Kronos Quartet | Aheym (w/ Bryce Dessner) | Album

Aheym is a 2013 collaborative album featuring four original contemporary classical compositions by Bryce Dessner (guitarist for The National), performed by the Kronos Quartet. Released on November 5, 2013, through Anti- Records, the album serves as Dessner's recorded debut as a composer. The title track was inspired by the immigration stories of Dessner's Jewish grandparents. The works blend visceral string quartet intensity with elements of minimalism, influenced by composers like Steve Reich and Philip Glass.

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