Cartoon S/M
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Cartoon/S&M | ||||
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Released | October 24, 2000 | |||
Recorded | April 8, 1998-February 22, 2000 | |||
Genre | Avant-garde, contemporary classical music | |||
Length | 111:35 | |||
Label | Tzadik TZ 7330 | |||
Producer | John Zorn | |||
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Cartoon/S&M is a double album of contemporary classical music by American composer John Zorn.[1] The piece Kol Nidre which appears in two versions on this recording is a tune from Zorn's Masada songbook.[2][3]
Reception
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The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This collection proves Zorn's astonishingly varied and sustaining contribution to late-century classical music. It should not only be owned, but studied, reflected upon for inspiration. Amazing".[4]
Track listing
All compositions by John Zorn.
- Disc One:
- "Cat O’Nine Tails" - 15:35
- "Carny" - 12:35
- "For Your Eyes Only" - 15:02
- "Kol Nidre" (string quartet) - 7:55
- Disc Two:
- "The Dead Man" - 12:44
- "Music for Children" - 14:29
- "Memento Mori" - 26:28
- "Kol Nidre" (clarinet quartet) - 6:47
- Recorded at Concertzaal, Tilburg on April 8, 1998 (Disc One track 3), and at Grasland Studios, Haarlem on November 8–13, 1999 (Disc One tracks 1 & 4, Disc Two tracks 1 & 3), February 21, 2000 (Disc One track 2), and February 22, 2000 (Disc Two tracks 2 & 4).
Personnel
- Mondriaan Quartet
- Annette Bergman – viola
- Carl Fischer – score
- Ermo Hartsuiker – clarinet (Bass)
- Arnold Marinissen – percussion
- Tomoko Mukaiyama – piano
- Kazunori Sugiyama – associate producer
- Guido Tichelman – engineer
- Allan Tucker – mastering
- Jan-Erik Van Regteren Altena – violin, cello
- John Zorn – executive producer
References
- ^ Tzadik catalogue
- ^ Masada World: Cartoon S&M, accessed January 6, 2020
- ^ Masada World Wiki: Kol Nidre, accessed January 6, 2020
- ^ a b Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed August 1, 2011.