Aheym - Kronos Quartet Plays Music by Bryce Dessner

Bryce Dessner released in 2013, Aheym, an album of quartets, on Anti- Records. The album finds Dessner collaborating with Grammy Award-winning Kronos Quartet, who are celebrating their 40th anniversary season.

Aheym features four original compositions by Dessner performed by Kronos Quartet as well as an appearance by the Brooklyn Youth Chorus. Dessner and the quartet first crossed paths when Kronos founder David Harrington approached Dessner about writing a piece for the quartet’s performance at the Celebrate Brooklyn! festival at Brooklyn’s Prospect Park in 2009.

The ensuing piece, “Aheym” (meaning “homeward” in Yiddish), was informed by the stories of Dessner’s Jewish immigrant grandparents who settled near the park and, as the pair’s collaboration grew, became the album’s title track.

For 40 years, Kronos Quartet—David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), and Sunny Yang (cello)—has combined a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually re-imagining the string quartet experience.

This splendid double-vinyl album edition, with its 45 rpm, captures all the detail and texture of this production, and is also accompanied by the compact disc.

Tracklist
  -A /Aheym/
  -B /Little Blue Something/
  -C /Tenebre/
  -D /Tour Eiffel/

  CD- 1 /Aheym/ 2 /Little Blue Something/ 3 /Tenebre/ 4 /Tour Eiffel/