Released September 16, 2008 Length 44:32 Artist John Zorn Producer John Zorn | Recorded 2008 Label Tzadik TZ 7369 Release date 16 September 2008 | |
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Filmworks XX Sholem Aleichem
(2008) Filmworks XXI Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum
(2008) Filmworks XX Shalom Aleichem
(2008) Filmworks XXI Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum
(2008) Movie Sholem Aleichem: Laughing in the Darkness Genres Jazz, Avant-garde, Contemporary classical music Similar John Zorn albums, Avant-garde albums, Other albums | ||
Filmworks XX: Sholem Aleichem features a score for film by John Zorn. The album was released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in 2008 and contains music that Zorn wrote and recorded for a documentary on the 19th century Jewish writer Sholem Aleichem.
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Reception
The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Musically, this project, for being centered on the folk themes from Eastern European Jewry, dating as early as the 18th century, is also wonderfully modern and diverse... The music here is accessible, evocative, and yes, as is almost always the case for Zorn, thoroughly engaging".
Track listing
All compositions by John Zorn
- "Shalom, Sholem!" - 2:11
- "Luminous Visions" - 4:12
- "Mamme Loshen" - 3:18
- "Beyond the Pale" - 2:25
- "Mekubolim" - 4:36
- "Portable Homeland" - 4:06
- "Wandering Star" - 3:19
- "Jewish Revolutionaries" - 4:59
- "Shtetls" - 3:02
- "Lucky Me, I'm an Orphan!" - 3:47
- "Nicht Gefährlich" - 3:42
- "Talking Through Oblivion" - 4:46
Personnel
Songs
1Shalom - Sholem!2:11
2Luminous Visions4:12
3Mamme Loshen3:19
References
Filmworks XX: Sholem Aleichem Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA