Packaged in a standard jewel case with 16 page booklet containing album credits, transcripts of the speeches used in "Different Trains" and liner notes in English and German.
Total Time: 41:45
"Different Trains" composed 1988, recorded digitally August 31 - September 9, 1988 at Russian Hill Recording, San Francisco.
"Electric Counterpoint" composed 1987, recorded digitally September 26 - October 1, 1987 at Power Station, New York City.
In booklet:
• Different Trains (1988) composed for string quartet and tape.
"Different Trains" was commissioned by Betty Freeman for the Kronos Quartet. It was composed from January through August 1988 and is about 27 minutes long.
Excerpts from testimonies of Holocaust survivors used by permission of the Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library and the Holocaust Collection of the American Jewish Committee's William E. Wiener Oral History Library.
American train sounds come from recordings produced and engineered by Brad S. Miller with Colossus™, for Mobile Fidelity of Nevada, ℗ & © all rights reserved.
European train sounds are taken from Sounds Of The Steam Age recordings, "Engines with Accents" ATR 7036, by permission of ASV Transcord Records, 1979-181 North End Road, London W12 9NL
Siren and Warning bell used by permission of Elektra Records Sound Effects.
Cazio FZ-1 and FZ10M Digital Samplers used in composing and recording "Different Trains" courtesy of Jerry Kovarski, Mike Taylor and Ed Ahlstrom - Casio Professional Music Products Division.
• Electric Counterpoint
the soloist pre-records as many as ten guitars and two electric bass parts and then plays the final 11th guitar part live against the tape.
"Electric Counterpoint" (1987) was commissioned by the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Next Wave Festival for guitarist Pat Metheny. It was composed during the summer of 1987. The duration is about 15 minutes.
• Different Trains:
Recorded August 31 - September 9, 1988 at Russian Hill Recording, San Francisco.
• Electric Counterpoint:
Recorded September 26 - October 1, 1987 at Power Station, New York City.
Pat Metheny appears courtesy of Geffen Records.
Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, A Division of Warner Communications Inc. [Warner logo]
℗ & © 1989 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
On disc:
Manufactured in Germany by TELDEC Record Service GmbH
Hendon Music / Boosey Hawkes (BMI)
℗ 1989 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
On tray card:
Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records, A Division of Warner Communications Inc. [Warner logo]
℗ & © 1989 Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records for the United States and WEA International Inc. for the world outside of the United States.
Manufactured in Germany • Fabriqué en Allemagne. TELDEC Record Service GmbH [Warner logo] A Warner Communications Company
Europe·Original Year: 1989