Kronos Quartet | Floodplain | Album

Kronos Quartet "Floodplain"

CD (NM) Near Mint - Nonesuch, USA, 2009, 518349-2, Jewel Case, Cardboad Sleeve, Booklet Insert

Floodplain is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet, released in 2009, featuring twelve commissioned or arranged tracks that explore music from the Middle East, Africa, South Asia, and Eastern Europe. The album was inspired by the idea that creativity can emerge from cultures that have experienced catastrophe. The album features music from countries often known in the West for their instability, such as Iraq, Iran, and Palestine, in an effort to highlight their rich musical legacies and explore how different cultures experience creative fertility after a catastrophe, much like a floodplain experiences new life after a flood.

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