Re: Kronos Quartet

[Ruth Rose <rose678...>]

Ari Davidow wrote:
> 
> Has anyone heard the recent Kronos Quartet recording with
> David Krakauer of "The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind,"
> by Osvaldo Golijov? It was apparently written originally for
> the Cleveland Symphony and Giora Feidman.
> 
> I'm enjoying parts of it, but was hoping that someone who
> knows the genre (modern Jewish classical music, I guess)
> might have something to say about it. I have no context in
> which to evaluate the piece as a modern Jewish recording.
> 
> ari


I just heard Kronos live doing the piece in Amsterdam. this kind of
writing is a wonderful blend of klezmer into "classical" styles. the
last movement is actually a recycling of Golijov's "K'vakarat", a piece
for cantor and string quartet also recorded by Kronos in their CD "Night
Prayers". you might want to listen to that, too. in any event, they
played great as usual, and the clarinetist was out of this world.
Ruth Rose