Since 2000, Bang on a Can co-founder Michael Gordon has collaborated with Kronos on a series of provocative works that are collected in Clouded Yellow for the first time. “Gordon, it’s clear, is himself now part of the extended Kronos Quartet family—a composer to whom the ensemble has turned repeatedly for inspiring, invigorating jolts of new creative energy,” writes Steve Smith in the liner noters for the album. “[This] collection… is a profound testament to their connection, a decade-long cross-section of active musical lives that have come into alignment on regular occasions, always yielding emphatic (and emphatically different) results.”
SELECT CREDITS
Kronos Quartet
David Harrington, violin
John Sherba, violin
Hank Dutt, viola
Jeffrey Zeigler, cello
with Young People’s Chorus of New York City, Francisco J. Núñez, Founder and Artistic Director
The tape to The Sad Park was recorded by Loyan Beausoleil, with post-production engineering by R. Luke DuBois.
Produced by Scott Fraser and Kronos Quartet
Executive producers: Michael Gordon, David Lang, Kenny Savelson, and Julia Wolfe