Shir Hashirim (album)

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Shir Hashirim
File:Shir Hashirim (album).jpg
Studio album by John Zorn
Released December 3, 2013
Recorded September 2010 at East Side Sound, NYC
Genre Avant-garde, vocal music
Length 30:58
Label Tzadik TZ 8310
Producer John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
In Lambeth
(2013)In Lambeth2013
Shir Hashirim
(2013)
The Hermetic Organ Vol. 2
(2014)The Hermetic Organ Vol. 22014

Shir Hashirim is an album of vocal music by John Zorn, written in 2008, recorded in New York City in September 2010, and released on the Tzadik label in December 2013.[1] The album features compositions inspired by the Song of Songs and cover art by Auguste Rodin.[2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn

  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 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

Personnel

The Sapphites:

  • Abigail Fischer, Kathryn Mulvehill, Kirsten Sollek, Lisa Bielawa, Martha Cluver - voice

Production

  • Marc Urselli - engineer, audio mixer
  • Scott Hull - mastering
  • John Zorn and Kazunori Sugiyama – producers

References

  1. Tzadik Catalog, accessed May 22, 2014
  2. Discogs album entry, accessed May 22, 2014