Night Prayers

Night Prayers is a studio album by the Kronos Quartet. It contains commissioned pieces with music from former Soviet republics in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, and includes performances by Throat Singers of Tuva, Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Djivan Gasparyan (duduk), and Mikhail Alexandrovich (cantor).

Musicians

 * David Harrington – violin
 * John Sherba – violin
 * Hank Dutt – viola
 * Joan Jeanrenaud – cello
 * Throat Singers of Tuva (track 1)
 * Kaigal-ool Khovalyg
 * Anatoly Kuular
 * Kongar-ol Ondar
 * Dawn Upshaw – soprano (track 2)
 * Djivan Gasparyan – duduk (track 5)
 * Mikhail Alexandrovich – cantor (track 6)

Production

 * Recorded at Skywalker Sound, Nicasio, California; The American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New York; and Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts
 * Judith Sherman, Kronos Quartet – Producers
 * Robert Hurwitz – Executive producer
 * Joseph Chilorio – Engineer (tracks 4, 6)
 * Bob Edwards – Engineer (tracks 1, 7)
 * Judith Sherman – Engineer (tracks 2–6)
 * Craig Silvey – Engineer (tracks 3–5)
 * Paul Zinman – Engineer (track 2)
 * Mark Donahue – Assistant engineer (track 4)
 * Chris Haynes – Assistant engineer (tracks 4, 5)
 * Tom Luekens – Assistant engineer (tracks 1, 3)
 * Craig Silvey – Assistant engineer (track 7)
 * David Wojnarowicz – Cover
 * Frank Olinsky – Design