Terry RileyFeaturing: Kronos Quartet
Cadenza On The Night Plain And Other String Quartets (2LP)
Format2LPLabelGramavisionGenreExperimental
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The first Riley album devoted to Kronos Quartet, and the document of one of late twentieth-century music's more consequential composer-performer partnerships. Recorded 21-23 October 1984 at Gramavision Studios, New York, digitally, mastered at Masterdisk. David Harrington had been after Riley for years to write for the quartet; this 2LP was the breakthrough.
Four pieces: Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector (1980), originally for Riley solo, here re-scored for quartet; G Song (1980), arranged from material in the Lifespan film score; Mythic Birds Waltz (1980); and the side-long Cadenza on the Night Plain (1983), dedicated to Dr. Margaret Lyon. The title piece uses just intonation tuning and 14-beat modular structures, with extensive performer choice over which modules to play. Kronos: Harrington, John Sherba (violins), Hank Dutt (viola), Joan Jeanrenaud (cello). Riley wrote more than a dozen further works for the quartet over the following decades.
Release notes
"Cadenza On The Night Plain" dedicated to Dr. Margaret Lyon All compositions published by Ancient Word Music BMI Digitally recorded at Gramavision Studios, October 21-23, 1984 Mastered at Masterdisk © ℗ Gramavision Inc. Distributed by Polygram Inc. in the U.S.A. Manufactured by Teldec, Hamburg, West Germany
| A1 | Sunrise Of The Planetary Dream Collector | 10:16 | |
| A2 | G Song | 11:03 | |
| B | Mythic Birds Waltz | 16:08 | |
| Cadenza On The Night Plain | |||
| C1.1 | Introduction | ||
| C1.2 | Cadenza: Violin I | ||
| C1.3 | Where Was Wisdom When We Went West? | ||
| C1.4 | Cadenza: Viola | ||
| C1.5 | March Of The Old Timers Reefer Division | ||
| C1.6 | The Old Timers Throw A Spring Festival | ||
| C1.7 | Marching Off To More Serious Matters | ||
| C1.8 | Cadenza: Violin II | ||
| C1.9 | Tuning To Rolling Thunder | ||
| Cadenza On The Night Plain Conclusion | |||
| D1.1 | The Night Cry Of Black Buffalo Woman | ||
| D1.2 | Cadenza: Cello | ||
| D1.3 | Gathering Of The Spiral Clan | ||
| D1.4 | Captain Jack Has The Last Word | ||
- Joan Jeanrenaud
- Cello
- Terry Riley
- Composed By
- Neal Pozner
- Design
- Tim Martyn
- Engineer, Producer
- Jonathan F.P. Rose
- Executive Producer
- Mark Swed
- Liner Notes
- Bob Ludwig
- Mastered By
- Ernst Haas
- Photography By [Cover]
- Michele Clement
- Photography By [Liner]
- Kronos
- Producer, Ensemble
- David Harrington
- Violin
- Hank Dutt
- Violin
- John Sherba
- Violin
