The String Quartets
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{{Infobox album
| name = The String Quartets
| type = Album
| artist = John Zorn
| cover = The String Quartets.jpg
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| released = July 20, 1999
| recorded = December 1998
January, April and May, 1999 at Avatar in New York City
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| genre = Avant-garde, contemporary classical music
| length = 64:26
| label = Tzadik TZ 7047
| producer = John Zorn
| chronology = John Zorn
| prev_title = Godard/Spillane
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Taboo & Exile
| next_year = 1999
}}
The String Quartets is an album of contemporary classical music by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn performed by Mark Feldman, Erik Friedlander, Joyce Hammann and Lois Martin.[http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7047 Tzadik catalogue] The piece Kol Nidre is a tune from Zorn's Masada songbook.[https://masada.world/book-one/oddbits-et-ceteras/the-string-quartets.html Masada World: The String Quartets], accessed January 6, 2020[https://wiki.masada.world/index.php?title=Kol_Nidre Masada World Wiki: Kol Nidre], accessed January 6, 2020
Reception
The Allmusic review by Joslyn Layne awarded the album 4 stars stating "Maybe Zorn's genius isn't that he creates entirely unique music, but he certainly has an ear for great musical ideas, gleaned from his years of deep listening. And so, while these compositions may not be landmarks among string quartet works, they are exceedingly well done".Layne, J. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/string-quartets-r424318/review Allmusic Review] accessed August 1, 2011.
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Track listing
:All compositions by John Zorn.
- "Cat O'Nine Tails" – 13:44
- "The Dead Man" – 12:27
- "Memento Mori" – 28:57
- "Kol Nidre" – 8:32
Personnel
- Mark Feldman – violin
- Erik Friedlander – cello
- Joyce Hammann – violin
- Lois Martin – viola
References
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