Complete String Quartets : Kronos Quartet (2CD)‐Schnittke (1934-1998) - Japan 2 CDCredits: Kronos Quartet Description: The first in a series of Japan specific best of recordings commemorating the 50th anniversary of NONESUCH (as of 2014). The Kronos Quartet took on the challenge of recording the complete string quartets of Alfred Schnittke, a giant of contemporary music, in a project that took 10 years (1987 97). This work contains the inevitable and decisive fusion of composer and performer, which also contains a deep lyricism.