John Zorn

The first FilmWorks CD in almost three years (and perhaps the very last in the series) features three radically different musics for solo piano. Commissioned to create music for video installations in Moscow’s Museum of Jewish History, Zorn has responded with a poignant Jewish tinged score performed here by the virtuosic Israeli pianist Omri Mor. Also included is Rob Burger’s beautiful solo piano performance of Zorn’s landmark composition Beyond the Infinite (from The Goddess) and four rare film cues improvised by Zorn himself for Marc Levin’s documentary Schmatta. An intimate and varied collection of music for solo piano.

PERSONNEL:

• ROB BURGER, piano
• JOHN ZORN, piano
• OMRI MOR, piano

TRACKS:

• 01. The End of Tradition
• 02. The Oath
• 03. Modernity
• 04. Island/Ghetto
• 05. New Choices
• 06. Revolution
• 07. New Currents
• 08. Loss
• 09. Hopes and Dreams
• 10. City of Slaughter
• 11. Anti-Semitism/Pogrom
• 12. Pale of Settlement
• 13. Requiem
• 14. Schmatta
• 15. Pins And Needles
• 16. Collapse
• 17. Hanging by aThread
• 18. Beyond the Infinite (*)

• (*) BONUS TRACK