Performer: Kronos Quartet
Genre: Classical
Album: Winter Was Hard
Released: 1988
Style: Modern, Contemporary
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A1	Winter Was Hard, Op. 20 Arranged By – Kronos*Chorus – San Francisco Girls ChorusComposed By – Aulis SallinenDirected By [Chorus] – Elizabeth ApplingOrgan [Reed] – Earl L. MillerText By [Original] – Bo Carpelan	1:40
A2	Half-Wolf Dances Mad In Moonlight (From Salome Dances For Peace) Composed By – Terry Riley	8:21
A3	Fratres Adapted By [Realized By] – Thomas Höfer*Composed By – Arvo Pärt	9:24
Six Bagatelles, Op. 9	3:57
A4.1	Mäßig Composed By – Anton Webern	0:28
A4.2	Leicht Bewegt Composed By – Anton Webern	0:23
A4.3	Ziemlich Fließend Composed By – Anton Webern	0:22
A4.4	Sehr Langsam Composed By – Anton Webern	0:49
A4.5	Äußerst Langsam Composed By – Anton Webern	1:07
A4.6	Fließend Composed By – Anton Webern	0:31
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A5	Forbidden Fruit (Variations For Voice, String Quartet And Turntables) Composed By [In Collaboration With] – Christian Marclay, Ohta Hiromi*, Kronos QuartetComposed By, Producer – John ZornText By [Original Texts] – Яeck*Turntables – Christian MarclayVoice – Ohta Hiromi*	10:20
B1	Bella By Barlight Composed By – John Lurie	2:47
B2	Four, For Tango Composed By – Astor Piazzolla	4:41
Quartet No. 3	19:06
B3.1	Andante Composed By – Alfred Schnittke	5:40
B3.2	Agitato Composed By – Alfred Schnittke	5:43
B3.3	Pesante Composed By – Alfred Schnittke	7:41
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B4	Adagio Composed By – Samuel Barber	7:09
B5	A Door Is Ajar Arranged By – Kronos*Composed By – Traditional	0:37

Companies, etc.

• Manufactured By – Columbia House
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
• Copyright (c) – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
• Recorded At – Methuen Memorial Music Hall
• Recorded At – St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco
• Recorded At – Russian Hill Recording
• Recorded At – Metal Box Studio, Tokyo

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Kosh*
• Engineer – Howard Johnston (tracks: 1, 5), John Newton (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 10)
• Engineer [Metal Box Studio], Mixed By – Ono Seigen* (tracks: 5)
• Executive Producer – Robert Hurwitz
• Mastered By – Robert C. Ludwig*
• Performer [Kronos Quartet], Cello – Joan Jeanrenaud
• Performer [Kronos Quartet], Viola – Hank Dutt
• Performer [Kronos Quartet], Violin – David Harrington, John Sherba
• Photography By [Cover] – Michele Clement
• Producer – Judith Sherman (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 10), Kronos Quartet (tracks: 1 to 4, 6 to 10)

Notes

Catalog Number on cassette spine: E4 79181
Catalog Number on cassette: 4-79181

"Winter Was Hard" (1969, Edition Fazer Helsinki (Teosto))
"Half Wolf Dances Mad in Moonlight" (1985, Ancient Word Music (BMI); written for Kronos Quartet)
"Fratres" (1977, Universal Edition)
"Six Bagatelles" (1911-13, Universal Edition)
"Forbidden Fruit" (1987, Hip's Road (BMI); Written for Kronos Quartet; Originally released on John Zorn's 'Spillane,' Nonesuch 79172)
"Bella By Barlight" (1984-85, Barking Lady Music (BMI))
"Four, For Tango" (1987, Editions Henry Lemoine; written for Kronos Quartet)
"Quartet No. 3" (1983, Universal Edition (VAAP))
"Adagio" (1936, G. Schirmer)
"A Door is Ajar"

Recorded November 1987 at Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, Massachusetts.
"Winter Was Hard" recorded January 1988 at St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco, California.
"Forbidden Fruit" recorded September 1987 at Russian Hill Recording, San Francisco, California and at Metal Box Studio, Tokyo, Japan. Mixed September 1987 at CBS Roppongi Studio, Tokyo, Japan.

Nos. 1-4 and 6-10 ℗ 1988, No. 5 ℗ 1987 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records

Manufactured by Columbia House under license.
℗ © 1988 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records for the United States and WEA International for the world outside of the United States. Printed in U.S.A.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Barcode: 0 7559-79181-4 4

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
9 79181-2, 79181-2	Kronos Quartet	Winter Was Hard ‎(CD, Album)	Nonesuch, Nonesuch	9 79181-2, 79181-2	US	1988
4-79181	Kronos Quartet	Winter Was Hard ‎(Cass, Album)	Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records	4-79181	US	1988
979 181-1	Kronos Quartet	Winter Was Hard ‎(LP, Album)	Elektra Nonesuch, Nonesuch Digital	979 181-1	Europe	1988
97 91811	Kronos Quartet	Winter Was Hard ‎(LP, Album)	Nonesuch	97 91811	Canada	1988
79181-2	Kronos Quartet	Winter Was Hard ‎(CD, Album, Club)	Elektra Nonesuch	79181-2	US	1988