LP, 2CD, MP3	Collaboration between the composer and the quartet, nominated for a Grammy.^[19]
1990	Black Angels Released: June 29, 1990 Label: Nonesuch (#79242) Format: LP, CD, MP3	Includes George Crumb's Black Angels, the inspiration for David Harrington to found the Kronos Quartet.^[20] ^[21]
1991	Released: January 25, 1991 Label: Nonesuch (#79255) Format: CD single, MP3	Compositions by Witold Lutosławski. "Integrates notated music with chance performance."^[22]
1991	Released: January 27, 1991 Label: Nonesuch (#79253) Format: CD single, MP3	Composition by South-African composer Kevin Volans, commissioned by the quartet.^[23]
1991	Five Tango Sensations Released: January 25, 1991 Label: Nonesuch (#79254) Format: CD, MP3	Written for the quartet by Ástor Piazzolla (bandoneón).^[24] Piazzolla's last studio recording.^[25]
1991	Released: May 28, 1991 Label: Nonesuch (#79257) Format: CD	Two compositions by Polish composer Henryk Mikolaj Górecki. "Already It Is Dusk" (String Quartet No. 1, Op. 62, 1988) played by Kronos Quartet; "Lerchenmusik" (Recitatives & Ariosos, Op. 53, for Clarinet, Cello, and Piano, 1984) by the London Sinfonietta.
1991	Music of Claude Ballif Released: 1991 Label: Adda MFA 581283 Format: CD	Quatuor a cordes No. 3
1992	Pieces of Africa Released: February 21, 1992 Label: Nonesuch (#79275) Format: CD, MP3	Music written for the quartet by seven African composers.^[26] ^[27] Reached #1 in Billboards "Top World Albums", and spent 29 weeks on the chart.^[28]
1993	Short Stories Released: March 5, 1993 Label: Nonesuch (#79310) Format: CD, MP3	With Steven Mackey (guitar), Pran Nath (voice), Krishma Bhatt (tabla), Terry Riley, and John Constant (tamboura).^[29]
1993	Released: June 25, 1993 Label: Nonesuch (#79319) Format: CD, MP3	Two string quartets^[30] "rooted in Polish folk song."^[31]
1993	At the Grave of Richard Wagner Released: September 24, 1993 Label: Nonesuch (#79318) Format: CD, MP3	Works by Alban Berg and Anton Webern. With Aki Takahashi (piano) and Marcella DeCray (harp).
1993	Released: September 24, 1993 Label: Nonesuch (#79320) Format: CD, MP3	One of Morton Feldman's final works, recorded with pianist Aki Takahashi.^[32] ^[33]
1993	Released: October 22, 1993 Label: Nonesuch (#79332) Format: CD single, MP3	Composition by Bob Ostertag, condemning California governor Pete Wilson's veto of pro-gay legislation in 1991;^[34] ^[35] proceeds for AIDS research.^[36]
1994	Night Prayers Released: September 2, 1994 Label: Nonesuch (#79346) Format: CD, MP3	Composers of Eastern Europe and Central Asia. With Throat Singers of Tuva, Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Djivan Gasparian (duduk), and Mikhail Alexandrovich (cantor).
1995	Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass Released: February 3, 1995 Label: Nonesuch (#79356) Format: CD, MP3	"An ideal combination of composer and performers."^[37] Reached #9 in Billboards "Top Classical Albums,"^[38] and spent 12 weeks on the "Billboard Classical 50" chart.^[39]
1996	Howl, USA Released: May 31, 1996 Label: Nonesuch (#79372) Format: CD, MP3	Allen Ginsberg's poem Howl set to music, and other Cold War pieces. With the voices of Allen Ginsberg, J. Edgar Hoover, and I.F. Stone.^[40]
1997	Osvaldo Golijov: The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind Released: March 14, 1997 Label: Nonesuch (#79444) Format: CD, MP3	Collaboration with Argentina-born Osvaldo Golijov. With David Krakauer (clarinet).^[41] ^[42]
1997	Released: March 14, 1997 Label: Nonesuch (#79445) Format: CD, MP3	Composition for strings and pipa by Tan Dun, performed by Kronos Quartet and Wu Man.
1997	Early Music (Lachrymæ Antiquæ) Released: September 12, 1997 Label: Nonesuch (#79457) Format: CD, MP3	21 compositions, from the 9th to the 20th century. Critic's Choice in The New York Times.^[43]
1998	Released: May 15, 1998 Label: Nonesuch (#79500) Format: 2CD, MP3	"Kronos can play like demons."^[44]
1998	John Adams: John's Book of Alleged Dances Released: April 21, 1998 Label: Nonesuch (#79465) Format: CD, MP3	Besides John's Book of Alleged Dances, also contains John Adams' Gnarly Buttons by the London Sinfonietta.
2000	Caravan Released: April 7, 2000 Label: Nonesuch (#79490) Format: CD, MP3	With Zakir Hussain, Taraf de Haïdouks, Kayhan Kalhor, Ziya Tabbassian, Ali Jihad Racy, Souhail Kaspar, and Martyn Jones. Music by ten different composers incl. Carlos Paredes.^[45] Reached #4 in Billboards "Top Classical Albums" and stayed on the chart for 15 weeks.^[46]
2001	Released: September 4, 2001 Label: Nonesuch (#79639) Format: CD, MP3	Written by Terry Riley in memory of Adam Harrington, David Harrington's son. Also includes "The Philosopher's Hand", piano improvisation by Riley.
2001	Released: October 16, 2001 Label: Nonesuch (#79546) Format: CD, MP3	With Dominic Frasca (guitar), Alan Pierson, and the Ossia ensemble (Eastman School of Music).
2002	Nuevo Released: April 9, 2002 Label: Nonesuch (#79649) Format: CD, MP3	Music by Mexican composers: "A full-throttled celebration of the multitextured sounds of Mexico."^[47] Reached #8 in Billboards "Top Classical Crossover Albums" and stayed on the chart for 14 weeks.^[48]
2003	Pēteris Vasks: String Quartet No. 4 Released: August 19, 2003 Label: Nonesuch (#79695) Format: CD single, MP3	Written by Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks for the quartet;^[49] ^[50] achieves "both feverish intensity and active rumination as the piece requires."
2003	Alban Berg: Lyric Suite Released: August 19, 2003 Label: Nonesuch (#79696) Format: CD single, MP3	Complete recording of Alban Berg's Lyric Suite. Grammy winner for Best Chamber Music Performance, 2004; proves "that the quartet is indeed the 'real thing,' an excellent, multifaceted classical ensemble."^[51] With restored setting of Baudelaire's poem "De profundis clamavi", sung by Dawn Upshaw, soprano.^[52] ^[53]
2003	Harry Partch: U.S. Highball Released: August 19, 2003 Label: Nonesuch (#79697) Format: CD single, MP3	Ben Johnston's arrangement of Harry Partch's recollections.^[54] "Performed with pitch-perfect spirit."
2005	Mugam Sayagi: Music of Franghiz Ali-Zadeh Released: January 11, 2005 Label: Nonesuch (#79804) Format: CD, MP3	Four works by the Azerbaijani composer Franghiz Ali-Zadeh, three of which ("Oasis" (1998), "Apsheron Quintet" (2001), and "Mugam Sayagi" (1993)) commissioned by the Quartet. Fourth track is Ali-Zadeh's "Music for Piano", which is performed by the composer, who also plays piano on "Apsheron Quintet." Reached #14 in Billboards "Top Classical Albums."^[55]
2005	You've Stolen My Heart: Songs From R.D. Burman's Bollywood with Asha Bhosle Released: August 23, 2005 Label: Nonesuch (#79856) Format: CD, MP3	Recorded with Bollywood playback singer Asha Bhosle; tribute to Rahul Dev Burman.,^[56] ^[57] nominated for 46th Grammy Awards for Best Contemporary World Music Album.^[58] ^[59]
2007	Released: March 20, 2007 Label: Nonesuch (#79993) Format: CD, MP3	"Editor's Choice" for Strings magazine: "a solemn, spiritual, and revolutionary work."^[60] Entered at #6 in Billboards "Top Classical Albums" on March 30, 2007.^[61]
2007	Kronos Quartet Plays Sigur Rós Released: September 4, 2007 Label: Nonesuch (#307452) Format: MP3	Two "audience favorites": "Flugufrelsarinn" (by Sigur Rós) and "The Star-Spangled Banner" (trad., arr. S. Prutsman after Jimi Hendrix).^[62]
2008	Released: February 4, 2008 Label: Nonesuch (#360508) Format: CD, MP3	Written for the quartet, with Wu Man (pipa).^[63] Reached #3 in Billboards "Top Classical Albums" and stayed on the chart for 10 weeks.^[64]
2008	Kronos plays Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen Released: 2008 Label: Dacapo #6.220548 Format: CD	Concerto Grosso, for string quartet and symphonic ensemble Moving Still, for baritone and string quartet String Quartet No. 9, Last Ground, for string quartet and ocean
2009	Floodplain Released: May 19, 2009 Label: Nonesuch (#518349) Format: CD, MP3	Music written or arranged for the quartet, "from cultures based in areas surrounded by water and prone to catastrophic flooding."^[65] Includes long piece by Serbian composer Aleksandra Vrebalov.
2010	Rainbow: Music of Central Asia Vol. 8 Released: 2010 Label: Smithsonian Folkways 40527 Format: CD, MP3	With Alim and Fargana Qasimov (tracks 2–6) and Homayun Sakhi (track 1)
2011	Uniko Released: February 1, 2011 Label: Ondine (ODE 1185-2) Format: CD, MP3	Features Kronos Quartet, Finnish accordionist Kimmo Pohjonen and Samuli Kosminen (live electronics).^[66] Seven-part suite for string quartet, accordion and live electronics composed by Pohjonen and Kosminen.
2012	Music of Vladimir Martynov Released: 2012 Label: Nonesuch #529776-2 Format: CD	The Beatitudes (1998; rescored for Kronos 2006) Schubert-Quintet (Unfinished) (2009), with special guest, Joan Jeanrenaud Der Abschied (2006)
2013	Under 30 Project: 1–4 Released: April 24, 2013 Label: Digital only #KR 2013-01	Part of the Kronos' "Under 30 Project", presenting the first four commissions by: Alexandra du Bois (USA), Felipe Pérez Santiago (Mexico), Dan Visconti (USA), and Aviya Kopelman (Israel).
2013	Aheym – Music by Bryce Dessner Released: November 5, 2013 Label: Anti #87296-2
2015	Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector: Music of Terry Riley Released: June 23, 2015 Label: Nonesuch #549523	Originally released as part of the 2015 compilation "One Earth, One People, One Love: Kronos Plays Terry Riley".
2015	Tundra Songs Released: 2015 Label: Centrediscs	Music by Derek Charke. Featuring Tanya Tagaq and Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory.
2016	Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen Green Ground Released: 2016 Label: Dacapo #8.226153 Format: CD	Includes: New Ground (String Quartet No. 10 (2011)) No Ground (String Quartet No. 11 (2011)) (Also features Theatre of Voices)
2016	Alexandra Vrebalov: the Sea Ranch Songs Released: September 30, 2016 Label: Cantaloupe Music #CA21122	Video and animation by Andrew Lyndon, on bonus DVD.
2017	Folk Songs Released June 9, 2017 Label: Nonesuch #559151	Featuring Sam Amidon, Olivia Chaney, Rhiannon Giddens, and Natalie Merchant. Originally performed for Nonesuch Records 50th anniversary in 2014.
2017	Ladilikan Released 2017 Label: World Circuit #wcv093	With Trio Da Kali.
2018	Landfall Released 2018 Label: Nonesuch #564164	With Laurie Anderson. Winner of the 2019 Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance.
2018	Clouded Yellow Released 2018 Label: Cantaloupe Music #CA21140	Compositions by Michael Gordon
2019	Sun Rings Released 2019 Label: Nonesuch	Compositions by Terry Riley
2019	Long Time Passing Released 2020 Label: Smithsonian Folkways	Kronos Quartet and Friends Celebrate Pete Seeger
2022	Mỹ Lai Released 2022 Label: Smithsonian Folkways	composed by Jonathan Berger (music) and Harriet Scott Chessman (libretto) for Kronos Quartet
2023	Released 2023 Label: Cantaloupe Music	Compositions by Moondog by Ghost Train Orchestra and Kronos Quartet
2024	Outer Spaceways Incorporated^[67] Released June 21, 2024 Label: Red Hot Records	Compositions by Sun Ra

Compilation albums

Year	Album details	Notes
1995	Released: 1985–1995 Released: October 20, 1995 Label: Nonesuch (#79394) Format: CD, MP3	2-disc set.
1998	Kronos Quartet: 25 Years Released: October 16, 1998 Label: Nonesuch (#79504) Format: CD, MP3	10-CD box set retrospective. Recorded "with virtuosity, vigor, and astonishing stylistic dexterity."^[68]
2014	Kronos Explorer Series Released: April 8, 2014 Label: Nonesuch #536951	5-CD box of five previously released albums from five different parts of the world: Pieces of Africa, Night Prayers, Caravan, Nuevo, and Floodplain. Includes interview with David Harrington by author Jonathan Cott.
2014	A Thousand Thoughts Released: 2014 Label: Nonesuch #536952-2	Featuring Asha Bhosle, Zakir Hussain, Tony MacMahon, Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, Astor Piazzolla, Homayun Sakhi, Vân-Ánh Vanessa Võ, Don Walser, Wu Man.
2015	One Earth, One People, One Love: Kronos Plays Terry Riley Released June 23, 2015 Label: Nonesuch #548925	5-CD box of four albums in honor of American composer Terry Riley's 80th birthday. Includes three albums previously released by Nonesuch and a new record, "Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector".

Video albums

Year	Video details	Notes
2000	In Accord Released: September 5, 2000 Label: Image Entertainment Format: DVD	Filmed in 1998; contains pieces by John Zorn, Pérotin, and Alfred Schnittke, as well as Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze."
2002	Kronos on Stage Released: September 5, 2000 Label: Image Entertainment Format: DVD	Contains Black Angels and Ghost Opera.
2007	Polish Quartets (Kwartety polskie) Released: 2007 Label: Polskie Wydawnictwo Audiowizualne Format: DVD	Filmed November 11, 2006 in Kraków. Contains quartets by Witold Lutosławski, Paweł Mykietyn, Krzysztof Penderecki, Henryk Górecki

Soundtracks

Year	Soundtrack details	Notes
1985	Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters Released: December 11, 1985 Label: Nonesuch (#79113) Format: CD, MP3, Vinyl	Soundtrack by Philip Glass.
1999	Dracula Released: August 27, 1999 Label: Nonesuch (#97542) Format: CD, MP3	Soundtrack by Philip Glass.
2000	Requiem for a Dream Released: September 29, 2000 Label: Nonesuch (#79611) Format: CD, MP3	Soundtrack by Clint Mansell.
2006	The Fountain Released: November 27, 2006 Label: Nonesuch (#79901) Format: CD, MP3	Soundtrack by Clint Mansell.
2009	2081 Released: forthcoming Label: Nonesuch Format: CD, MP3	Soundtrack by Lee Brooks for short film based on Kurt Vonnegut's short story "Harrison Bergeron."^[69]
2014	Noah: Music from the Motion Picture	Soundtrack by Clint Mansell
2015	Beyond Zero: 1914–1918	A film by Bill Morrison. Soundtrack by Aleksandra Vrebalov.

Contributions

Year	Album details	Notes
1984	Dahl, Ivey, Kingman Released: 1984 Label: Grenadilla GSC 1066 Format: Cassette tape	Kronos plays Daniel Kingman: String Quartet No. 2, "Joyful"
1985	John Anthony Lennon/Sheila Silver Released: 1985 Label: Composers Recordings, Inc. (CRI) SD 520 Format: LP; later CD	John Anthony Lennon: Voices for string quartet (also a work by Sheila Silver)
1986	Philip Glass, Songs from Liquid Days Released: 1986 Label: Format: CD	Kronos plays "Freezing" and "Forgetting." Vocals by Linda Ronstadt (both tracks), backing vocals by The Roches ("Forgetting").
1987	John Zorn, Spillane Released: 1987 Label: Elecktra/Nonesuch Format: LP & CD	Kronos plays "Forbidden Fruit" with Christian Marclay on turntables and vocals by Ohta Miromi with original texts by Reck.
1990	Released: 1990 Label: Elektra Format: CD	Kronos plays "Marquee Moon", originally performed by Television
1993	Chance Operation: The John Cage Tribute Released: 1993 Label: Format: CD	Tribute to John Cage; Kronos plays "Thirty Pieces for String Quartet Excerpt."
1995	In C: 25th Anniversary Concert Released: February 9, 1995 Label: New Albion NA 071 Format: CD	Music by Terry Riley.
1995	Joan Armatrading, What's Inside Released: October 10, 1995 Label: Format: CD	Kronos plays on "Shapes and Sizes."
1995	Heat Released: December 19, 1995 Label: Format: CD	Soundtrack by Elliot Goldenthal; other artists include Einstürzende Neubauten, Moby, and Brian Eno; Kronos plays "Heat", "Refinery Surveillance", "Predator Diorama."
1996	David Grisman Quintet, DGQ-20 Released: July 16, 1996 Label: Format: CD	Kronos plays on "Mondo Mando."
1998	Dave Matthews Band, Before These Crowded Streets Released: April 28, 1998 Label: Format: CD	Kronos plays on "Halloween" and "The Stone."
1999	Jay Cloidt, Kole Kat Krush Released: 1999 Label: Format: CD	Kronos plays on "Kole Kat Krush."
1999	Café Tacuba, Reves/Yosoy Released: July 20, 1999 Label: Format: 2CD	Kronos plays "M.C." on the "Reves" disc of the double album, a cover of "La Muerte Chiquita" from the "Yosoy" disc.
2000	Andy Summers, Peggy's Blue Skylight Released: September 26, 2000 Label: Format: 2CD	Tribute to Charles Mingus; Kronos plays on "Myself When I Am Real."
2001	Osvaldo Golijov,^[70] The Man Who Cried Released: May 22, 2001 Label: Format: CD	Kronos plays "Close Your Eyes (instrumental)", "Ceasar's Song", "Without A Word", "Close Your Eyes (vocal)." Other tracks by Salvatore Licitra, Taraf de Haïdouks, and others.^[71] ^[72]
2001	Ingram Marshall, Kingdom Come Released: July 17, 2001 Label: Format: CD	Kronos plays "Fog Tropes II for String Quartet and Tape", originally written for brass sextet and rearranged for Kronos Quartet.
2002	Big Bad Love (soundtrack) Released: February 19, 2002 Label: Format: CD	Kronos Quartet plays "Spiritual" (with Tom Verlaine); "a once-in-a-lifetime teaming of guitarist Tom Verlaine with the Kronos Quartet."^[73]
2003	Wesla Whitfield, September Songs: The Music of Wilder, Weill and Warren Released: May 13, 2003 Label: Format: CD
2003	Tiger Lillies, The Gorey End Released: September 16, 2003 Label: Format: CD	Kronos contribute to 9 of the 13 songs inspired by Edward Gorey.
2003	Bird Up: The Charlie Parker Remix Project Released: October 21, 2003 Label: Format: CD
2003	Nelly Furtado, Folklore Released: November 25, 2003 Label: Format: CD	Kronos plays on "One-Trick Pony."
2003	The Company (soundtrack) Released: December 9, 2003 Label: Format: CD	Kronos plays "an eerie Kronos Quartet version of "My Funny Valentine."^[74]
2003	Gustavo Santaolalla,^[75] 21 Grams (soundtrack) Released: December 9, 2003 Label: Format: CD	Kronos plays "When Our Wings Are Cut, Can We Still Fly."
2004	Rokia Traoré, Bowmboï Released: August 31, 2004 Label: Format: CD	Kronos plays "Manian", "Bowmboï."
2006	Dan Zanes, Catch that Train Released: May 16, 2006 Label: Festival Five Records #009 Format: CD	Kronos plays on "Grey Goose."
2006	Matmos, The Rose Has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast Released: May 9, 2006 Label: Format: CD	Kronos plays "Solo Buttons for Joe Meek."
2007	Healing the Divide: A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation Released: July 8, 2007 Label: Format: CD	Kronos plays on "Way Down in the Hole", "God's Away on Business", "Lost In The Harbor", and "Diamond In Your Mind", four songs with Tom Waits (vocals) and Greg Cohen (bass). "Thanks to Waits' complex sense of the human condition, these are among Kronos' most powerful, satisfying performances. Highly recommended."^[76]
2007	Osvaldo Golijov, Oceana Released: July 10, 2007 Label: Format: CD	Kronos plays "Tenebrae 1", "Tenebrae 2." "This is Kronos far afield from pop flirtations, spiritually resplendent and leaving you wanting more at the same time."^[77]
2007	Nine Inch Nails, Year Zero Remixed Released: December 20, 2007 Label: Format: CD	Kronos plays "Another Version of the Truth" with Enrique Gonzalez Müller.
2008	Philip Glass, Glass Box: A Nonesuch Retrospective Released: September 30, 2008 Label: Nonesuch Format: CD	10-CD collection of the work of Philip Glass on Nonesuch.
2008	Kronos Quartet, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Kronos plays Holmgreen Released: October 28, 2008 Label: Format: CD	Kronos plays "Concerto Grosso" with Danish National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard.
2009	Dark Was the Night Released: February 16, 2009 Label: 4AD Format: CD	A 2 disc compilation benefiting the Red Hot Organization, a charity fighting HIV and AIDS. Kronos contributes the title track, a cover of a Blind Willie Johnson song.
2011	Hazmat Modine, Cicada Released: May 17, 2011 Label: Barbès Records Format: CD	Kronos plays "Dead Crow".
2012	Michael Hearst, Songs for Unusual Creatures Released: May 8, 2012 Label: Urban Geek Records Format: CD	Kronos plays "Aye-aye", and "Weddell Seal".
2014	The Great Beauty Released: February 19, 2014 Label: Decca International Format: CD	Kronos plays "The Beatitudes".
2016	Darmstadt Aural Documents · Box 3 · Ensembles Released: March 14, 2016 Label: Neos NEOS 11230 Format: CD	Kronos plays John Cage: "Thirty Pieces for String Quartet" (1982) (World premiere · Recording: July 27, 1984 – Darmstadt, Orangerie)
2017	Michael Salvatori, Destiny 2 Original Soundtrack Released: September 5, 2017 Label: Bungie Music Publishing Format: Digital	Kronos plays "Lost Light", and "Journey".

References

General

• Catalog information from "Kronos Quartet " at Nonesuch Records (retrieved April 21, 2009) for Nonesuch releases and from Amazon.com for others, except where indicated.

Specific

Published music

• Book: Kronos Collection, Vol. 1 . Boosey and Hawkes . 2007.

Bibliography

• Book: Parker, Mara . String quartets: a research and information guide . Routledge . 2005 . 978-0-415-94176-1 . 318.
• Richardson . Derk . Jan 1999 . Portrait of a Quartet: The Kronos reaps the rewards of 25 years of not fitting the mold . Strings . String Letter Publishing . 13 . 5 . 49–57.
• Wynn, Ron. "Kronos Quartet", in Book: Woodstra . Chris . All music guide to classical music . Gerald Brennan . Allen Schrott . Hal Leonard Corporation . 2005 . 978-0-87930-865-0 . 709.

External links

• Kronos Quartet, on Nonesuch Records
• Kronos Quartet Website and discography

Notes and References

1. News: Stack . Peter . October 18, 1998 . Kronos Quartet Celebrates 25 Years: World-renowned group's music a marriage of sound and style . . April 7, 2009.
2. Richardson . Derk . Jan 1999 . Portrait of a Quartet: The Kronos reaps the rewards of 25 years of not fitting the mold . Strings . String Letter Publishing . 13 . 5 . 49–57.
3. Web site: [{{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p10980|pure_url=yes}} The Kronos Quartet ]. April 7, 2009 . Allmusic.
4. Flegler . Joel . 1984 . Rev. of Kronos Quartet, In Formation . . 7 . 3–4 . 77 . 0148-9364 . January 25, 2009.
5. Book: Solis, Gabriel . Monk's music: Thelonious Monk and Jazz History in the Making . U of California P . 2007 . 978-0-520-25201-1 . 202.
6. Encyclopedia: 2002 . Kronos Quartet . All Music Guide to Jazz: The Definitive Guide to Jazz Music . Backbeat . January 28, 2009 . Bogdanov . Vladimir . 300 . 978-0-87930-717-2 . Chris Woodstra . Stephen Thomas Erlewine.
7. Book: Tracy, Steven Carl . Write me a few of your lines: a blues reader . U of Massachusetts P . 1999 . 978-1-55849-206-6 . 568.
8. News: Schwarz . K. Robert . May 6, 1990 . Music; A New Look at a Major Minimalist . New York Times . January 26, 2009.
9. News: Rockwell . John . May 6, 1990 . A Selective Guide To 50 New Classical CD Releases . New York Times . January 26, 2009.
10. News: Kohlhaase . Bill . April 20, 1990 . MJQ, Kronos: 2 Sides of the Same Mirror. Jazz: Younger quartet says that in watching the four older masters, it is 'almost seeing ourselves in 30 years' time.' They play in Orange County Sunday . Los Angeles Times.
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23. Web site: November 15, 2004 . Evening Music . dead . https://archive.today/20130416051112/http://www.wnyc.org/shows/eveningmusic/episodes/2004/11/15 . April 16, 2013 . January 27, 2009 . WNYC.
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26. Richardson . Susan . April 16, 1992 . Rev. of Kronos Quartet, Pieces of Africa . . https://web.archive.org/web/20071112185923/http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/6070461/review/6210051/piecesofafrica . dead . November 12, 2007 . January 26, 2009.
27. Pieces of Africa: Kronos' Latest Recording . . NPR . February 28, 1992.
28. October 31, 1992 . Top World Albums: Pieces Of Africa . April 4, 2009 . Billboard.
29. Schwarz . K. Robert . June 10, 1993 . Rev. of Kronos Quartet, Short Stories . Rolling Stone . January 26, 2009.
30. Walsh . Michael . September 20, 1993 . Not Just a One-Tune Man . . https://web.archive.org/web/20101028054305/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,979245,00.html . dead . October 28, 2010 . January 26, 2009.
31. News: Rhein . John von . April 12, 1989 . Kronos sparkles with visual cool . 3 . Chicago Tribune.
32. Ross . Alex . June 19, 2009 . American Sublime: Morton Feldman . 84ff . The New Yorker.
33. News: Ross . Alex . November 5, 1993 . Critic's Notebook; Of Mystics, Minimalists and Musical Miasmas . New York Times . January 27, 2009.
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35. News: May 30, 1994 . Hamlisch Symphony Plays in Paris . D7 . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
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38. April 29, 1995 . Top Classical Albums: Performs Philip Glass . April 4, 2009 . Billboard.
39. May 13, 1995 . The Billboard Classical 50: Performs Philip Glass . April 6, 2009 . Billboard.
40. News: Kozinn . Allan . August 15, 1996 . Composers Who Feel Rock's Pull . New York Times . January 27, 2009.
41. News: Dyer . Richard . June 5, 1997 . Rev. of Kronos Quartet, David Krakauer: Osvaldo Golijov – The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind . The Boston Globe.
42. News: McLellan . Joseph . June 27, 1997 . New Releases: Classical . G.08 . Washington Post.
43. News: Kozinn . Allan . October 9, 1997 . Critic's Choice/Classical CD's; A Fertile Field: Experimenting With Early Music . . May 20, 2009 . March 3, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303224617/http://www.nytimes.com/1997/10/09/arts/critic-s-choice-classical-cd-s-a-fertile-field-experimenting-with-early-music.html?n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Subjects/M/Music . live .
44. News: Johnson . Lawrence B. . August 30, 1998 . A Quartet All Over The Map? Not Here . New York Times . January 27, 2009.
45. Book: Buck, Paul . Lisbon: A Cultural and Literary Companion . Signal Books . 2002 . 978-1-902669-35-9 . 177–78.
46. Web site: August 12, 2000 . Top Classical Albums: Caravan . April 4, 2009 . Billboard.
47. Templeton . David . Apr 2002 . Mexican Radio: For Kronos Quartet, it's a whole Nuevo world . Strings . String Letter Publishing . 16 . 7 . 98.
48. August 3, 2002 . Top Classical Crossover Albums: Nuevo . April 4, 2009 . Billboard.
49. News: Ulrich . Allan . October 2, 2001 . Kronos plays serene and cranky music: Modern quartet gives substantive works their due . . January 28, 2009.
50. News: Cowan . Rob . October 20, 2003 . The Compact Collection; Rob Cowan on the best CD Releases . 15 . The Independent.
51. Felsenfeld . Daniel . Jan 2004 . Titans of Cool: Kronos Quartet marks its 30th anniversary with three new recordings . Strings . String Letter Publishing . 18 . 5 . 91–92.
52. News: Sisario . Ben . August 19, 2003 . Arts Briefing . New York Times . January 13, 2009 . February 2, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090202083859/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9401E5DE1030F93AA2575BC0A9659C8B63 . live .
53. News: Schiff . David . September 21, 2003 . ART; The Secret Love Affair Behind the 'Lyric Suite' . New York Times . January 13, 2009.
54. News: Ulrich . Allan . October 2, 2001 . Kronos plays serene and cranky music: Modern quartet gives substantive works their due . San Francisco Chronicle . January 13, 2009 . January 12, 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050112035033/http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/10/02/DD181209.DTL&type=music . live .
55. February 19, 2005 . Top Classical Albums: Mugam Sayagi: Music Of Franghiz Ali-Zadeh . April 4, 2009 . Billboard.
56. G. . L. . September 2005 . Rev. of You've Stolen My Heart by the Kronos Quartet and Asha Boshle . . 382 . 26.
57. Tsioulcas . Anastasia . Jonathan Cohen . August 27, 2005 . Rev. of You've Stolen My Heart: Songs From R.D. Burman's Bollywood by the Kronos Quartet and Asha Boshle . . 117 . 35 . 52.
58. News: December 12, 2005 . Grammy nomination a tribute to RD . . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120927184612/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2005-12-12/news-interviews/27837293_1_pancham-asha-bhonsle-album . September 27, 2012.
59. News: December 9, 2005 . Complete List Of Grammy Nominees . San Francisco Chronicle . July 12, 2011.
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61. News: March 30, 2007 . Top Classical Albums for the 4/7/2007 issue . . March 5, 2011 . January 26, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160126151112/http://www.reuters.com/article/chart-billboard-unkown-idUSN3021623320070330 . live .
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63. News: May–June 2008 . Riley: The Cusp of Magic . 173–74 . American Record Guide.
64. Web site: May 3, 2008 . Top Classical Albums: Terry Riley: The Cusp Of Magic . April 5, 2009 . Billboard.
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67. Web site: Kronos Quartet announces new feature-packed Sun Ra tribute album, shares two singles . . 2024-04-26 . 2024-04-29 . en-US . Claire . Brown . April 29, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240429053034/https://xpn.org/2024/04/26/kronos-quartet-sun-ra-tribute/ . live .
68. Taylor . Hollis . Feb–Mar 1999 . A Kronos Quartet Retrospective: 25 Years of Experimentation . Strings . String Letter Publishing . 13 . 6 . 127–30.
69. Web site: 2081 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081225074046/http://www.thempi.org/cgi-local/film.cgi?f=21 . December 25, 2008 . April 4, 2009 . . mdy-all.
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71. Web site: June 24, 2001 . Rev. of The Man Who Cried . February 10, 2009 . Soundtrack . Soundtrack.net . May 27, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110527002903/http://www.soundtrack.net/albums/database/?id=2760 . live .
72. Web site: Gonzalez . Yann . Rev. of The Man Who Cried . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101229091324/http://chronicart.com/cinema/chronique.php?id=6015 . December 29, 2010 . February 10, 2009 . Chronicart.com.
73. News: Lawson . Terry . April 25, 2002 . Rev. of Big Bad Love . . February 10, 2009.
74. News: Burr . Ty . January 16, 2004 . The Company is graceful, but unmoving . The Boston Globe . February 10, 2009 . May 24, 2006 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060524160104/http://www.boston.com/movies/display?display=movie&id=4033 . live .
75. News: Lechner . Ernesto . August 3, 2003 . Movies; Expressive restraint; Gustavo Santaolalla is building on his reputation as a Latin-music producer by scoring high-profile movies . E6 . Los Angeles Times.
76. Cahill . Greg . Nov 2007 . Rev. of Healing the Divide: A Concert for Peace and Reconciliation . Strings . String Letter Publishing . 22 . 4 . 89–90.
77. Cahill . Greg . Jan 2008 . Kronos Watch! . Strings . String Letter Publishing . 22 . 6 . 77.