Rituals (John Zorn album)
2005 contemporary classical album
Rituals | ||||
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Studio album by John Zorn | ||||
Released | February 22, 2005 | |||
Recorded | October 2004 | |||
Genre | Avant-garde, Contemporary classical music | |||
Length | 26:36 | |||
Label | Tzadik TZ 8011 | |||
Producer | John Zorn | |||
John Zorn chronology | ||||
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Rituals is an album of contemporary classical music by American avant-garde composer John Zorn. The piece takes the form of an opera in five parts and was premiered at the Bayreuth Opera Festival in 1998.[1]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [2] |
Pitchfork Media | 7.5/10[3] |
The Allmusic review by Dan Warburton awarded the album 3½ stars stating "It's a well-crafted work, superbly performed".[2]
Writing for Pitchfork Media, Matthew Murphy stated "for established Zorn enthusiasts, Rituals is replete with moments to confound, enrich and delight, and will surely lure you to its darkened altar for frequent repeat ceremonies".[3]
Track listing
All compositions by John Zorn.
- "I" - 4:48
- "II" - 7:45
- "III" - 4:21
- "IV" - 5:21
- "V" - 4:19
Personnel
- Jennifer Choi – violin
- Fred Sherry – cello
- Tara O'Connor – flute, alto flute, piccolo
- Michael Lowenstern – clarinet, bass clarinet, E-flat clarinet
- Peter Kolkay – bassoon, contrabassoon
- Jim Pugh – trombone
- Stephen Drury – piano, harpsichord, celeste, organ
- Kurt Muroki – bass
- Jim Pugliese – percussion, wind machines, water, bullroarers, gravedigging, fishing reels, paper, bowls of BBs, bird calls
- William Winant – percussion
- Heather Gardner – voice
- Brad Lubman – conductor
Production
- Produced by: John Zorn
- Mastered by: George Marino at Sterling Sound, NYC
References
- ^ Tzadik catalogue
- ^ a b Warburton, D. Allmusic Review accessed August 2, 2011.
- ^ a b Murphy, M. Pitchfork Media review April 24, 2005
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Pieces
- Spillane
- The Bribe
- Elegy
- Kristallnacht
- Godard/Spillane
- Femina
- Dictée/Liber Novus
- Interzone
- Mount Analogue
- Voodoo
- The Big Gundown
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- The Book of Heads
- Duras: Duchamp
- Angelus Novus
- Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra
- The String Quartets
- Cartoon S/M
- Madness, Love and Mysticism
- Songs from the Hermetic Theatre
- Chimeras
- Magick
- Mysterium
- Rituals
- From Silence to Sorcery
- The Satyr's Play / Cerberus
- What Thou Wilt
- Lemma
- On the Torment of Saints, the Casting of Spells and the Evocation of Spirits
- The Alchemist
- Fragmentations, Prayers and Interjections
- In the Hall of Mirrors
- Myth and Mythopoeia
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- S&M + More
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- Cynical Hysterie Hour
- 1997
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- Secret Lives
- Three Documentaries
- Invitation to a Suicide
- Hiding and Seeking
- Protocols of Zion
- Workingman's Death
- Notes on Marie Menken/Ray Bandar: A Life with Skulls
- The Treatment
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- Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum
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Anniversary
Celebration
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- Azazel
- Malphas
- Orobas
- Balan
- Moloch
- Asmodeus
- Volac
- Xaphan
- Lucifer
- Zaebos
- Stolas
- Mycale
- Ipos
- Baal
- Haborym
- Caym
- Pruflas
- Abraxas
- Tap
- Alastor
- Adramelech
- Aguares
- Moonchild: Songs Without Words
- Astronome
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- The Garden Of Earthly Delights
- Baphomet
- Chaos Magick
- Nostradamus: The Death of Satan
Inspirations
- IAO
- Enigmata
- Nova Express
- At the Gates of Paradise
- Nosferatu
- Rimbaud
- A Vision in Blakelight
- The Concealed
- Dreamachines
- Shir Hashirim
- Psychomagia
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- The Gnostic Preludes
- The Mysteries
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- The Art of Memory II with Fred Frith
- Late Works with Fred Frith
- @ with Thurston Moore
- Sonic Rivers with George E. Lewis & Wadada Leo Smith