the alchemist (2014)
The Alchemist 20:08
Earthspirit 12:57
Personnel
Jay Campbell: Cello
David Fulmer: Violia
Mellissa Hughes: Voice
Pauline Kim: Violin
Jesse Mills: Violin
Jane Sheldon: Voice
Kirsten Sollek: Voice
Production
Composer - John Zorn
Produced by John Zorn
Associate Producer - Kazunori Sugiyama
Recorded And Mixed October 30, 2013 by Marc Urselli at EastSide Sound
Mastered by Scott Hull
Cover Image of Dr. John Lee by Heung-Heung Chin
Letter and Sigil by Dr. John Lee
Design - Chippy (Heung-Heung Chin)
Inside still life photo courtesy Kunstk Ammer, George Lane, Munich
TZADIK Blurb
Zorn’s string quartets are some of the most important modern contributions to the canon and a new Zorn quartet is truly a cause for celebration. His sixth quartet is inspired by the hermetic Angelic actions of John Dee and is replete with the procedures of distillation, calcination, crystallization, sublimation, purification, rotation as well numerology, prayers, canons, contrapuntal complexity and the ghost of a familiar fugue. Also included is Zorn’s mystical response to the ancient Newgrange sacred site in Ireland, a beautiful and evocative setting of Amergin, one of the oldest Celtic sacred texts, written for three female voices.
Series: Archival Series, Mystic Series
Catalogue Number: TZ8314
Release Date: February 2014