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His ear for sumptuous string sonorities is undeniable,’ while the Washington Post called it ‘An ideal combination of composer and performers.’  It was a top 10 hit on Billboard’s Top Classical Albums, and spent 12 weeks on Billboard’s Classical chart.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nonesuch","offers":[{"title":"LPx2","offer_id":50488977162571,"sku":"2047832","price":39.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/Kronos_Quartet_Performs_Philip_Glass_893ead41_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727634860"},{"product_id":"placeless","title":"Placeless","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘Placeless’ is the first collaboration between the San Francisco-based Kronos Quartet and Iranian singers Mahsa and Marjan Vahdat, two of the most important performers of Persian vocal music in the world today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecorded in Kulturkirken Jakob in Oslo in November 2018, ‘Placeless’ has fourteen melodies that Mahsa Vahdat composed to classical poems by Hafez and Rumi and the works of contemporary Iranian poets Forough Farrokhzad,Mohammad Ibrahim Jafari and Atabak Elyasi. 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