Kronos Quartet - Short Stories

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1	–Elliott Sharp	Digital Composed By – Elliott Sharp	2:39
2	–Willie Dixon	Spoonful Arranged By – S. Mackey*Composed By – Willie Dixon	4:32
3	–John Oswald	Spectre Composed By – John OswaldEngineer [Assistant] – Clive Allen	5:47
4	–John Zorn	Cat O' Nine Tails (Tex Avery Directs The Marquis De Sade) Composed By – John ZornEngineer – Howard JohnstonEngineer [Assistant] – Tony Eckert	12:48
5	–Henry Cowell	Quartet Euphometric Composed By – Henry Cowell	1:54
6	–Steven Mackey	Physical Property Composed By – Steven MackeyGuitar – Steven Mackey	14:31
7	–Scott Johnson	Soliloquy From How It Happens (The Voice Of I.F. Stone) Composed By – Scott JohnsonProducer [Voice Sampling] – Alex Noyes, Scott Johnson	13:13
8	–Sofia Gubaidulina	Quartet No. 2 Composed By – Sofia Gubaidulina	8:30
9	–Pandit Pran Nath	Aba Kee Tayk Hamaree (It Is My Turn, Oh Lord) Composed By – Pandit Pran NathTabla – Krishna BhattTambura – John Constant, Terry RileyVoice – Pandit Pran Nath	10:56

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra Entertainment
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Wea International
• Copyright (c) – Elektra Entertainment
• Copyright (c) – Wea International
• Made By – Warner Music Manufacturing Europe
• Recorded At – Skywalker Ranch
• Recorded At – Different Fur Studios
• Recorded At – Studio Pass
• Published By – Zoar Music
• Published By – Hoochie Coochie Music
• Published By – pitch
• Published By – Theatre of Musical Optics
• Published By – C. F. Peters
• Published By – Hendon Music, Inc.
• Published By – Emotomat Music
• Published By – G. Schirmer Inc.
• Published By – Prana Nat Music

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Frank Olinsky
• Cello – Joan Jeanrenaud
• Commissioned By – Beigler Trust (tracks: 9), Canada Council (tracks: 3), Center For The Arts At Penn State University (tracks: 7), Doris Beigler (tracks: 4), Hancher Auditorium (tracks: 7), Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (tracks: 3,4), Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts (tracks: 7), Myron Beigler (tracks: 4), National Endowment For The Arts (tracks: 7), New Music America Miami (tracks: 4), Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival (tracks: 6), Wexner Center Foundation (tracks: 3)
• Cover ["Hommage"] – Leopoldo Maler
• Engineer – Bob Edwards (tracks: 1, 2, 4 to 9)
• Engineer [Assistant] – Craig Silvey (tracks: 1, 2, 5 to 9)
• Executive-Producer – Robert Hurwitz
• Liner Notes – I.F. Stone
• Photography By [Kronos] – Marion Ettlinger
• Producer – Judith Sherman, Kronos Quartet
• Viola – Hank Dutt
• Violin – David Harrington, John Sherba

Notes

• Track 1 composed 1986, published by Zoar Music (BMI)
• Track 2 composed in 1960 © 1960 & 1988 Hoochie Coochie Music (BMI/Admin. by BUG); Arrangement © 1988 Hendon Music (BMI)
• Track 3 composed in 1990, published by pitch (SOCAN)
• Track 4 composed in 1988, published by Theatre of Musical Optics (BMI)
• Track 5 composed in 1916-1919, published by C. F. Peters Corporation (BMI)
• Track 6 composed in 1992, published by Hendon Music (BMI)
• Track 7 composed in 1991, taken from "How It Happens (The Voice of I.F. Stone), published by Emotomat Music (ASCAP)
• Track 8 composed in 1987, published by G. Schirmer, Inc. (ASCAP)
• Track 9 composed in 1992, published by Prana Nat Music (Editions Farneth International/BMI)

Recorded at Skywalker Ranch, August 1992 except:
• Track 4 recorded July, 1991, Skywalker Ranch
• Track 3 recorded October, 1990 at Different Fur
• Track 7: Voice sampling of I.F. Stone produced at Studio PASS, New York.

Special thanks to Janet Cowperthwaite, Celia Gilbert, Kate Gilbert, Brooke Gladstone, Fred Kaplan, Terry Riley, Esther Stone and Judy Stone.

Tracks 3, 4, 6, 7 & 9 were written for Kronos. Track 2 was arranged for Kronos.

Track 3 was commissioned by the Wexner Center, Canada Council and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Track 4 was commissioned by Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, New Music America Miami and Doris and Myron Beigler.

Track 6 was commissioned by the Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival.

Track 7 was commissioned by Hancher Auditorium at the University of Iowa, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts and the Center for the Arts at Penn State University.

Track 9 was commissioned by the Beigler Trust.

Cover: "Hommage", 1974. Typewriter, flames, propane. Courtesy of the Hess Collection.

℗ & © Elektra Entertainment, a division of Warner Communications Inc. for the United States and WEA International for the world outside the United States.
Made in Germany

Issued in a Warner Bros. jewel case (embossed "W" logo on front) with 12-page booklet.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode (Text): 0 7559-79310-2 0
• Barcode (String): 075597931020
• Matrix / Runout: 755979310-2 WME
• Matrix / Runout (Inner ring): [Warner Bros. logo "W"] 42
• Rights Society: GEMA/BIEM
• Label Code: LC 0286
• Distribution Code: WE 810

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
9 79310-2	Kronos Quartet	Short Stories ‎(CD, Album)	Elektra Nonesuch	9 79310-2	US	1993
PRCD 8738	Kronos Quartet	Short Stories ‎(CD, Album, Promo)	Elektra Nonesuch	PRCD 8738	US	1993
9 79310-4	Kronos Quartet	Short Stories ‎(Cass, Album)	Elektra	9 79310-4	US	1993
9 79310-2	Kronos Quartet	Short Stories ‎(CD, Album, Club)	Elektra Nonesuch	9 79310-2	US	1993
CD 79310	Kronos Quartet	Short Stories ‎(CD, Album)	Elektra Nonesuch	CD 79310	Canada	1993

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