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

Henryk Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 ('...songs are sung')
Studio album by Kronos Quartet
Released	20 March 2007
Genre	Contemporary classical
Label	Nonesuch (#79993)
Producer	Judith Sherman
Kronos Quartet chronology
The Fountain (2006) Henryk Górecki: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 (2007) Kronos Quartet Plays Sigur Rós (2007)

Henryk Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 ('...songs are sung') is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet, containing the last string quartet by Polish composer Henryk Górecki. The Kronos Quartet had recorded Górecki's other string quartets on Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Already It Is Dusk/"Lerchenmusik" (1991) and on Henryk Górecki: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 (1993).

Track listing

All music composed by Henryk Górecki.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I. Adagio-Molto Andante-Cantabile"	10:34
2.	"II. Largo, Cantabile"	10:59
3.	"III. Allegro, Sempre ben marcato"	4:22
4.	"IV. Deciso-Espressivo ma ben tenuto"	11:26
5.	"V. Largo-Tranquillo"	12:36

Critical reception

The album was an "Editor's Choice" for Strings magazine, which called it "a solemn, spiritual, and revolutionary work."^[1]

Credits

Musicians

• David Harrington - violin
• John Sherba - violin
• Hank Dutt - viola
• Jeffrey Zeigler - cello

Production

• Recorded August 1–3, 2006 at Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, California
  • Leslie Ann Jones - engineer
  • Dann Thompson - assistant engineer
• Robert Hurwitz - executive producer
• Frank Olinsky - art direction, design
• Keith Carter - cover photograph

See also

• Kronos Quartet discography

References

1. Cahill, Greg (Aug–Sep 2007). "Editor's Choice". Strings. String Letter Publishing. 22 (2): 147.