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John Zorn

Alea Iacta Est

    Composed from 2020 to 2024, 'Alea Iacta Est' (The Die is Cast) is one of Zorn’s most challenging masterworks—a complex and varied piano concerto that runs the gamut of moods, styles, and tempi. Performed brilliantly by four of the most trusted and passionate interpreters of his work—the trio of Brian Marsella, Jorge Roeder, Ches Smith, with guest star Sae Hashimoto on vibraphone on one track—this stunning new work is an essential piece of the Zorn puzzle. Astonishing!

    TRACK LISTING

    1. Alea Iacta Est Part I
    2. Alea Iacta Est Part II
    3. Alea Iacta Est Part III
    4. Alea Iacta Est Part IV

    John Zorn

    The Bagatelles Vol. 8 - John Medeski Trio

      From March to May 2015, John Zorn composed 300 new tunes that were eventually collected into a book of music he called The Bagatelles. Volume 8 presents the long-awaited premiere recording of John Medeski’s psychedelic organ trio. Featuring David Fiuczynski (Screaming Headless Torsos) in a striking Hendrix/Blood Ulmer mood and the powerhouse drummer G. Calvin Weston (Ornette Coleman, Lounge Lizards), the music is fierce, imaginative and endlessly creative. Touching on funk, jazz, psychedelic rock, metal and more—this is one of the most intense interpretations of the Bagatelles ever conceived. This music will sear your brain!! Essential.

      TRACK LISTING

      1. Bagatelle #223
      2. Bagatelle #64
      3. Bagatelle #21
      4. Bagatelle #28
      5. Bagatelle #23
      6. Bagatelle #8
      7. Bagatelle #34
      8. Bagatelle #6
      9. Bagatelle #157

      John Zorn

      Sing Me Now Asleep

        Bill Frisell, Kenny Wollesen, and Carol Emanuel are The Gnostic Trio and their unique blend of minimalism, early music, and jazz has resulted in some of the loveliest music Zorn has ever created. 'Sing Me Now Asleep' is their first CD in over five years and not surprisingly it explores some unexpected new directions — notably two ambient-influenced pieces in the spirit of Zorn’s 'Absinthe' and 'Redbird', and a dramatic long form composition in the style of his cinematic file card works. Enhanced by the moody electronics of Ikue Mori on one hypnotic track, this ninth CD in the legacy of The Gnostic Trio is their most gentle and soothing to date, and heralds a striking new musical direction for this beloved super group.

        TRACK LISTING

        1. Such Sweet Sorrow
        2. Nature’s Soft Nurse
        3. Soft You Now
        4. He That Thy Knowest Thine
        5. Spirits From The Vasty Deep

        John Zorn

        The Bagatelles Vol. 7 - Brian Marsella

          From March to May 2015, John Zorn composed 300 new tunes that were eventually collected into a book of music he called 'The Bagatelles'. 'Volume 7' is a remarkable solo piano performance by Brian Marsella who has become a lynchpin of Zorn’s crew of musical masters. Blending classical and jazz into an exhilarating and varied suite, Brian presents a group of thirteen Bagatelles as a beautiful set of theme and variations. This is piano virtuosity at its finest—a profound exploration into the world of Zorn’s 'Bagatelles'.

          TRACK LISTING

          1. Bagatelle #263
          2. Bagatelle #290
          3. Bagatelle #151
          4. Bagatelle #292
          5. Bagatelle #72
          6. Bagatelle #96
          7. Bagatelle #112
          8. Bagatelle #110
          9. Bagatelle #289
          10. Bagatelle #238
          11. Bagatelle #111
          12. Bagatelle #121
          13. Bagatelle #176

          John Zorn

          The Hermetic Organ:Philharmonie De Paris

            John Zorn. Rituel * Une Crise de Nerfs * Prière Empoisonné * L’heure des Sorcières John Zorn returns to his original instrument with a new volume of organ improvisations recorded at his infamous Weekend in Paris in April 2017. The organ at the Grand Salle Pierre Boulez is one of the most powerful and versatile in France, and Zorn approaches it with great sensitivity and wild abandon. Includes both the full 40 minute concert recording, and over 30 additional minutes of Zorn alone at the manuals in rehearsal the same day.

            John Zorn

            Sacred Visions

            Sacred Visions presents two Zorn masterpieces touching upon the mediaeval world. The Holy Visions is a Mystery Play in eleven strophes concerning the life, work and philosophy of 12th century composer, healer and visionary mystic Hildegard von Bingen, and is one of Zorn’s most beloved and acclaimed works for voice. Here is it coupled with Zorn’s latest string quartet The Remedy of Fortune, six tableaux depicting the changing fortunes of romantic love, which was inspired by the work of 12th century troubadour Guillaume de Machaut and receives a precise and passionate reading by the brilliant JACK quartet. Two brilliant modern compositions drawing on mediaeval spirituality, both sacred and secular! 


            Zorn’s compositions for a cappella voice are some of his most sensual and sublime creations. This CD presents his two books of Madrigals scored for six female voices. Beautifully performed by his long time ensemble the “Sapphites” the music is even more varied and challenging than his previous masterpieces The Holy Visions and Shir Hashirim, touching upon minimalism, tonal and atonal counterpoint, textural experiments and more. Inspired by the visionary poetry of 19th century British Romantic Percy Blysse Shelley, a charming lyricism and subtle spirituality rides through the music from first note to last. 

            John Zorn

            The Alchemist

            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 his mystical medium Edward Kelley and contains some of the most intense contrapuntal writing he has yet achieved. 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, this music is part séance, part science, and all Zorn—in short, a trip through an alchemist’s laboratory! Performed here by Zorn’s own Quartet, this is the definitive recording of this important and powerful string quartet, already considered a modern classic. 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.


            John Zorn

            The Hermetic Organ Vol. 2 - St. Paul's Chapel, NYC

              Drawing upon traditions as varied as Messiaen, Xenakis, Ligeti, Bach, Tournemire,Ives, Korla Pandit and The Phantom of the Opera, Zorn’s organ improvisations are transcendent, inspiring, ecstatic experiences, offering a direct line to the workings of his rich compositional imagination. Performed at St. Paul’s Chapel at a time when the organ was undergoing extensive reconstruction, the limited number of stops available to him focused his imagination to new heights, resulting in Zorn’s most revelatory recital to date. The second volume documenting these legendary organ recitals is a transcendent experience filled with moments of passion, tenderness,
              fragility and extraordinary power.

              Hemophiliac

              Vol. 6

                Available until now in an online-only limited edition, the music of Hemophiliac is some of the widlest improvisational madness ever. Coming together again for Zorn's 50th birthday month and played to a packed house of screaming enthusiasts and obnoxious groupies, this set shows Mike Patton, Ikue Mori and John Zorn at their most focused and most intense. New music from the outer edge of improvisation.

                Limited Express (Has Gone?)

                Feeds You!

                  Another ecletic rock/pop band out of the infamous Kansai scene that produced the Boredoms, Omoide Hatoba and more. Visceral power pieces offset with charming female vocals, pointillism and dub effects. With the speed and intensity of Melt Banana, striking originality and a childlike curiousity, this band drives full force towards a new Koyoto rock sound


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