Night Prayers Explained

Night Prayers
Type:	studio
Artist:	Kronos Quartet
Cover:	Kronos-quartet-night-prayers.jpg
Recorded:	1992–1994
Genre:	Contemporary classical
Label:	Nonesuch (#79346)
Producer:	Judith Sherman
Prev Year:	1993
Next Title:	Kronos Quartet Performs Philip Glass
Next Year:	1993

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 Gasparyan (duduk), and Mikhail Alexandrovich (cantor).

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-ol 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

• List of 1994 albums

Notes and References

1. News: CDs. 12 November 2010. New York Magazine. 12 September 1994.