Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5 explained

Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5
Type:	Album
Artist:	Cracow Klezmer Band
Cover:	Balan (album).jpg
Released:	23 May 2006
Recorded:	February 13 and March 1, 2006
Genre:	Avant-garde, contemporary classical music, jazz, klezmer
Length:	40:00
Label:	Tzadik
Producer:	Cracow Klezmer Band
Chronology:	Book of Angels
Prev Year:	2006
Next Year:	2006

Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5 is an album by the Cracow Klezmer Band performing compositions from John Zorn's second Masada book, The Book of Angels.^{[1] [2]}

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, calling it an "entrancing, ingenious, and by all means exotic recording".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn.

1. "Zuriel" - 4:18
2. "Suria" - 7:56
3. "Lirael" - 6:07
4. "Kadosh" - 2:43
5. "Haniel" - 5:02
6. "Jehoel" - 5:17
7. "Asbeel" - 5:05
8. "Aniel" - 3:48

• Recorded at Studio 2002 in Kraków on February 13, February 19 and March 1, 2006

Personnel

• Jaroslaw Bester – bayan
• Oleg Dyyak – percussion
• Wojciech Front – double bass
• Jaroslaw Tyrala – violin
• Jorgos Skolias – vocal
• Ireneusz Socha – computer instruments
• Special Guests - the DAFO string quartet
• Anna Armatys – cello
• Danuta Augustyn – violin
• Justyna Duda – violin
• Aneta Dumanowska – viola

Notes and References

1. http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7358 Tzadik catalogue
2. https://masada.world/releases/balan Masada World - Balan: The Book of Angels, Volume 5
3. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review, accessed August 1, 2011.