Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1 | Digital (Elliott Sharp) | 2:34 |
| 2 | Spoonful (Willie Dixon) | 4:29 |
| 3 | Spectre (John Oswald) | 5:45 |
| 4 | Cat o'Nine Tails (Tex Avery Directs the Marquis de Sade) (John Zorn) | 12:40 |
| 5 | Quartet Euphometric (Henry Cowell) | 1:50 |
| 6 | Physical Property (Steven Mackey) | 14:26 |
| 7 | Soliloquy from How It Happens (The Voice of I. F. Stone) (Scott Johnson) | 13:08 |
| 8 | Quartet No. 2 (Sofia Gubaidulina) | 8:24 |
| 9 | Aba Kee Tayk Hamaree (It Is My Turn, Oh Lord) (Pandit Pran Nath) | 10:56 |
News & Reviews
- Monday, September 29, 2008
Guardian: Kronos Quartet Show "Range with a Virtuoso Set" in "Outstanding" Barbican Concert with Alim Qasimov
Kronos Quartet joined legendary Azerbaijani singer Alim Qasimov and his ensemble at London's Barbican this past Friday for the center's annual Ramadan Nights celebration of Sufi music. The Guardian says the pairing produced an "outstanding" concert from the "intriguing collaboration" between Qasimov, "certainly one of the most thrilling, unashamedly emotional performers on the planet," and the Quartet, which showed "daring" and "range with a virtuoso set."
- Friday, September 26, 2008
Kronos Quartet Joins Legendary Singer Alim Qasimov to Open Barbican's Ramadan Nights Festival
Kronos Quartet is in London this weekend for what promises to be a whirlwind of events at the Barbican: both its Open Weekend and Ramadan Nights, its annual festival of Muslim music. Kicking things off, Kronos performs tonight with the man who has been called Azerbaijan's greatest singer, Alim Qasimov, and his ensemble, including his daughter, Fergana. The Times (UK) calls the power of their vocals "devastating" and quotes Kronos's David Harrington as placing Alim Qasimov "up there in the top five of all time" among the world's greatest singers.
About this Album
Kronos Quartet “plays with its characteristic intensity,” says Rolling Stone, on this adventurous, globe-spanning set, which gathers pieces from Lower East Siders Elliot Sharp and John Zorn, Russia's Sofia Gubaidulina, Pakistani singer Pandit Pran Nath, and Chicago bluesman Willie Dixon, among others.
Credits
MUSICIANS
Kronos Quartet:
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Joan Jeanrenaud, cello
with
Steven Mackey, guitar (6)
Pandit Pran Nath, voice (9)
Krishma Bhatt, tabla (9)
Terry Riley, John Constant, tamboura (9)
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Judith Sherman and Kronos Quartet
Tracks 1, 2, 5, 6-10 recorded at Skywalker Ranch, CA, August 1992
Engineer: Bob Edwards
Assistant Engineer: Craig Silvey
Track 3 produced by John Oswald
Recorded October 1990 at Different Fur
Engineer: Howard Johnston
Assistant Engineer: Clive Allen
Track 4 recorded July 1991 at Skywalker Ranch
Engineer: Bob Edwards
Assistant Engineer: Tony Eckert
Voice sample for I.F. Stone for 7 produced at Studio PASS, New York, by Scott Johnson and Alex Noyes
Art direction and design: Frank Olinsky
Cover by Leopoldo Maler
Executive Producer: Robert Hurwitz
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