Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra is an album of contemporary classical music by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn performed by Stephen Drury, the Hungarian Radio Children's Choir and the American Composers Orchestra.[1]
| Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra | ||||
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| Released | September 15, 1998 | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde, contemporary classical music | |||
| Length | 33:18 | |||
| Label | Tzadik TZ 7037 | |||
| Producer | John Zorn | |||
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Reception
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| Allmusic |    [2] |
The Allmusic review by Joslyn Layne awarded the album 3½ stars stating "the first three sections of this modern orchestral work are elusive, a crinoline fog of overtones emanating from various parts of the orchestra, be it the string section, or the boy sopranos of the Hungarian radio children's choir. The immediate opening lures you in with a few familiar quotes, but soon the composition heads into otherworldly passages, with an exploratory treatment," for, with "a range of bass drums, Eastern percussion hints, and interjections of orchestral warm-up moments," the "composition slips by in the shadows, remaining obscured even while enunciating.".[2]
Track listing
editAll compositions by John Zorn.
- "Prelude" - 6:40
- "Impetuoso" 3:31
- "Con Mistero" - 2:58
- "Languendo" - 2:33
- "Risentito" - 2:50
- "Freddamente" - 2:33
- "Religioso" - 2:04
- "Drammatico" - 4:52
- "Postlude" 4:21
- "Coda" - 0:49
Personnel
edit- Stephen Drury – piano
- American Composers Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies
- Hungarian Radio Children's Choir
References
edit- ^ Tzadik catalogue
- ^ a b Layne, J. Allmusic Review accessed February 17, 2012