Six Litanies for Heliogabalus

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Six Litanies for Heliogabalus is an album by John Zorn. It is the third album to feature the "Moonchild Trio" of Mike Patton, Joey Baron and Trevor Dunn, following Moonchild: Songs Without Words (2005) and Astronome (2006) and the first to feature additional performers. The promotional notes that accompany the US CD Release indicate that the concept for the recording was inspired by the Roman Emperor Heliogabalus.

Track listing

1. "Litany I" – 7:53
2. "Litany II" – 7:06
3. "Litany III" – 10:36
4. "Litany IV" – 8:13
5. "Litany V" – 4:30
6. "Litany VI" – 6:16

All compositions by John Zorn

Personnel

• John Zorn – alto sax, composer, conductor
• Joey Baron – drums
• Trevor Dunn – bass
• Ikue Mori – electronics
• Mike Patton – voice
• Jamie Saft – organ
• Martha Cluver – voice
• Abby Fischer – voice
• Kirsten Sollek – voice