Kronos Quartet - Howl, U.S.A.
Страна: USA
Жанр: avantgarde \ experimental \ contemporary classical
Год выпуска: 1996
Формат: OGG Vorbis
Битрейт аудио: ~192 kbps VBR
Продолжительность: 0:57:14
Трэклист:
1 - Sing Sing: J. Edgar Hoover [10:46]
2 - Barstow: Eight Hitchhikers' Inscriptions from a Highway Railing at Barstow, California [09:52]
3 - Cold War Suite from How It Happens (The Voice of I. F. Stone), Lawless Things [03:43]
4 - Cold War Suite from How It Happens (The Voice of I. F. Stone), Movies [01:25]
5 - Cold War Suite from How It Happens (The Voice of I. F. Stone), Light [01:16]
6 - Cold War Suite from How It Happens (The Voice of I. F. Stone), Perfect Weapon [01:54]
7 - Cold War Suite from How It Happens (The Voice of I. F. Stone), What Would Have Happened [02:29]
8 - Howl I [15:18]
9 - Howl II [04:17]
10 - Howl III [03:07]
11 - Footnote to Howl [03:01]
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What can you say about the Kronos Quartet - the most celebrated maverick chamber ensemble in the overdressed world of classical music - as they take on a 25-minute musical accompaniment to Allen Ginsberg reading his poem "Howl"? First, they have all of Ginsberg's trappings down cold, from the dry wit and ironic commentary on 1950s U.S. culture, gay and straight, the post-Walt Whitman celebration of Ginsberg himself, and, alas, the sorrow at seeing the "best minds ... destroyed by madness." Kronos's music was written by Lee Hyla, and it walks, stomps, and canters as Ginsberg reads. The CD has three other spoken-word and music performances, all of them spectacular: Michael Daugherty's "Sing Sing: J. Edgar Hoover," replete with Hoover's tape-manipulated voice; Harry Partch's scintillating "Barstow," with a chorus of Ben Johnston's multiplied, dissonant voice; and Scott Johnson's "Cold War Suite," putting I.F. Stone's voice to the music. The music's complicated and jostling, rightly interrogating the narratives and invoking great chatter and clatter. - Andrew Bartlett
“Howl, U.S.A.” является рядом пьес, связанных тематически с политическим климатом, сложившимся в Америке после второй мировой войны. Заглавие албому дала поэма Алена Гинзберга "Вопль", которую он сам и читает на фоне музыки Lee Hyla, исполняемой Kronos Quartet...
