tracks 3-1, 3-10, 6-4 arranged by Kronos Quartet
art direction, design [for first & second disc] Carin Goldberg
art direction, design [for fourth & fifth disc] Frank Olinsky
art direction, design [for sixth disc] Manhattan Design
art direction, design [for third disc] John Kosh
artwork [cover art for fourth & fifth disc] Henrik Drescher
cello Joan Jeanrenaud
tracks 1-6, 3-1 composed by Aulis Sallinen
tracks 1-11 to 1-3 composed by Conlon Nancarrow
tracks 6-7 to 6-11 composed by Dmitri Shostakovich
tracks 6-1 to 6-3 composed by George Crumb
tracks 1-1 to 1-5 composed by Peter Sculthorpe
tracks 1-7 to 1-10 composed by Philip Glass
tracks 3-2, 4-1 to 5-8 composed by Terry Riley
tracks 1-1 to 1-14 edited by [digital] Amelia Rogers
tracks 1-1 to 5-8 engineer John Newton
tracks 6-1 to 6-4 engineer [mix] Bob Edwards
tracks 6-1 to 6-11 engineer [recording, mix] Judith Sherman
tracks 6-1 to 6-4, 6-7 to 6-11 engineer [recording] Juhani Liimatainen
tracks 6-1 to 6-4, 6-7 to 6-11 engineer [recording] Tony Eckert
executive-producer Robert Hurwitz
liner notes [for first disc] Gregory Sandow
liner notes [for fourth & fifth disc] Mark Swed
liner notes [program notes for sixth disc] Carol Yaple
tracks 4-1 to 5-8 mastered by Bob Ludwig
photography by [cover for first disc] Jan Staller
photography by [cover for fourth & fifth disc] Erwin Blumenfeld
photography by [cover for second disc] Nicholas Nixon
photography by [cover for third disc] Michele Clement
photography by [for sixth disc] Matt Mahurin
photography by [kronos quartet for fourth & fifth disc] Michele Clement
photography by [terry riley for fourth & fifth disc] Michael McIntyre
tracks 2-1 to 2-8, 6-1 to 6-11 producer Judith Sherman
tracks 3-1 to 3-10, 6-1 to 6-11 producer Kronos Quartet
tracks 1-1 to 1-14 producer Thomas Frost
viola Hank Dutt
violin David Harrington
violin John Sherba
CD1: Recorded June 1985 at the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, NYC.
CD2: Recorded January 1987 at Wellesley College Chapel, Wellesley, Massachusetts.
CD3: Recorded November 1987 at Methuen Memorial Music Hall Methuen, Massachusetts. [Winter Was Hard recorded January 1988 at St. İgnatius Church, San Francisco, California; Forbidden Fruit recorded September 1987 at Russian Hill Recording, San Francisco, California and Metal Box Studio, Tokyo, Japan, mixed September 1987 at CBS Roppongi Studio, Tokyo, Japan.]
CD4/5: Recorded August 1988 at Skywalker Ranch, Nicasio, California.

Design for fourth and fifth disc at Manhattan Design