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)