The Kronos Quartet 1980 Reference Test Pressing 45rpm LP In Formation Audiophile

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For Sale is one (1) The Kronos Quartet 45rpm LP Test Pressing record "In Formation", CES Preview Edition.   Personnel: David Harrington, John Sherba, Hank Dutt, Joan Jeanrenaud.  Reference Records Stereo RR-9, issued circa 1980.  The record and labels are very clean, and graded NEAR MINT+ condition.  The cover is very clean, still in the original outer shrink wrap, and graded NEAR MINT / MINT condition. Visually graded under very bright lighting and magnification.   Foreign please email me for multiple item Shipping costs (i.e. Insurance, Registered, Tracking Number,  etc.).  Check out my other items!   Be sure to add me to your favorites list!

 Album Notes
Recording information: Zellerbach Hall, UC Berkeley, CA (04/07/1981). William Shakespeare's The Tempest is an enchanted island tale that focuses on a fledgling romance, the tensions that exist between noble and servant classes, and the often murky distinctions that separate illusion and reality. Completed by Shakespeare in 1611, The Tempest was adapted to into a full-length ballet (of the same name) and performed for the first time on May 13, 1980, by the San Francisco Ballet. American composer Paul Chihara wrote the music for The Tempest ballet by interpreting themes that were originally scored by the 17th century English composer Henry Purcell. Chihara's composition slides in and out a multitude of styles and situations with graceful splendor. From ragtime songs played on clarinets and woodblocks to ominous pronouncements bristling with brass and strings, Chihara manages to keep his work cohesive and focussed. Performed by The Performing Arts Orchestra under the direction of Jean-Louis LeRoux, this particular rendition of Chihara's work is expertly played without feeling stiff or stilted (something that would have become apparent during the work's more swinging sections). Chihara, who was the San Francisco Ballet's Composer in Residence at the time of the ballet's debut, has truly created a musical score that deserves to be in the same artistic league as Shakespeare's The Tempest. ~ John Vallier