20th CenturyString Quartet

Black Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land)

George Crumb1970

Black Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land) by George Crumb, String Quartet, composed 1970. 68 recordings in this catalogue, from 1972 to 2011.

Movements

I. Departure
II. Absence
III. Return
IV. Devil Music
V. Danse Macabre
VI. Pavana Lachrymae (Der Tod und das Mädchen)
VII. Black Angels
VIII. Sarabanda de la Muerte Oscura
IX. Lost Bells (Echo)
X. God-music
XI. Ancient Voices
XII. Ancient Voices (Echo)
XIII. Night of the Electric Insects

Most recorded performers

Ordered by the number of recordings in this catalogue.

Juan Pablo Izquierdo

Conductor · 13 recordings

Brodsky Quartet

Chamber group · 13 recordings

Cikada strykekvartett

Chamber group · 13 recordings

Cuarteto Latinoamericano

Chamber group · 13 recordings

Franck Chevalier

Soloist · 13 recordings

The Composers Quartet

Chamber group · 6 recordings

Kronos Quartet

Chamber group · 5 recordings

Norman Fischer

Soloist · 3 recordings

Recordings (68 of 68)

Performance practice

Source-backed classifications. Unknown means no reviewed evidence is stored.

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Recording / performers	Year	Label
Black Angels: Absence: Sarabanda de la muerte oscuraCikada strykekvartett Year: 1994	1994	Cala Records	1:00
Black Angels: Return: God-MusicCikada strykekvartett Year: 1994	1994	Cala Records	3:23
Black Angels: Return: Ancient Voices - EchoCikada strykekvartett Year: 1994	1994	Cala Records	0:22
Black Angels: Return: Threnody III: Night of the Electric InsectsCikada strykekvartett Year: 1994	1994	Cala Records	3:51
Black Angels: Absence: Threnody II: Black AngelsCikada strykekvartett Year: 1994	1994	Cala Records	2:50
Black Angels: Departure: Pavana IachrymaeCikada strykekvartett Year: 1994	1994	Cala Records	1:03
Black Angels: I. DepartureNorman Fischer Year: 1972	1972	Vox Box	6:13
Black Angels: III. ReturnNorman Fischer Year: 1972	1972	Vox Box	9:52
Black Angels: II. AbsenceNorman Fischer Year: 1972	1972	Vox Box	6:49
Black AngelsSaint Paul Chamber Orchestra	-	-	1:32
Black Angels: Images 4 to 9, Part 1The Composers Quartet	-	-	1:54
Black Angels: Images 4 to 9, Part 5The Composers Quartet	-	-	1:39
Black Angels: Images 4 to 9, Part 6The Composers Quartet	-	-	1:27
Black Angels: I. DepartureKronos Quartet	-	Elektra Nonesuch	5:37
Black Angels: III. ReturnKronos Quartet	-	Nonesuch	7:29
Black Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land): II. Sounds of Bones and FlutesJuan Pablo Izquierdo, Cuarteto Latinoamericano	-	Mode	0:39
Black Angels (Thirteen Images from the Dark Land): VI. Pavana Lachrymae (Der Tod und das Mädchen)Juan Pablo Izquierdo, Cuarteto Latinoamericano	-	Mode	0:53
Black Angels: Images 4 to 9, Part 4The Composers Quartet	-	-	2:41
(Tutti) Threnody 1: Night of the Electronic InsectsLeonard Slatkin, National Philharmonic Orchestra	-	Warner Bros. Records	1:38
Black Angels: II. AbsenceKronos Quartet	-	Elektra	5:26

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