Cartoon S/M Explained

Cartoon/S&M
Type:	Album
Artist:	John Zorn
Cover:	Cartoon S&M.jpg
Released:	October 24, 2000
Recorded:	April 8, 1998–February 22, 2000
Genre:	Avant-garde, contemporary classical music
Length:	111:35
Label:	Tzadik TZ 7330
Producer:	John Zorn
Chronology:	John Zorn
Prev Title:	Xu Feng
Prev Year:	1999
Next Year:	2000

Cartoon/S&M is a double album of contemporary classical music by American composer John Zorn.^[1] The piece Kol Nidre which appears in two versions on this recording is a tune from Zorn's Masada songbook.^[2]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4½ stars stating "This collection proves Zorn's astonishingly varied and sustaining contribution to late-century classical music. It should not only be owned, but studied, reflected upon for inspiration. Amazing".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn.

• Disc One:

1. "Cat O’Nine Tails" - 15:35
2. "Carny" - 12:35
3. "For Your Eyes Only" - 15:02
4. "Kol Nidre" (string quartet) - 7:55

• Disc Two:

1. "The Dead Man" - 12:44
2. "Music for Children" - 14:29
3. "Memento Mori" - 26:28
4. "Kol Nidre" (clarinet quartet) - 6:47

• Recorded at Concertzaal, Tilburg on April 8, 1998 (Disc One track 3), and at Grasland Studios, Haarlem on November 8–13, 1999 (Disc One tracks 1 & 4, Disc Two tracks 1 & 3), February 21, 2000 (Disc One track 2), and February 22, 2000 (Disc Two tracks 2 & 4).

Personnel

• Mondriaan Quartet
• Annette Bergman – viola
• Carl Fischer – score
• Ermo Hartsuiker – clarinet (Bass)
• Arnold Marinissen – percussion
• Tomoko Mukaiyama – piano
• Kazunori Sugiyama – associate producer
• Guido Tichelman – engineer
• Allan Tucker – mastering
• Jan-Erik Van Regteren Altena – violin, cello
• John Zorn – executive producer

Notes and References

1. http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7330-2 Tzadik catalogue
2. https://masada.world/compositions/kol-nidre Masada World: Kol Nidre
3. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed August 1, 2011.