Name: White Man Sleeps by Kronos Quartet
Brand: Kronos Quartet
SKU: 075597916362
Price: 7.92 USD
Availability: OnlineOnly
Rating: 4.5 (56 reviews)

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White Man Sleeps #1 View on Youtube

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Scherzo: Holding Your Own View on Youtube

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Pano da costa (Cloth from the Coast) View on Youtube

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Morango... Almost a Tango View on Youtube

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Lonely Woman View on Youtube

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Amazing Grace View on Youtube

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String Quartet No. 3 View on Youtube

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This album features the original version of "White Man Sleeps," written in 1982, and "Mbira" from 1980. If you think landmark European 17th/18th century baroque instruments and African musical structures are irreconcilable opposites and you are open enough to change your mind, this is the album for you. These pieces of Kevin Volans belong indeed to the most exciting developments in contemporary music. "White Man Sleeps" features harpsichords and a viola da gamba in African tuning and conventional (non-African) percussion, and "Mbira" is played on percussion and harpsichord. The latter also possesses a haunting bass line and should be played loud to be fully enjoyed. The comparison of the original version of "White Man Sleeps" contained on this album with the one by the Kronos Quartet (on their albums White Man Sleeps and Pieces of Africa) yields that due to the unconventional combination of musical instruments and their tunings, the original version gets a much stranger and even obscure character.