John Zorn –
The String Quartets
1999,
United States
01:04:14;
74M;
160JS;
320;
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Cat O'Nine Tails
- 13:56
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The Dead Man - Variations
- 1:04
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The Dead Man - Sonatas
- 0:41
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The Dead Man - Manifesto
- 0:49
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The Dead Man - Fanfare
- 0:56
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The Dead Man - Meditation
- 0:53
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The Dead Man - Rondo
- 0:47
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The Dead Man - Romance
- 0:30
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The Dead Man - Blossoms
- 1:07
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The Dead Man - Fantasy
- 0:52
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The Dead Man - Folio
- 1:15
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The Dead Man - Nocturne
- 1:38
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The Dead Man - Etude
- 0:40
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The Dead Man - Prelude
- 1:22
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Momento Mori
- 29:22
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Kol Nidre
- 8:22
Jim Anderson - recorded by
Hans Bellmer - artwork by [illustration]
Mark Feldman - violin [second], violin [first] [1]
Erik Friedlander - cello
Joyce Hammann - violin [first]
Lois Martin - viola
Ikue Mori - design
Allan Tucker - mastered by
John Zorn - producer
Recorded at Avatar, NYC, December 1998, January, April and May 1999.
Mastered at Foothill Digital.
"Writing string quartets is an exciting challenge and when the Kronos Quartet first asked me for a quartet I took the challenge very seriously. The result has been (to date now) four quartets, three commissioned by Kronos and one written in a flash of inspiration during the days I was composing the Masada songbook.
"Each quartet is very different in form, conception, and tone. In a certain sense Cat o' Nine Tails is about the visual, The Dead Man is about the sensual, Memento Mori the emotional and Kol Nidre the spiritual. But they also share elements in common and it is interesting to hear the overlap and development across the eight years in which these pieces were written."
John Zorn
Tzadik, TZ 7047
Composer Series, TZ 7047
