Ostertag: All The Rage / Kronos Quartet

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Album Summary

Performers

• Hank Dutt (Viola)
• David Harrington (Violin)
• Joan Jeanrenaud (Cello)
• John Sherba (Violin)
• Bob Ostertag (Sampler)
• Eric Gupton (Voice)

Ensemble

• Kronos Quartet

Composer

• Bob Ostertag (1957 - )

Notes & Reviews:

Personnel: David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Hank Dutt (viola); Joan Jeanrenaud (cello).

Recording information: Master Sound Astoria Studios, Astoria, NY (04/1993).

This stirring release was written by acclaimed composer/sampler artist Bob Ostertag, and performed alongside the Kronos Quartet. A stark response to the AIDS epidemic (with the proceeds of all sales of this disc going to AIDS research), the quartet follows an opening sing-spiel narrative before diving into a section of Ostertag's cut-up loops of crowds cheering, and intense string work from the quartet. Cutting back and forth between one another in a loose interplay sets up a fair amount of tension, which makes a piece of this magnitude that much more potent. While the album is merely one 16-minute composition, there could have been much more to say and expand upon, but it's an eloquent tone poem that fans of both artists will enjoy. ~ Rob Theakston

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Ostertag, Bob : All the Rage, for string quartet

• Performers: Hank Dutt (Viola); David Harrington (Violin); Joan Jeanrenaud (Cello); John Sherba (Violin); Bob Ostertag (Sampler); Eric Gupton (Voice)
• Ensemble: Kronos Quartet
• Running Time: 16 min. 15 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Chamber Music
• Written: 1992
• Studio/Live: Studio