myth and mythopoeia (2014)

Track Listing
1. Pandora's Box 13:48
2. Missa Sine Voces 13:25
3. Zeitgehöft 9:16
4. Babel 4:56
5. Hexentarot 6:37
Personnel
James Baker: Conductor
Irvine Arditti: Violin
Steven Beck: Piano
Jay Campbell: Cello
Ralf Ehlers: Viola
Lucas Fels: Cello
Matthew Gold: Chimes
Stephen Gosling: Piano
Alex Lipowski: Percussion, Bass Drum
Chris Otto: Violin
Ashot Sarkissjan: Violin
Sarah Maria Sun: Voice
Nuiko Wadden: Harp
Matthew Ward: Vibes
Jeff Zeigler: Cello
Track Information
1. PANDORA'S BOX (2013)
Sarah Maria Sun: Voice
ARDITTI QUARTET
Irvine Arditti: Violin
Ashot Sarkissjan: Violin
Ralf Ehlers: Violin
Lucas Fels: Cello
Joshua Rubin - Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
Nathan Davis - Drums, Percussion
RECORDED November 21, 2013 by Alex HArker at Hudderfield Contemporary Music Festival
2. MISSA SINE VOCES (2012)
TALEA ENSEMBLE
Steven Beck: Piano
Nuiko Wadden: Harp
Matthew Ward: Vibes
Matthew Gold: Chimes
Alex Lipowski: Bass drum, Percussion
James Baker: Conductor
RECORDED Dec. 26, 2013 By Silas Brown at Miller Theatre, NYC
3. ZEITGEHOFT (2013)
Chris Otto: Violin
Jay Campbell: Cello
RECORDED December 20, 2013 by Marc Urselli at EastSide Sound, NYC
4. BABEL (2013)
Jeff Ziegler: Cello
RECORDED Apr. 1, 2014 by Scott Fraser with Lawson White and Francesco Botero at Studio G, Brookly, NY
5. HEXENTAROT (2013)
Chris Otto: Violin
Jay Campbell: Cello
Stephen Gosling: Piano
RECORDED Dec. 26, 2013 By Silas Brown at Miller Theatre, NYC
Production
All music composed by John Zorn
Produced by John Zorn
Associate Producer - Kazunori Sugiyama
Mastering - Scott Hull
Artwork - Gustav Klimt
Design - Chippy (Heung-Heung Chin)
TZADIK Blurb
This is a fabulous collection of five of Zorn’s most exciting and dynamic recent compositions performed by a variety of new music superstars. Pandora’s Box features the acclaimed Arditti Quartet and the brilliant soprano Sarah Sun in one of Zorn’s most colorful and dramatic compositions. Babel is a hard driving fantasia on one note for solo cello and is performed here by the incredible cellist Jeff Zeigler. Hexentarot and Zeitgehöft are two complex fingerbusters performed by Zorn regulars Otto, Campbell and Gosling, and rounding out the CD is the stunning instrumental Requiem Missa Sine Voces, performed by the renowned Talea Ensemble.
Series: Archival Series
Catalogue Number: TZ8318
Release Date: June 2014