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Balanescu Quartet - David Byrne: High Life For Nine Instruments / Robert Moran: Music From The Towers Of The Moon / John Lurie: Stranger Than Paradise / Michael Torke: Chalk flac album

Balanescu Quartet - David Byrne: High Life For Nine Instruments / Robert Moran: Music From The Towers Of The Moon / John Lurie: Stranger Than Paradise / Michael Torke: Chalk flac album
  • Performer Balanescu Quartet
  • Title David Byrne: High Life For Nine Instruments / Robert Moran: Music From The Towers Of The Moon / John Lurie: Stranger Than Paradise / Michael Torke: Chalk
  • Date of release 1992
  • Country Europe
  • Style Contemporary
  • Other formats MP1 AHX VQF DXD XM AUD MP2
  • Genre Classical
  • Size MP3 1193 mb
  • Size FLAC 1624 mb
  • Rating: 4.6
  • Votes: 963

Composed By – David Byrne (tracks: 1), John Lurie (tracks: 6 to 11), Michael Torke (tracks: 12), Robert Moran (tracks: 2 to 5). Design – Russell Warren-Fisher. Packaging: standard jewel case with 32 page booklet Initial, identical pressing: David Byrne: High Life For Nine Instruments, Robert Moran: Music From The Towers Of The Moon, John Lurie: Stranger Than Paradise, Michael Torke: Chalk.

Artists Bălănescu Quartet Byrne, Moran, Lurie & Torke Stranger Than Paradise: 2. Improvisation 1. Stranger Than Paradise: 2. Improvisation 1 Bălănescu Quartet. Unknown Submit Tempo you can also upload the audio file to get the Tempo. Video Stranger Than Paradise: 2. Byrne, Moran, Lurie & Torke. Music From The Towers of the Moon, Part 2. Stranger Than Paradise: 5. Eva and Willie's Room, Eva Packing. Stranger Than Paradise: 3. The Good and Happy Army.

Sheet Music and Tabs for Balanescu Quartet. The Balanescu Quartet is a London-based avant-garde string quartet founded in 1987 by Romanian-born violinist Alexander Bălănescu. The group achieved fame through the release of Possessed, consisting of complex cover versions of songs by German experimental electronic music band Kraftwerk. The driving force behind the quartet has always been main composer and founder Alexander Balanescu. The quartet are mainly notable for their very distinctive style of music, which encompasses odd time rhythms, sound dissonances and complex arrangements  . You play the. We are working hard to improve our content offering for your instrument. Select another instrument Continue anyway.

David Byrne: High Life for Strings. Moran, R: Music from the Towers of the Moon. John Richard Lurie: Stranger than Paradise.

Byrne, Moran, Lurie & Torke: Works For String Quartet. 1992 Decca Music Group Limited. Released on: 1992-11-01. Producer, Recording Producer: Andrew Cornall Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: Simon Eadon Studio Personnel, Recording Engineer: John Dunkerley Composer: Robert Moran. Auto-generated by YouTube.

The Balanescu Quartet at TFF Rudolstadt 2013. The Balanescu Quartet is a string quartet founded in 1987 by Alexander Bălănescu that achieved fame through the release of several complex cover versions of songs by German experimental electronic music band Kraftwerk on their album Possessed. Balanescu Quartet Play rke - featuring David Byrne, Robert Moran, John Lurie and Michael Torke (1992).

Since its formation in 1987, the Balanescu Quartet has acquired a reputation as one of the world's leading contemporary music ensembles with a worldwide cult following. Its guiding force has been the Romanian virtuoso violinist and composer Alexander Balanescu, who has led the quartet across musical frontiers into new unchartered territory  . Geoff Smith - Gas, Food, Lodging - featuring the Balanescu Quartet (1993). Kevin Volans - String Quartets Nos. 2 & 3 - performed by the Balanescu Quartet (1994).

Special offers and product promotions. Four), and Chalk, for string quartet, comes from the CD by the Balanescu Quartet, Balanescu Quartet Plays Byrne, Moran, Lurie, Torke (1992). 16 minutes might seem too long, but in fact it is that very length that makes it doggedness interesting.

Tracklist

1 David Byrne High Life For Nine Instruments 4:27
Robert Moran Music From The Towers Of The Moon (15:56)
2 I 2:41
3 II 4:55
4 III 5:27
5 IV 2:53
John Lurie Stranger Than Paradise (15:46)
6 I Bella By Barlight 2:41
7 II Improvisation 1 4:07
8 III The Good And Happy Army 2:33
9 IV The Sad Trees / The Lamposts Are Mine 2:03
10 V Eva And Willie's Room / Eva Packing 1:18
11 VI Improvisation 2 2:58
12 Michael Torke Chalk 16:15

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – The Decca Record Company Limited
  • Copyright (c) – The Decca Record Company Limited
  • Published By – Luaka Bop
  • Published By – Charlotte Benson Music Publishers
  • Published By – Warner Chappell Music Ltd.
  • Published By – Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd
  • Recorded At – Henry Wood Hall, London
  • Manufactured For – BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. – D100961

Credits

  • Art Direction – David Smart
  • Cello – Caroline Dale
  • Composed By – David Byrne (tracks: 1), John Lurie (tracks: 6 to 11), Michael Torke (tracks: 12), Robert Moran (tracks: 2 to 5)
  • Design – Russell Warren-Fisher
  • Edited By [Tape Editor] – Timothy Bull
  • Engineer – John Dunkerley, Simon Eadon
  • Ensemble – Balanescu Quartet*
  • Liner Notes – Alexander Balanescu, David Byrne, Michael Torke, Robert Moran
  • Liner Notes [Translated By, French] – Elisabeth Rhodes
  • Liner Notes [Translated By, German] – Anne Steeb, Bernd Müller
  • Management [Project Development] – Don Mousseau
  • Photography By [Balanescu Quartet With Michael Torke Photo] – Malcolm Crowthers
  • Photography By [Balanescu Quartet, Cover Photo] – Tim Simmons
  • Producer – Andrew Cornall
  • Viola – Bill Hawkes
  • Violin [Violin I] – Alexander Balanescu
  • Violin [Violin II] – Clare Connors

Notes

This recording was made at the Henry Wood Hall, London, 1-4 March 1992
using a combination of Neumann M50, TLM 170 and Neumann KM84 microphones.
Publishers: Luaka Bop [1]; Charlotte Benson Music Publishers [2-5]; Warner Chappell Music Ltd [6-11]; Boosey & Hawkes Music Publishers Ltd [12]
℗ 1992 The Decca Record Company Limited, London
© 1992 The Decca Record Company Limited, London
Made in U.S.A.
Printed in U.S.A.

Packaging: standard jewel case with 16 page booklet

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Label Code: LC 0171
  • Matrix / Runout: 436 565-2 01 /
  • Matrix / Runout (CD mould): MADE IN USA
  • Other (Boxed): Z H

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
436 565-2 Balanescu Quartet* David Byrne: High Life For Nine Instruments / Robert Moran: Music From The Towers Of The Moon / John Lurie: Stranger Than Paradise / Michael Torke: Chalk ‎(CD, Album) Argo 436 565-2 Europe 1992
none Balanescu Quartet* David Byrne: High Life For Nine Instruments / Robert Moran: Music From The Towers Of The Moon / John Lurie: Stranger Than Paradise / Michael Torke: Chalk ‎(CD, Album, Unofficial) ArsNova none Russia Unknown
436 565-2 Balanescu Quartet* David Byrne: High Life For Nine Instruments / Robert Moran: Music From The Towers Of The Moon / John Lurie: Stranger Than Paradise / Michael Torke: Chalk ‎(CD, Album, RP) Argo 436 565-2 Europe Unknown