Angelus Novus is an album of contemporary classical music

Contemporary classical music

Contemporary classical music can be understood as belonging to the period that started in the mid-1970s with the retreat of modernism. However, the term may also be employed in a broader sense to refer to all post-1945 modern musical forms.-Categorization:...

 by American

United States

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 composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn

John Zorn

John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...

 including compositions written in 1972 ('Christabel'), and 1983 ('For Your Eyes Only').

Reception

The Allmusic review by Stacia Proefrock awarded the album 3 stars stating "the whole album, while not shining with the crystalline perfection of his best work, is a solid example of thoughtful composition".

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn.

1. "For Your Eyes Only" - 13:43
2. "Christabel: Part 1" - 4:04
3. "Christabel: Part 2" - 3:47
4. "Carny" - 12:54
5. "Angelus Novus: Peshat" - 2:05
6. "Angelus Novus: Tzomet" - 1:24
7. "Angelus Novus: Aliya" - 4:35
8. "Angelus Novus: Herut" - 1:46
9. "Angelus Novus: Pardes" - 2:53
   • Recorded at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston in June, 1992 (track 3), on February 6, 1996 (track 1), November 18, 1996 (tracks 2-3) and April 15, 1997 (tracks 5-9)

Personnel

• The Callithumpian Consort
  Consort of instruments
  A consort of instruments was a phrase used in England during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries to indicate an instrumental ensemble. These could be of the same or a variety of instruments. Consort music enjoyed considerable popularity at court and in households of the wealthy in the...
  
   of the New England Conservatory
• Stephen Drury
  Stephen Drury
  Stephen Drury is an American pianist, conductor and electronic musician.Drury has performed and recorded a range of compositions by classical and contemporary composers including Igor Stravinsky, Charles Ives, John Cage, Frederic Rzewski, and John Zorn...
  
  : Artistic Director, Piano