Released in conjunction with the One Earth, One People, One Love: Kronos Plays Terry Riley box set, Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector: Music of Terry Riley collects recordings of a few of the nearly 30 works that American composer Terry Riley has written for the Kronos Quartet, including a new recording of the title track, which was Riley’s first for Kronos. The album also includes previously unreleased recordings of Lacrymosa – Remembering Kevin and “One Earth, One People, One Love,” the final movement of Sun Rings, as well as previously released recordings of Cry of a Lady (originally on A Thousand Thoughts [2014]) and G Song and Cadenza on the Night Plain (25 Years [1998]).
SELECT CREDITS
Kronos Quartet
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Sunny Yang, cello
Joan Jeanrenaud, cello (1978–1999)
Jennifer Culp, cello (1999–2005)
Jeffrey Zeigler, cello (2005–2013)
with
Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares, Dora Hristova, conductor
Produced by Judith Sherman
Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz