Short Stories is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet, containing works by Elliott Sharp, Willie Dixon, John Oswald, John Zorn, Henry Cowell, Steven Mackey, Scott Johnson, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Pandit Pran Nath.
| Short Stories | ||||
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| 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 | ||||
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| 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" | 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 |
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."[1] A Wired review says that, "a fine mesh of brains and guts, Short Stories is an eclectic roller-coaster ride through 20th-century music."[2]