Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector Kronos Quartet

• Terry Riley (1935-)
• 1Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector12:31
• 2One Earth, One People, One Love (from Sun Rings)09:07
• 3Cry of a Lady05:13
• 4G Song09:42
• 5Lacrymosa - Remembering Kevin08:35
• Cadenza on the Night Plain
• 6Introduction02:18
• 7Cadenza: Violin I02:34
• 8Where Was Wisdom When We Went West?03:05
• 9Cadenza: Viola02:23
• 10March of the Old Timers Reefer Division02:18
• 11Cadenza: Violin II02:01
• 12Tuning to Rolling Thunder04:52
• 13The Night Cry of Black Buffalo Woman02:53
• 14Cadenza: Cello01:07
• 15Gathering of the Spiral Clan05:23
• 16Captain Jack Has the Last Word01:42
• Total Runtime01:15:44

Info for Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector

In honor of groundbreaking American composer Terry Riley’s 80th birthday, Nonesuch Records releases One Earth, One People, One Love: Kronos Plays Terry Riley—a five-disc box set of four albums of his work composed for, and performed by, his longtime friends and champions Kronos Quartet—as well as a new album called „Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector“ Music of Terry Riley. Riley and Kronos met more than 35 years ago, and since then, the quartet has commissioned 27 works from him, more than from any other composer in the group’s history.

Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector includes a new recording of the title piece, which was Riley’s first for Kronos, as well as previously unreleased recordings of Lacrymosa – Remembering Kevin and One Earth, One People, One Love from Sun Rings; Cry of a Lady (originally released on A Thousand Thoughts); and G Song and Cadenza on the Night Plain (both originally released on 25 Years). Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector also is available for individual purchase. Nonesuch Store pre-orders include an immediate download of the piece G Song.

Riley says of his 35 years of working with Kronos: “Each of our projects together was launched by conversations with both David and me riffing on ideas. I always came away from these planning sessions feeling exhilarated, and these energies would soon get my pen moving toward a melody or a rhythmic pattern—or, in the case of Salome Dances for Peace, a five-quartet cycle. David has this gift, a unique catalytic effect on so many collaborators. Because of this gift, we have this astounding body of work created for Kronos over the past four decades.”

David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Sunny Yang, cello (on tracks 1–2)
Joan Jeanrenaud, cello (on tracks 3–16)
Jennifer Culp, cello (on track 5)
Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares
Dora Hristova, conductor (on track 3)

Kronos Quartet
Seit fast 40 Jahren verfolgt das Kronos Quartett eine einzigartige künstlerische Vision, die bedingungslosen Forschergeist mit dem Anspruch verbindet, die Reichweite und den Kontext der Gattung Streichquartett zu erweitern. Auf diese Weise hat sich das Kronos Quartett zu einer der angesehensten und einflussreichsten Formationen des heutigen Musiklebens entwickelt. Das Quartett gab weltweit Tausende von Konzerten, hat über 40 CDs eingespielt, die von einer außerordentlichen Bandbreite und Kreativität zeugen, hat mit den vielseitigsten Komponisten und Künstlern der Welt zusammengearbeitet und Hunderte von Werken und Arrangements für Streichquartett in Auftrag gegeben. Darüber hinaus gewann das Kronos Quartett zahlreiche Preise, darunter einen Grammy für die beste Darbietung im Bereich Kammermusik (2004), und wurde 2003 von Musical America zum "Musician of the Year" ernannt.

Booklet for Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector