John Zorn

Myth and Mythopoeia (TZ 8318)

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Myth and Mythopoeia

John Zorn

Tzadik

702397831822

TZA 142514

TZ 8318

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Myth and Mythopoeia

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CD 16,98 €

This is a fabulous collection of five of Zorn’s most exciting and dynamic recent compositions performed by a variety of new music superstars. Pandora’s Box features the acclaimed ArdittiQuartet and the brilliant soprano Sarah Sun in one of Zorn’s most colorful and dramatic compositions. Babel is a hard driving fantasia on one note for solo cello and is performed here by the incredible cellist Jeff Zeigler. Hexentarotand Zeitgehöftare two complex fingerbustersperformed by Zorn regulars Otto, Campbell and Gosling, and rounding out the CD is the stunning instrumental Requiem MissaSine Voces, performed by the renowned TaleaEnsemble.

PERSONNEL:

James Baker:Conductor
Irvine Arditti:Violin
Steven Beck:Piano
Jay Campbell:Cello
Ralf Ehlers:Viola
Lucas Fels:Cello
Matthew Gold:Chimes
Stephen Gosling:Piano
Alex Lipowski:Percussion, Bass Drum
Chris Otto:Violin
Ashot Sarkissjan:Violin
Sarah Maria Sun:Voice
Nuiko Wadden:Harp
Matthew Ward:Vibes
Jeff Zeigler:Cello

TRACKS:

01.Pandora's Box
02.Missa Sine Voces
03.Zeitgehöft
04.Babel
05.Hexentarot