Bang on a Can Co-Founder Julia Wolfe has turned the string quartet world upside down with these ferociously fresh works, played by three of America's finest young groups. Heard on the stages of Lincoln Center, the Kennedy Center, and in the repertoires of the Kronos, Smith, and Mondrian quartets, hers are some of the most celebrated and performed quartets in the world. Wolfe's music conveys an intensity and intimacy, a virtuosity and joy of sound that turns the string quartet into a relentless, high-voltage vehicle of expression.

DIG DEEP
performed by Ethel
Todd Reynolds, violin
Mary Rowell, violin
Ralph Farris, viola
Dorothy Lawson, cello

FOUR MARYS
performed by Cassatt String Quartet
Muneko Otani, violin
Jennifer Leshnower, violin
Michiko Oshima, viola
Jennifer Kloetzel, cello

EARLY THAT SUMMER
performed by Lark Quartet
Eva Gruesser, violin
Jennifer Orchard, violin
Anna Kruger, viola
Astrid Schween, cello

Produced by Michael Riesman

Recorded, mixed, and mastered by Michael Reisman

Engineer for Track 1: Hector Castillo; assisted by Christian Rutledge
Engineers for Tracks 2-3: Patrick Derivaz, Brian Fanelli, Martin Stumpf; assisted by Ryoji Hata, Erika Larsen

DIG DEEP was commissioned for the Kronos Quartet by Nora Norden.

FOUR MARYS was commissioned by the Cassatt String Quartet with funds from the Koussevitzky Foundation.
EARLY THAT SUMMER was commissioned by the Lark Quartet with funds from the Meet the Composer/Reader's Digest Consortium Commissioning Program.

The recording of FOUR MARYS is dedicated to the memory of Cassatt founder/cellist Anna Cholakian.

Julia Wolfe's music is published by Red Poppy, Ltd. (ASCAP).
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Musical scores available from G. Schirmer, Inc.
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Art direction and design by Carla Leighton at gloo design.

Julia Wolfe thanks Michael Gordon, Yael Gordon, Lev Gordon, Jack Fink, Janet Fink, David Fink, Maria Soler, Marc Fink, Brenda Schickman, David Lang, Suzanne Bocanegra, Evan Zipporyn, Rachel Cohen, Steve Reich, Beryl Korot, Philip Glass, Joe Melillo, George Steel, Kenny Savelson, Ken Thomson, Michael Reisman, the Cassatt Quartet, the Lark Quartet, Ethel, Kronos Quartet, Steve Smith, Rory Johnston.

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www.cassattquartet.com
www.larkquartet.com

Cantaloupe Music

Executive Producers: Michael Gordon, David Lang, Kenny Savelson, and Julia Wolfe
Label Manager: Ken Thomson
Retail Manager: Curtis Brown
Publicity: Aleba Gartner Associates, NYC

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Cantaloupe thanks: Michael Reisman, Kara Bilof, Carla Leighton, Mark Kingsley, Charles Harbutt, Adam Wolfensohn, Bang on a Can, Julia Fishkin, Philippa Thompson, and Kelly Buwalda.