Terry Riley: Sun Rings

Kronos Quartet’s groundbreaking 2002 collaboration with composer Terry Riley, Sun Rings, is available as a recording for the first time. Sun Rings, commissioned in part by the NASA Art Program, was inspired by human space exploration and cosmic sounds recorded by the Voyager spacecraft. The work premiered in October 2002, and has since become a landmark piece in the canon of both Riley and Kronos. One movement from the piece—One Earth, One People, One Love—was previously included in Kronos’ 2015 Terry Riley box set of the same name. Terry Riley and Kronos Quartet's relationship spans 40 years and has produced nearly 30 works for string quartet.

Tracks

1~1~Sun Rings: Overture
1~2~Sun Rings: Hero Danger
1~3~Sun Rings: Beebopterismo
1~4~Sun Rings: Planet Elf Sindoori
1~5~Sun Rings: Earth Whistlers
1~6~Sun Rings: Earth/Jupiter Kiss
1~7~Sun Rings: The Electron Cyclotron Frequency Parlour
1~8~Sun Rings: Prayer Central
1~9~Sun Rings: Venus Upstream
1~10~Sun Rings: One Earth, One People, One Love

Details

Format: CD
Artist: Kronos Quartet
Release Date: 30 August 2019
Genre: Classical Music
Label: NONESUCH
Distributor: Inertia Music