The String Quartets

Recorded at Avatar, NYC, December 1998, January, April and May 1999. Mastered at Foothill Digital. Special thanks to Zoe Thrall. "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 <b>visual</b>, The Dead Man is about the <b>sensual</b>, Memento Mori the <b>emotional</b> and Kol Nidre the <b>spiritual</b>. 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 This version issued in a clear jewel case with the artwork by Hans Bellmer in black and white and printed on the reverse of the inlay. is an earlier pressing issued in a standard jewel case with a standard grey disc tray and the artwork by Hans Bellmer is in color and inside the fold of the booklet.