They started off recording a disc with the string quartets of British minimalist Michael Nyman ( Michael Nyman: String Quartets 1-3 – Balanescu Quartet, Argo 433 092-2, 1991) and already one that had crossover compositions by David Byrne and John Lurie ( Balanescu Quartet plays David Byrne, Robert Moran, John Lurie, Michael Torke, Argo 436 565-2, 1992). The Balanescu Quartet, founded in 1987 by violinist and composer Alexander Balanescu (also founder and leader of the Michael Nyman Ensemble and former member of the Arditti String Quartet), is such an ensemble, and this is one of their most succesful crossover disc. The foray must have met a wider public than that of classical music (and, even more, of high-browed contemporary classical music), and other ensembles followed suit. In the 1980s, the Kronos Quartet set a trend by commissioning and playing works for string quartet from composers and in a style that were closer to “World Music” than to the established traditions of western classical music. Augustine’s Church, Kilburn, London, recording dates not indicatedĪlternative Rock in Concert Attire: successful and entertaining crossover Recorded at Air Studios and Orinoco Studios, London, and St. Cassette edition Mute 61421-4, barcode 724596142141 (link to entry on )
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