Night Prayers

Night Prayers is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet. It contains commissioned pieces with music from former Soviet republics in Eastern Europe and Central Asia,^[1] and includes performances by Throat Singers of Tuva, Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Djivan Gasparian (duduk), and Mikhail Alexandrovich (cantor).

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

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

• Throat Singers of Tuva (track 1)
  • Kaigal-ool Khovalyg
  • Anatoly Kuular
  • Kongar-ool Ondar
• Dawn Upshaw - soprano (track 2)
• Djivan Gasparyan - duduk (track 5)
• Mikhail Alexandrovich - cantor (track 6)

Production

• Recorded at Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, California; The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York; and Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
  • Judith Sherman, Kronos Quartet - Producers
  • Robert Hurwitz - Executive producer
  • Joseph Chilorio - Engineer (tracks 4, 6)
  • Bob Edwards - Engineer (tracks 1, 7)
  • Judith Sherman - Engineer (tracks 2-6)
  • Craig Silvey - Engineer (tracks 3-5)
  • Paul Zinman - Engineer (track 2)
  • Mark Donahue - Assistant engineer (track 4)
  • Chris Haynes - Assistant engineer (tracks 4, 5)
  • Tom Luekens - Assistant engineer (tracks 1, 3)
  • Craig Silvey - Assistant engineer (track 7)
• David Wojnarowicz - Cover
• Frank Olinsky - Design

See also

• Kronos Quartet discography

References