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Kronos Quartet es un cuarteto de cuerda estadounidense especializado en la interpretación de música contemporánea. El cuarteto fue fundado por el violinista David Harrington en 1973 luego de escuchar la obra de George Crumb, Black Angels. Conformó un repertorio que incluyera a los compositores más representativos del siglo XX como Bartok o Shostakovich, maestros del jazz, figuras del rock y compositores experimentales e improvisadores.

El cuarteto ha trabajado con algunos de los principales músicos contemporáneos que se pueden adscribir a la llamada corriente minimalista, como Philip Glass, Roberto Carnevale, Steve Reich, Terry Riley y Kevin Volans. Dentro de estos parámetros, su obra es bastante ecléctica, e incluye bandas sonoras para películas, música antigua, música folclórica, jazz y tango.

En la actualidad, acumulan un estimado de 600 piezas compuestas expresamente para que ellos las interpreten, de autores importantes como Arvo Pärt, Henryk Górecki, John Zorn, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Roberto Carnevale, Terry Riley, Kevin Volans y Astor Piazzolla. Han vendido más de 1.5 millones de discos.

Su producción hasta la fecha incluye 43 albums de estudio, 2 compilaciones, 5 BSOs, y 29 apariciones como invitado en discos de otros artistas

Fuente: Wikipedia

La presente Playlist para Spotify reúne, cronólogicamente, todos las álbumes presentes hasta la fecha en Spotify (actualmente se pueden contabilizar algunas ausencias, indicadas junto al titulo del Album en la relación siguiente) y se han utilizado para su confección las siguientes fuentes de consulta:

http://kronosquartet.org/recordings

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kronos_Quartet_discography

Complete Chronological Recordings:

-----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."[5]

-----1985 Monk Suite: Kronos Quartet Plays Music of Thelonious Monk

Released: 1985 Label: Landmark (#1505) Format: LP, CD, MP3
Compositions by Thelonious Monk.[6] With Ron Carter (bass improvisation).[7] Re-released in 2005 as CD, on Savoy. Re-issued with Music of Bill Evans on 2CD as 32 Jazz: The Complete Landmark Sessions.[8]

-----1985 Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (BSO)

Released: 11 December 1985 Label: Nonesuch (#79113) Format: CD, MP3, Vinyl
Soundtrack by Philip Glass.

-----1985 Terry Riley: Cadenza on the Night Plain

Released: 1985 Label: Gramavision Format: 2LP, CD
Collaboration between composer Terry Riley and the Quartet.[9] "Charming music that grows on one, in really committed performances."[10] Rereleased on CD (Gramavision #18-7014-2), 1 August 1992; rereleased on CD (Hanibal #1509), 31 January 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 Gomez (bass).[11] Leonard Feather gave the album five stars;[12] Stephen Holden, for the New York Times, named it "Jazz Album of the Week."[7][13] Reissued with Monk Suite on 2CD as 32 Jazz: The Complete Landmark Sessions.

-----1986 Kronos Quartet

Released: 15 August 1986 Label: Nonesuch (#79111) Format: LP, CD, MP3
Music by Peter Sculthorpe, Aulis Sallinen, Philip Glass, Conlon Nancarrow,[14] 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."[15]

-----1987 White Man Sleeps

Released: 15 July 1987 Label: Nonesuch (#79163) Format: LP, CD, MP3
Ten compositions, by Kevin Volans and others.[16]

-----1988 Winter Was Hard

Released: 30 September 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.[7][17]

-----1989 Steve Reich: Different Trains/Electric Counterpoint

Released: 3 March 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.[18] Listed at #16 in the Los Angeles Times Classical Top 25 of 1989.[17] Reich won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Composition, with Kronos Quartet as performing artist.[19]

-----1989 Kronos Quartet Plays Terry Riley: Salome Dances for Peace

Released: 27 October 1989 Label: Nonesuch (#79127) Format: 2LP, 2CD, MP3
Collaboration between the composer and the quartet,[9] nominated for a Grammy.[20]

-----1990 Black Angels

Released: 29 June 1990 Label: Nonesuch (#79242) Format: LP, CD, MP3
Includes George Crumb's Black Angels, the inspiration for David Harrington to found the Kronos Quartet.[7][21][22]

-----1991 Witold Lutosławski: String Quartet

Released: 25 January 1991 Label: Nonesuch (#79255) Format: CD single, MP3
Compositions by Witold Lutosławski. "Integrates notated music with chance performance."[23]

-----1991 Kevin Volans: Hunting:Gathering

Released: 27 January 1991 Label: Nonesuch (#79253) Format: CD single, MP3
Composition by South-African composer Kevin Volans, commissioned by the quartet.[23][24]

-----1991 Five Tango Sensations

Released: 25 January 1991 Label: Nonesuch (#79254) Format: CD, MP3
Written for the quartet by Ástor Piazzolla (bandoneón).[23][25] Piazzolla's last studio recording.[26]

-----1991 Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Already It Is Dusk/"Lerchenmusik"

Released: 28 May 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.

-----1992 Pieces of Africa

Released: 21 February 1992 Label: Nonesuch (#79275) Format: CD, MP3
Music written for the quartet by seven African composers.[7][27][28] Reached #1 in Billboard's "Top World Albums", and spent 29 weeks on the chart.[4]

-----1993 Short Stories

Released: 5 March 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 Henryk Górecki: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2

Released: 25 June 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: 24 September 1993 Label: Nonesuch (#79318) Format: CD, MP3
Works by Alban Berg and Anton Webern. With Aki Takahashi (piano) and Marcella DeCray (harp).

-----1993 Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet

Released: 24 September 1993 Label: Nonesuch (#79320) Format: CD, MP3
One of Morton Feldman's final works, recorded with pianist Aki Takahashi.[32][33]

-----1993 Bob Ostertag: All the Rage

Released: 22 October 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: 2 September 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: 3 February 1995 Label: Nonesuch (#79356) Format: CD, MP3
"An ideal combination of composer and performers."[37] Reached #9 in Billboard's "Top Classical Albums,"[38] and spent 12 weeks on the "Billboard Classical 50" chart.[39]

-----1995 Released: 1985–1995 (Compilación).(Solo piezas no incluidas en Albumes anteriores)

Released: 20 October 1995 Label: Nonesuch (#79394) Format: CD, MP3

-----1996 Howl, USA

Released: 31 May 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: 14 March 1997 Label: Nonesuch (#79444) Format: CD, MP3

Collaboration with Argentina-born Osvaldo Golijov. With David Krakauer (clarinet).[41][42]

-----1997 Tan Dun: Ghost Opera

Released: 14 March 1997Label: Nonesuch (#79445)Format: CD, MP3

Composition for strings and pipa by Tan Dun, performed by Kronos Quartet and Wu Man.[42]

-----1997 Early Music (Lachrymæ Antiquæ)

Released: 12 September 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 Kronos Quartet Performs Alfred Schnittke: The Complete String Quartets

Released: 15 May 1998 Label: Nonesuch (#79500) Format: 2CD, MP3

"Kronos can play like demons."[44]

-----1998 John Adams: John's Book of Alleged Dances

Released: 21 April 1998 Label: Nonesuch (#79465) Format: CD, MP3

Besides John's Book of Alleged Dances, also contains John Adams' Gnarly Buttons by the London Sinfonietta.

-----1998 Kronos Quartet: 25 Years (Compilación). (Solo piezas no incluidas en Albumes anteriores)

Released: 16 October 1998 Label: Nonesuch (#79504) Format: CD, MP3

10-CD box set retrospective.[7] Recorded "with virtuosity, vigor, and astonishing stylistic dexterity."[67]

-----1999 Dracula (BSO)(no incluido)
Released: 27 August 1999 Label: Nonesuch (#97542 Format: CD, MP3
Soundtrack by Philip Glass.

-----2000 Requiem for a Dream (BSO) (no incluido)
Released: 29 September 2000 Label: Nonesuch (#79611Format: CD, MP3
Soundtrack by Clint Mansell.

-----2000 Caravan

Released: 7 April 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 Billboard's "Top Classical Albums" and stayed on the chart for 15 weeks.[46]

-----2001 Terry Riley: Requiem for Adam (No incluido)

Released: 4 September 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 Steve Reich: Triple Quartet

Released: 16 October 2001 Label: Nonesuch (#79546)Format: CD, MP3
With Dominic Frasca (guitar), Alan Pierson, and the Ossia ensemble (Eastman School of Music).

-----2002 Nuevo

Released: 9 April 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 Billboard's "Top Classical Crossover Albums" and stayed on the chart for 14 weeks.[48]

-----2003 Pēteris Vasks: String Quartet No. 4 (No incluido)

Released: 19 August 2003 Label: Nonesuch (#79695) Format: CD single, MP3
Written by Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks for the quartet;[49][50][51] achieves "both feverish intensity and active rumination as the piece requires."[52]

-----2003 Alban Berg: Lyric Suite (No incluido)

Released: 19 August 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."[52] With restored setting of Baudelaire's poem "De profundis clamavi", sung by Dawn Upshaw, soprano.[49][53]

-----2003 Harry Partch: U.S. Highball

Released: 19 August 2003 Label: Nonesuch (#79697) Format: CD single, MP3
Ben Johnston's arrangement of Harry Partch's recollections.[49][54] "Performed with pitch-perfect spirit."[52]

-----2005 Mugam Sayagi: Music of Franghiz Ali-Zadeh

Released: 11 January 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 Billboard's "Top Classical Albums."[55]

-----2005 You've Stolen My Heart: Songs From R.D. Burman's Bollywood with Asha Bhosle

Released: 23 August 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]

-----2006 The Fountain (BSO)

Released: 27 November 2006 Label: Nonesuch (#79901) Format: CD, MP3
Soundtrack by Clint Mansell.

-----2007 Henryk Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 ('...songs are sung')

Released: 20 March 2007 Label: Nonesuch (#79993) Format: CD, MP3

"Editor's Choice" for Strings magazine: "a solemn, spiritual, and revolutionary work."[60] Entered at #6 in Billboard's "Top Classical Albums" on 30 March 2007.[61]

-----2007 Kronos Quartet Plays Sigur Rós

Released: 4 September 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 Terry Riley: The Cusp of Magic

Released: 4 February 2008 Label: Nonesuch (#360508) Format: CD, MP3
*Written for the quartet, with Wu Man (pipa).[63] Reached #3 in Billboard's "Top Classical Albums" and stayed on the chart for 10 weeks.[64]

-----2008 Kronos Quartet, Danish National Symphony Orchestra, Kronos plays Holmgreen

Released: 28 October 2008 Label Format: CD
Kronos plays "Moving", "Still." With Danish National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard.

-----2009 Floodplain

Released: 19 May 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.

-----2009 2081 (BSO)
Released: forthcoming Label: Nonesuch Format: CD, MP3
Soundtrack by Lee Brooks for short film based on Kurt Vonnegut's short story "Harrison Bergeron."[68]

-----2010 Rainbow: Music of Central Asia Vol. 8

Released: 2010 Label: Smithsonian Walkways 40527Format: CD, MP3
With Alim and Fargana Qasimov (tracks 2-6) and Homayun Sakhi (track 1)

-----2011 Uniko

Released: 1 February 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
Catalog Number: Nonesuch 529776-2 Released: 2011
Music of Vladimir Martynov contains includes three works written or rescored for Kronos by the contemporary Russian composer Vladimir Martynov, including Schubert-Quintet (Unfinished), which features and the album’s special guest, former Kronos cellist of 20 years, Joan Jeanrenaud. Music of Vladimir Martynov is available for order now on Kronos’ website, including to option to purchase a copy signed by Kronos and Joan Jeanrenaud.

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"Kronos Quartet" ha participado en algunas grabaciones más y colaborado con una gran variedad de artistas. Esta lista renuncia a ese material salvo en los casos siguientes, que se añaden al final de la Playlist:

-----1977 Music of Dane Rudhyar - Kronos Quartet

-----1995 Riley: In C (25th Anniversary Concert)
New Albion

-----2007 Golijov: Oceana, Tenebrae, 3 Songs, Last Round
Dawn Upshaw & Luciana Souza & Kronos Quartet –

-----2011 Steve Reich: WTC 9/11