Bob Ostertag: All the Rage

Bob Ostertag: All the Rage
Studio album by Kronos Quartet
Released 22 October 1993 (1993-10-22)
Recorded April 1993
Genre Avant-garde music
Label Nonesuch (#79332)
Producer Judith Sherman
Kronos Quartet chronology
Morton Feldman: Piano and String Quartet
(1993)
Bob Ostertag: All the Rage
(1993)
Night Prayers
(1993)

Bob Ostertag: All the Rage is an experimental album by the Kronos Quartet and Eric Gupton (reading). It is a composition by Bob Ostertag (with libretto by Sara Miles), whose loops and samples are alternated with music by the quartet. Ostertag composed the piece as a response to California governor Pete Wilson veto of pro-gay legislation in 1991.[1][2] Proceeds went to AIDS research.[3]

Contents

Track listing

All music composed by Bob Ostertag, with libretto by Sara Miles.

No. Title Length
1. "All The Rage"   16:15

Critical reception

Rob Theakston, writing for allmusic, said the interplay between Kronos and Ostertag is full of tension of potent magnitude, and called it "an eloquent tone poem that fans of both artists will enjoy."[3]

Personnel

Musicians

Production

See also

References

  1. ^ Holland, Bernard (1992-04-28). "Classical Music in Review". New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE7DD1730F93BA15757C0A964958260. Retrieved 2009-01-27. 
  2. ^ "Hamlisch Symphony Plays in Paris". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: p. D7. 1994-05-30. 
  3. ^ a b Theakston, Rob (2007). "Album review, Rage". All Music Guide. http://www.allmusic.com/album/bob-ostertag-all-the-rage-r202020. Retrieved 2009-04-05.