Short Stories (Kronos Quartet album)

Short Stories is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet, containing works by Elliott Sharp, Willie Dixon, John Oswald, John Zorn,^[1] Henry Cowell, Steven Mackey, Scott Johnson, Sofia Gubaidulina,^[2] and Pandit Pran Nath.^[3]

Short Stories
Studio album by Kronos Quartet
Released	5 March 1993 (1993-03-05)
Studio	Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, California
Genre	Contemporary classical
Label	Nonesuch (#79310)
Kronos Quartet chronology
Pieces of Africa (1992) Short Stories (1993) Henryk Górecki: String Quartets Nos. 1 and 2 (1993)

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Digital"	Sharp (1986)	2:39
2.	"Spoonful"	Dixon (1960), arr. Steven Mackey (1989)	4:32
3.	"Spectre"	Oswald (1990)	5:47
4.	"Cat O' Nine Tails (Tex Avery Directs the Marquis de Sade)"	Zorn (1988)	12:48
5.	"Quartet Euphometric"	Cowell (1916–19)	1:54
6.	"Physical Property"	Mackey (1992)	14:31
7.	"Soliloquy"	Johnson (1991–3)	13:13
8.	"String Quartet No. 2"	Gubaidulina (1987)	8:30
9.	"Aba Kee Tayk Hamaree"	Nath	10:56

Critical reception

AllMusic's "Blue" Gene Tyranny describes this album as a, "fascinating collection," of nine pieces by, "very different composers," and that, "the Kronos Quartet is in top form throughout all these selections."^[4] A Wired review says that, "a fine mesh of brains and guts, Short Stories is an eclectic roller-coaster ride through 20th-century music."^[5]

Personnel

Musicians

• David Harrington – violin
• John Sherba – violin
• Hank Dutt – viola
• Joan Jeanrenaud – cello

• Steven Mackey – electric guitar
• Pandit Pran Nath – voice
• Krishna Bhatt – tabla
• Terry Riley – tanpura
• John Constant – tanpura

Production

• Bob Edwards, Howard Johnston – Engineers

See also

• List of 1993 albums
• Plunderphonics

References

1. #3492: 40 Years (and more) of Kronos Quartet|New Sounds|WNYC
2. KRONOS Five Decades - Cal Performances (PDF)
3. Official website
4. Short Stories at AllMusic.
5. "Kronos Quartet: Pieces of Africa", Wired.com.