On The Torment Of Saints, The Casting Of Spells And The Evocation Of Spirits (2013)

Track Listing
The Tempest 11:20
All Hallows' Eve 15:16
The Temptations Of St. Anthony 8:46
Personnel
Jay Campbell: Cello
Clark Carruth: Viola
Claire Chase: Flute
Nathan Davis: Drums, Percussion
David Fulmer: Viola
Crystal Hall: English Horn
Herine Coetzee Koschak: Cello
Matt Monroe: French Horn
Chris Otto: Violin
Jani Parsons: Piano
Joshua Rubin: Clarinet
Karl Rzasa: Bassoon
Melissa Snoza: Flute
Eric Snoza: Bass
Andrew Williams: Violin
Jennifer Woodrum: Clarinet
Track Information
1. THE TEMPEST (A MASQUE) (2012)
INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORY ENSEMBLE
Claire Chase - Flute
Joshua Rubin - Clarinet, Bass Clarinet
Nathan Davis - Drums, Percussion
RECORDED and MIXED July 2013 by MARC URSELLI at EastSide Sound, NYC
2-4. ALL HALLOWS EVE (SATANIC COUNTERPOINT FOR WITCHES SABBATH) 2. MATINS 3. LAUDS 4. VESPERS
Jay Campbell - Cello
David Fulmer - Viola
Chris Otto - Violin
RECORDED and MIXED March 2013 by MARC URSELLI at EastSide Sound, NYC
5. THE TEMPTATIONs OF ST. ANTHONY (THIRTEEN TALISMATIC ANTIPHONS FOR PIANO AND NINE INSTRMENTS)
FIFTH HOUSE ENSEMBLE
Clark Carruth: Viola
Crystal Hall: English Horn
Herine Coetzee Koschak: Cello
Matt Monroe: French Horn
Jani Parsons: Piano
Karl Rzasa: Bassoon
Melissa Snoza: Flute
Eric Snoza: Bass
Andrew Williams: Violin
Jennifer Woodrum: Clarinet
RECORDED March 2013 and MIXED June/July 2013 by BILL MAYLONE at Museum Of Contemporary Art, Chicago
Production
All music by John Zorn
Produced by John Zorn
Associate Producer - Kazunori Sugiyama
Mastering - Scott Hull
Cover Painting - Dali
Obi and Left Inside Booklet Painting - Michelangelo
Disc and Right Inside Booklet Painting - Goya
Design - Heung-Heung Chin
TZADIK Blurb
Three pieces of magic and religious mysticism performed by a new generation of musical masters! Written as a companion piece to “Walpurgisnacht” (2004), “All Hallows’ Eve” is a tour de force in three movements for string trio—satanic counterpoint for the Witches’ Sabbath. Written as a gift to the ICE ensemble, Zorn wrote “The Tempest” as a musical reading of Shakespeare’s mystical and enigmatic last play. Finally, the virtuosic Chicago-based Fifth House Ensemble performs Zorn’s mini piano concerto in the form of a philosophical dialogue between St. Anthony and his tormentors.
Series: Composer Series
Catalogue Number: TZ9003
Release Date: November 2013