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On “Monk Suite,” the Kronos Quartet does a great tribute to Jazz pianist Thelonious Monk. Truly, it’s a perfect match. This project has today’s most inventive string quartet playing the cerebral and swingin’ music of Monk. As the second most recorded Jazz composer, Thelonious Monk themed projects are far from rare. That said, “Monk Suite” stands out because after all, it’s Kronos. Whether it’s Bill Evans or Philip Glass , the group has a way of making covers their own. Kronos starts things off with a fantastic ‘Well You Needn’t.’

Arthur Grumiaux and Walter Klien offer playing with spring in its step and a lyrical yet unsentimental warmth in the slow movements, though that of K296 might with advantage have lingered a little more. These are stylish artists who are also eloquent in the unusually wistful Andante con moto of K380 … Perhaps a touchstone for Grumiaux's qualities is the great slow movement of K454, where he is sensitive to the extraordinary harmonic design and yet over-reliant on the same tricks of tone-colour to project it.

Arthur Grumiaux and Walter Klien offer playing with spring in its step and a lyrical yet unsentimental warmth in the slow movements, though that of K296 might with advantage have lingered a little more. These are stylish artists who are also eloquent in the unusually wistful Andante con moto of K380 … Perhaps a touchstone for Grumiaux's qualities is the great slow movement of K454, where he is sensitive to the extraordinary harmonic design and yet over-reliant on the same tricks of tone-colour to project it.