Chimeras (album)

Chimeras
Studio album by John Zorn
Released	April, 2003
Genre	Avant-garde, Contemporary classical music
Length	33:44
Label	Tzadik
Producer	John Zorn

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork Media	(8.3/10)[1]

Chimeras (sub-titled A Child’s Adventures in the Realms of the Unreal) is an album of contemporary classical music by American composer John Zorn featuring a 12 part piece inspired by Arnold Schoenberg's atonal composition "Pierrot Lunaire".^[2] In 2010 the album was revised and re-recorded, with an additional "Postlude".^[3]

Track listing (Original)

1. "one" – 0:55
2. "two" – 2:42
3. "three" – 2:54
4. "four" – 2:05
5. "five" – 1:45
6. "six" – 2:08
7. "seven" – 4:38
8. "eight" – 3:19
9. "nine" – 2:45
10. "ten" – 2:53
11. "interlude" – 1:24
12. "eleven" – 3:18
13. "twelve" – 2:50

Track listing (2010 Revision)

Book One

1. one
2. two
3. three
4. interlude
5. four
6. five
7. six
8. seven

Book Two

1. eight
2. nine
3. ten
4. eleven
5. twelve
6. postlude

Personnel

• Jennifer Choi – violin
• Ilana Davidson – voice
• Stephen Drury – piano, organ, celesta
• Elizabeth Farnum – voice
• Michael Lowenstern – bass clarinet, clarinet
• Tara O'Connor – piccolo, flute, alto flute, bass flute
• Fred Sherry – cello
• William Winant – percussion
• Brad Lubman – conductor

References

1. ^ Pitchfork Media review
2. ^ Tzadik catalogue
3. ^ http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7085b