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John Zorn – On the Torment of Saints, The Casting of Spells and the Evocation of Spirits

Artist: John Zorn
Title Of Album: On the Torment of Saints, The Casting of Spells and the Evocation of Spirits
Year Of Release: 2013
Label: Tzadik / 9003
Genre: Avant-Garde / Experimental / Modern Classical
Quality: MP3
Bitrate: 320 kbps
Total Time: 00:35:23
Total Size: 97 mb

Tracklist:
1. The Tempest: a masque
2. All Hallow’s Eve:
i. matins
ii. lauds
iii. vespers
3. The Temptations of St. Anthony

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.