art direction, design Frank Olinsky
cello Joan Jeanrenaud
composed by Alfred Schnittke
tracks 1-1 to 1-4, 2-1 to 2-5) edited by [editing assistance] Jeanne Velonis
tracks 2-6 edited by [editing] Jeanne Velonis
tracks 1-6 edited by [editing] Judith Sherman
tracks 2-6 edited by [editing] Tom Leukens
tracks 1-1 to 1-8, 2-1 to 2-5 engineer Craig Silvey
tracks 1-9 to 1-11 engineer John Newton
tracks 1-1 to 1-4 engineer [assistant engineer] Chris Haynes
tracks 2-1 to 2-5 engineer [assistant engineer] John Kelpo
tracks 2-6 engineer [assistant engineer] Judy Kirschner
tracks 1-5 to 1-8 engineer [assistant engineer] Steve Limonoff
tracks 2-6 engineer [assistant engineer], mixed by [mix assistant] Bob Levy
tracks 2-6 engineer, mixed by [mixer] Craig Silvey
liner notes Solomon Volkov
liner notes [translation edited by] Sidney Chen
liner notes [translation] Valeria Susanina
tracks 1-9 to 1-11 mastered by [mastering of original release] Bob Ludwig
performer Kronos Quartet
photography by [photograph by kronos quartet] Caroline Greyshock
photography by [photograph of alfred schnittke in his moscow apartment (1975)] Marianna Volkov
photography by [slipcase and booklet cover photographs of alfred schnittke (berlin, may 1990)] Betty Freeman
producer [produced by] Judith Sherman
tracks 1-9 to 1-11, 2-6 producer [produced by] Kronos Quartet
viola Hank Dutt
violin David Harrington
violin John Sherba
Record Company Nonesuch Records
Record Company Warner Music Group
Phonographic Copyright (p) Nonesuch Records
Phonographic Copyright (p) WEA International Inc.
Copyright (c) Nonesuch Records
Copyright (c) WEA International Inc.
Published By G. Schirmer Inc.
Published By Universal Edition
Published By Hans Sikorski
Recorded At Skywalker Sound
Recorded At Methuen Memorial Music Hall
Tracks 1-1 to 1-8, 2-1 to 2-5 recorded August 1994-August 1996 at Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, Calif.

Tracks 1-9 to 1-11 recorded November 1987 at Methuen Memorial Music Hall, Methuen, Mass.
Previously released on Winter Was Hard, Nonesuch 79181

Track 2-6 recorded November 1997 at Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, Calif.
Previously released on Early Music, Nonesuch 79457

Mastered at SoundByte Productions, New York City

String Quartet No. 1 (1966) - Commissioned by Rostislav Dubinsky (Borodin Quartet).
Canon In Memory Of I. Stravinsky was commissioned by Tempo magazine.
String Quartet No. 2 (1980) - Commissioned by Universal Edition.
String Quartet No. 3 (1983) - Commissioned by the Mannheim Gesellschaft für Neue Musik for the Beethoven Quartet.
String Quartet No. 4 (1989) - Commissioned by the Wiener Konzerthausgesellschaft for the Alban Berg Quartet.
Concerto for Mixed Choir was comissioned by the Moscow Chamber Choir.

Published by G. Schirmer, Inc. o/b/o Universal Edition, except Canon in Memory of I. Stravinsky and Collected Songs Where Every Verse If Filled with Grief, published by G. Schirmer, Inc. o/b/o Hans Sikorski.

Made in Germany

Disc One: black surface
Disc Two: red surface
Barcode: 0 7559-79500-2 1 (Text)
Label Code: LC 0286
Rights Society: GEMA / BIEM
Matrix / Runout: [Warner logo 'W'] 755979500-2/1 04/98 (CD 1)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L012 (CD 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0511 (CD 1)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 05N0 (CD 1 Variant)
Matrix / Runout: [Warner logo 'W'] 755979500-2/2 04/98 (CD 2)
Mastering SID Code: IFPI L011 (CD 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 0511 (CD 2)
Mould SID Code: IFPI 05N0 (CD 2 Variant)
Rights Society: ASCAP