Duras: Duchamp
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| Studio album by John Zorn | ||||
| Released | August 19, 1997 | |||
| Genre | Avant-garde, Contemporary classical music | |||
| Length | 47:23 | |||
| Label | Tzadik TZ 7023 | |||
| Producer | John Zorn | |||
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Duras: Duchamp is an album of contemporary classical music by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn consisting two tribute compositions for Marguerite Duras and Marcel Duchamp.[1]
Reception
The Allmusic review by Stacia Proefrock awarded the album 4 stars and states that "This album shows that some of his best work can come when he is composing around a philosophical core instead of just playing with sound. If this is not one of his most complex classical pieces, it is at least one of his most beautiful in its embodiment of the spirit of the two honored artists".[2]
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Track listing
- All compositions by John Zorn.
- "Duras: Premiere Livre" - 14:41
- "Duras: Deuxième Livre" - 0:51
- "Duras: Troisième Livre" - 16:46
- "Duras: Epilogue" - 1:46
- "Étant Donnés: 69 Paroxyms for Marcel Duchamp" - 13:17
- Recorded at Shelley Palmer Studio in New York City on April 1, 1997 (track 5) and at Avatar in New York City on May 1, 1997 (tracks 1-4)
Personnel
- Christine Bard – percussion
- Anthony Coleman – piano
- Cenovia Cummins – violin
- Mark Feldman – violin
- Erik Friedlander – cello
- John Medeski – organ
- Jim Pugliese – percussion
- John Zorn – conductor
References
- ↑ Tzadik catalogue
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Proefrock, S. Allmusic Review accessed July 26, 2011.
