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Philip Glass Discography
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How odd that the recording that gained Kronos its initial fame proves to be the group's least remarkable: Jimi Hendrix's "Purple Haze," from the group's 1985 Nonesuch debut. At the time of its release, this encore of Hendrix's canonical rock song gave many traditional cultural commentators pause, and many young fans reason to rejoice. But as the years have passed and Kronos's members have become rock stars themselves (of a sort), listeners have come to find the pleasures promised by the Hendrix cover--soul, visceral rocking, rebellion--elsewhere on this record. The Slavic tinge of Aulis Sallinen's String Quartet No. 3
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Manufacturer: Nonesuch
Release date: 25 October 1990
EAN: 0075597911121 UPC: 075597911121
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Release date: 25 October 1990
EAN: 0075597911121 UPC: 075597911121
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