the string quartets (1999)

Track Listing
1. Cat O'nine Tails (1988) 13:44
2. The Dead Man (1990) 12:29
13 Specimen For String Quartet
2-1 Variations 1:04
2-2 Sonatas 0:41
2-3 Manifesto 0:49
2-4 Fanfare 0:56
2-5 Meditation 0:53
2-6 Rondo 0:48
2-7 Romance 0:30
2-8 Blossoms 1:07
1-9 Fantasy 0:52
2-10 Folio 1:15
2-11 Nocturne 1:38
2-12 Etude 0:40
2-13 Prelude 1:08
3. Memento Mori (1992) 28:57
Ignotium Per Ignotius - The Unknown By Way Of The More Unknown
4. Kol Nidre (1996) 8:22
Personnel
Quartet De Sade
Mark Feldman: 2nd Violin (1st violin on Cat O' Nine Tails)
Erik Friedlander: Cello
Joyce Hammann: 1st Violin
Lois Martin: Viola
Production
All music composed and arranged by John Zorn
Producer - John Zorn
Associate Producer - Kazunori Sugiyama
Recorded by Jim Anderson at Avatar, NYC in December 1998, January, April and May 1999
Mastered by Allan Tucker at Foothill Design
Design - Ikue Mori
Illustration by: Hans Bellmer
TZADIK Blurb
At last all four of Zorn's infamous compositions for string quartet are available on CD! Originally commissioned by the world-renown Kronos Quartet, three of these pieces are recorded here for the first time. From the cartoon/montage qualities of the popular "Cat O'Nine Tails," to the S/M poetry of "The Dead Man," the hermetic philosophy of "Memento Mori" and the spiritual transcendence of "Kol Nidre," these four quartets take on and challenge the tradition of classical string quartets from Beethoven, Bartók, Webern, Carter and Ferneyhough, forging an exciting new world of their own. Performed by an exciting new quartet of Zorn veterans and new music virtuosos, Zorn's unique compositional voice shines like never before.
Series: Composer Series
Catalogue Number: TZ7047
Release Date: July 1999