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| Released | June 29, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Contemporary classical | |||
| Length | 61:40 | |||
| Label | Nonesuch Records | |||
| Producer | Judith Sherman Kronos Quartet | |||
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Black Angels is a 1990 album by the string quartet Kronos Quartet. [2] It includes, [3] and was named after, George Crumb's 1970 composition Black Angels , the composition which had inspired David Harrington to found the Kronos Quartet in 1973. [4] [5]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Black Angels, Mvt. I Departure" | George Crumb | 5:37 |
| 2. | "Black Angels, Mvt. II Absence" | Crumb | 5:25 |
| 3. | "Black Angels, Mvt. III Return" | Crumb | 7:13 |
| 4. | "Spem in Alium" | Thomas Tallis, arr. Kronos Quartet | 8:52 |
| 5. | "Doom. A Sigh" | István Márta | 10:54 |
| 6. | "They are There!" | Charles Ives | 2:47 |
| 7. | "Quartet No. 8, Mvt. I Largo" | Dmitri Shostakovich | 4:57 |
| 8. | "Quartet No. 8, Mvt. II Allegro molto" | Shostakovich | 2:36 |
| 9. | "Quartet No. 8, Mvt. III Allegretto" | Shostakovich | 4:19 |
| 10. | "Quartet No. 8, Mvt. IV Largo" | Shostakovich | 4:11 |
| 11. | "Quartet No. 8, Mvt. V Largo" | Shostakovich | 3:57 |
| Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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| Hungarian Physical Albums (MAHASZ) [6] | 23 |
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