Filmworks XXV: City of Slaughter/Schmatta/Beyond the Infinite explained

Filmworks XXV: City of Slaughter/Schmatta/Beyond the Infinite
Type:	Soundtrack
Artist:	John Zorn
Cover:	Filmworks XXV.jpg
Released:	January 29, 2013
Recorded:	June 15 & December 2009 and May 11, 2012
Genre:	Avant-garde, Jazz, Contemporary classical music
Length:	55:35
Label:	Tzadik TZ 8305
Producer:	John Zorn
Chronology:	John Zorn
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Prev Year:	2012
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Filmworks XXV: City of Slaughter/Schmatta/Beyond the Infinite is an album of solo piano pieces composed by John Zorn and performed by Zorn, Omri Mor and Rob Burger which was recorded in New York City in 2009 and 2012 and released on the Tzadik label in January 2013.^[1] The album was the last in Zorn's Filmworks series.

Reception

Allmusic said "This is a beautiful recording by virtually any standard".^[2] Martin Schray stated "All in all these are typical Zorn compositions presented in an unusual context".^[3]

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn

1. "The End of Tradition" - 3:40
2. "The Oath" - 2:13
3. "Modernity" - 1:27
4. "Island/Ghetto" - 2:34
5. "New Choices" - 2:10
6. "Revolution" - 3:32
7. "New Currents" - 2:43
8. "Loss" - 1:53
9. "Hopes and Dreams" - 1:33
10. "The Bund" - 2:32
11. "City of Slaughter" - 4:44
12. "Anti-Semitism/Pogrom" - 1:24
13. "Pale of Settlement" - 3:03
14. "Requiem" - 2:52
15. "Schmatta" - 1:40
16. "Pins and Needles" - 3:12
17. "Collapse" - 3:06
18. "Hanging by a Thread" - 2:58
19. "Beyond the Infinite" - 8:19

Personnel

• John Zorn (tracks 15–18), Omri Mor (tracks 1–14), Rob Burger (track 19) - piano

Production

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=8305 Tzadik Catalog
2. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review, accessed October 20, 2013
3. Schray, M. The Free Jazz Collective Review, Free Jazz Collective, September 3, 2013