Chimeras - A Child's Adventures In The Realms Of The Unreal (2010)
Track Listing
Book One
One 1:51
Two 2:42
Three 2:05
Interlude 1:24
Four 3:16
Five 4:16
Six 3:11
Seven 2:49
Book Two
Eight 2:39
Nine 0:56
Ten 2:54
Eleven 1:44
Twelve 2:56
Postlude 0:16
Personnel
Jennifer Choi: Violin
Ilana Davidson: Voice
Stephen Drury: Piano, Organ, Celesta
Elizabeth Farnum: Voice
Michael Lowenstern: Bass Clarinet, Clarinet
Brad Lubman: Conductor
Tara O'Connor: Piccolo, Flute, Alto Flute, Bass Flute
Fred Sherry: Cello
William Winant: Percussion
Production
Composed by John Zorn
Produced by John Zorn
Associate Producers - Fred Sherry, Kazunori Sugiyama
Recorded by Silas Brown January 3 & 4, 2003 at SUNY Purchase, NY
Mixed and Edited January 2003 by Silas Brown
Postlude recorded July 8, 2009 by Corey Schreppel at New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall, Boston
Mastered by Scott Hull
Painting by Hieronymous Bosch
Photo of Alice Liddell by Lewis Carroll
Inside drawing by Unica Zurn
Design - Heung-Heung Chin
TZADIK Blurb
Newly revised, this is the definitive version of a Zorn masterpiece! Loosely inspired by the remarkable worlds of Henry Darger, Lewis Carroll and Unica Zürn which throw childlike innocence against a backdrop of violence and perversion, Chimeras is one of Zorn’s greatest works in the classical tradition. A work of fantasy and imagination scored for a Pierrot Lunaire ensemble plus percussion, the work has been resequenced, remastered and a brief, fleeting newly recorded postlude has been added. Dramatic and colorful, Chimeras is a work filled with femininity, innocence, beauty and violence.
Series: Composer Series
Catalogue Number: TZ7085b
Release Date: February 2010
THIS TITLE IS A REVISED VERSION OF Chimeras (2003)