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 (2007-03-20)
Genre	Contemporary classical
Label	Nonesuch (#79993)
Producer	Judith Sherman
Kronos Quartet chronology
The Fountain (2006) Henryk Górecki: String Quartet No. 3 ('...songs are sung') (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 is 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."

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

• List of 2007 albums