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BlackAngels(1990)2

SteveReich:DifferentTrains(1989)

3(tie)PiecesofAfrica(1992)

KronosQuartetPerformsPhilipGlass(1995)4

WinterWasHard(1988)5

EarlyMusic(1997)6

Nuevo(2002)

7(tie)ShortStories(1993)

KronosCaravan(2000)8

KronosQuartetPerformsAlfredSchnittke:TheCompleteStringQuartets(1998)

9(tie)Dracula:SoundtrackbyPhilipGlass(1999/2016)

You'veStolenMyHeart:SongsfromR.D.Burman'sBollywood(2005)Floodplain(2009)

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NightPrayers(1994)Aheym:KronosQuartetplaysmusicbyBryceDessner(2013)

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11(tie)KronosQuartet(1986)

KronosQuartetPlaysTerryRiley:SalomeDancesforPeace(1989)AstorPiazzolla:FiveTangoSensations(1991)

RequiemforaDream:SoundtrackbyClintMansell(2000/2016)

12(tie)WhiteManSleeps(1987)

AttheGraveofRichardWagner(Liszt/Berg/Webern)(1993)Howl,U.S.A.(1996)

OsvaldoGolijov:TheDreamsandPrayersofIsaactheBlind(1997)UNIKO(2011)

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HenrykGórecki:StringQuartetsNos.1and2(1993)TanDun:GhostOpera(1997)

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TerryRiley:CadenzaontheNightPlain(1988)MortonFeldman:PianoandStringQuartet(1993)

HenrykGórecki:StringQuartetNo.3(2007)AThousandThoughts(2014)

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WitoldLutoslawski:StringQuartet(1991)MugamSayagi:MusicofFranghizAli-Zadeh(2005)

MusicofVladimirMartynov(2011)

HONORABLEMENTIONSInFormation(1982)•Mishima:OriginalMusicComposedbyPhilipGlass(1985)•MusicofBillEvans(1985)•KevinVolans:Hunting:Gathering(1991)•HenrykGorecki:AlreadyItIsDusk(1991)•BobOstertag:AlltheRage(1993)•Released:1985-1995(1995)•KronosQuartet:

25Yearsboxset(1998)•JohnAdams:John'sBookofAllegedDances/GnarlyButtons(1998)•TerryRiley:RequiemforAdam(2001)•TheTigerLillieswithKronosQuartet:TheGoreyEnd(2003)•HarryPartch:U.S.Highball(2003)•PeterisVasks:StringQuartetNo.4(2003)•TheFountain:MusicbyClintMansell(2006)•KronosQuartetPlaysSigurRós(2007)•

KronosQuartet:KwartetyPolskie/PolishQuartets(2007,DVD)•TerryRiley:TheCuspofMagic(2008)•Rainbow:MusicOfCentralAsiaVol.8(2010)•TundraSongs(2015)•OneEarth,OnePeople,OneLove:KronosPlaysTerryRileyboxset(2015)•SunriseofthePlanetaryDream

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