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Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5

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Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5 is an album by the Cracow Klezmer Band performing compositions from John Zorn's second Masada book, The Book of Angels.[1]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, calling it an "entrancing, ingenious, and by all means exotic recording".[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn.
  1. "Zuriel" - 4:18
  2. "Suria" - 7:56
  3. "Lirael" - 6:07
  4. "Kadosh" - 2:43
  5. "Haniel" - 5:02
  6. "Jehoel" - 5:17
  7. "Asbeel" - 5:05
  8. "Aniel" - 3:48
  • Recorded at Studio 2002 in Kraków on February 13 and March 1, 2006

Personnel

  • Jaroslaw Bester – bayan
  • Oleg Dyyak – percussion
  • Wojciech Front – double bass
  • Jaroslaw Tyrala – violin
  • Jorgos Skolias – vocal
  • Ireneusz Socha – computer instruments
  • Special Guests - the DAFO string quartet
  • Anna Armatys – cello
  • Danuta Augustyn – violin
  • Justyna Duda – violin
  • Aneta Dumanowska – viola

References

  1. ^ Tzadik catalogue
  2. ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review, accessed August 1, 2011.