| The Sapphites — John Zorn: Shir HaShirim (2013) |
The Sapphites — John Zorn: Shir HaShirim
Location: New York, NY, U.S.
Genre: Avant-Garde, Classical
Styles: Chamber Music, Vocal Music, Modern Composition
Album release: December 3, 2013
Recording date: September, 2010
Record Label: Tzadik
Catalog: #8310
Duration: 31:02
Tracks:
1 Kiss Me 4:08
2 Rose of Sharon 3:11
3 At night in my bed 3:46
4 How beautiful you are 3:07
5 I I have come into my garden 5:22
6 Where has your lover gone 3:45
7 Dance again 3:36
8 O, if you were only my brother 4:07
★ All tracks written by John Zorn
Personnel:
★ Lisa Bielawa: voice
★ Martha Cluver: voice
★ Abigail Fischer: voice
★ Kathryn Mulvehill: voice
★ Kirsten Sollek: voice
CREDITS:
★ Lisa Bielawa Member of Featured Artist
★ Heung-Heung "Chippy" Chin Design
★ Martha Cluver Member of Featured Artist
★ Abigail Fischer Member of Featured Artist
★ Scott Hull Mastering
★ Kathryn Mulvehill Member of Featured Artist
★ Auguste Rodin Artwork
★ The Sapphites Vocal Ensemble
★ Kirsten Sollek Member of Featured Artist
★ Kazunori Sugiyama Associate Producer
★ Marc Urselli Engineer, Mixing
★ John Zorn Composer, Producer
© Lisa Bielawa
★ Drawing upon traditions from plainchant, mediaeval ars nova, Renaissance madrigals, 20th century vocal techniques and minimalism, Zorn’s music for a cappella voice is some of his most personal and beloved creations. This is the definitive recording of his sublime, transcendent and radiant work inspired by the seductive lyricism of the world’s oldest known erotic verse.
★ Recorded by The Sapphites, the same all-star quintet that recorded Zorn’s first a cappella masterwork Frammenti del Sappho in 2004, and released by Holy Visions, this is a sensual evocation of King Solomon’s poetic aphrodisiac “The Song of Songs,” bathed in a gorgeous package replete with erotic drawings by Auguste Rodin.
In french:
★ Ceux qui connaissent sur le bout des doigts la formidable saga zornienne sont déjà familiers avec les SAPPHITES, interprètes de Frammenti del Sappho, une oeuvre figurant sur l'album Mysterium (2004). Les autres les découvriront via le Cantique des Cantiques (Shir Hashirim en hébreu), suite de poèmes alternés qui fut parfois censuré du fait d'allusions érotiques un peu trop osées, telles que : « Tes seins sont comme deux faons, jumeaux d'une gazelle » ou « Ta poitrine comme les raisins mûrs ». Le quintette vocal féminin délivre une évocation particulièrement sensuelle de ce chant autrement appelé Cantique du Roi Salomon et qu'illustre une belle sélection de dessins d'Auguste Rodin.
Also:
★ John Zorn, Cité de la Musique, Paris, Jazz à La Villette, Espace Charlie Parker, 5 sept 2009
★ http://beautifulimages.blog.lemonde.fr/
Website: http://www.tzadik.com/
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