Chimeras (album)
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Chimeras is an album of contemporary classical music
by American
composer John Zorn
featuring a 12 part piece inspired by Arnold Schoenberg
's atonal composition "Pierrot Lunaire
". In 2010 the album was revised and re-recorded, with an additional "Postlude".
Book Two
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 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...
featuring a 12 part piece inspired by Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg
Arnold Schoenberg was an Austrian composer, associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School...
's atonal composition "Pierrot Lunaire
Pierrot Lunaire
Dreimal sieben Gedichte aus Albert Girauds 'Pierrot lunaire' , commonly known simply as Pierrot Lunaire, Op. 21 , is a melodrama by Arnold Schoenberg...
". In 2010 the album was revised and re-recorded, with an additional "Postlude".
Track listing (Original)
- "one" – 0:55
- "two" – 2:42
- "three" – 2:54
- "four" – 2:05
- "five" – 1:45
- "six" – 2:08
- "seven" – 4:38
- "eight" – 3:19
- "nine" – 2:45
- "ten" – 2:53
- "interlude" – 1:24
- "eleven" – 3:18
- "twelve" – 2:50
Track listing (2010 Revision)
Book One- one
- two
- three
- interlude
- four
- five
- six
- seven
Book Two
- eight
- nine
- ten
- eleven
- twelve
- postlude
Personnel
- Jennifer ChoiJennifer ChoiJennifer Choi is an American violinist based in New York City. Choi graduated from the Juilliard School and the Oberlin Conservatory of Music....
– violin - Ilana Davidson – voice
- Stephen DruryStephen DruryStephen 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...
– piano, organ, celesta - Elizabeth Farnum – voice
- Michael LowensternMichael LowensternMichael Lowenstern in the Hyde Park neighborhood, is an American bass clarinetist and composer specializing in new music....
– bass clarinet, clarinet - Tara O'Connor – piccolo, flute, alto flute, bass flute
- Fred SherryFred SherryFred Sherry is an American cello virtuoso who is particularly admired for his work as a chamber musician and concert soloist. He studied with Leonard Rose at the Juilliard School before winning the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1968. In 1971 he co-founded the Speculum Musicae...
– cello - William WinantWilliam WinantWilliam Winant is an American percussionist.In addition to his work in contemporary classical music -- notably performing Lou Harrison's compositions—Winant has worked in a variety of genres, including noise rock, free improvisation and jazz. Notable collaborators include Glenn Spearman, Thurston...
– percussion - Brad Lubman – conductor