Les Bagatelles en albums individuels

 John Zorn: The Bagatelles vol. 1 - Mary Halvorson Quartet [#5211]

May 2015, John Zorn composed 300 new tunes that were eventually collected into a book of music he called The Bagatelles. After five years of performances around the world in venues large and small, the choicest ensembles have gone into the studio and the results are some of the most exciting and varied music Zorn has ever presented. This first volume features the remarkable Mary Halvorson Quartet. Dynamic, fiery and endlessly imaginative, this is a fascinating first peek into the world of Zorn’s Bagatelles.

(January 2025)

John Zorn: The Bagatelles vol. 2 - Erik Friedlander and Michael Nicolas [#5212]

From March to May 2015, John Zorn composed 300 new tunes that were eventually collected into a book of music he called The Bagatelles. After five years of performances around the world in venues large and small, the choicest ensembles have gone into the studio and the results are some of the most exciting and varied music Zorn has ever presented. The second volume features the telepathic interplay of two of the most important cellists working today—Erik Friedlander and Michael Nicolas. Touching, sensitive and deeply heartfelt, this is a further view into the world of Zorn’s Bagatelles.

(February 2025)

Painkiller - The Equinox

 

À paraître en février  :

PainKiller: The Equinox [#9319]

The Equinox is the exciting follow-up to PainKiller’s acclaimed 2024 release Samsara, and this time around there is greater variety and flexibility in their approach. Six tracks of various feels and tempi are performed with trademark Painkiller intensity, with jazz, metal, noise, grindcore, techno, and more coming together into the PainKiller gristmill. Inspired by the magickal procedures of Aleister Crowley, this new recording is filled with great melodic, rhythmic, and textural invention. Almost orchestral in its layered complexity, The Equinox is an exhilarating masterwork from three radical and uncompromising forces of nature.

(February 2025)

En vrac (157) - Novembre 2024

 

Photos :
- Barbara Hannigan & Stephen Gosling.

Concerts :
- JACK Quartet, Roulette, 17 janvier.
- John Zorn et Laurie Anderson, Roulette, 15 février.

Chroniques de disque :
- Simulacrum, The Painted Bird (Progarchives.com)

Vidéo - John Zorn’s COBRA: directed by Brian Marsella

 

 

Vidéo - Lou Reed/Laurie Anderson/John Zorn January 10th, 2008 Stone, NYC

 

 

The Complete String Quartets

À paraître en janvier :

John Zorn: The Complete String Quartets [#9318-2]

The world class JACK Quartet, both individually and as an ensemble, have had a personal relationship with Zorn for well over a decade. Here they deliver passionate and virtuosic recordings of his complete string quartets. Zorn’s writing for strings is legendary, and his eight string quartets, written in a thirty-year period from 1988–2017, are some of the most important and original works of the late 20th–early 21st century. Each piece is a unique world of its own, but all carry a dramatic narrative arc, a connection to tradition, and all push the players technically right to the edge of impossibility. Imaginative, challenging, and filled with color and a wealth of emotions, this is new music at its best. Includes a 36-page booklet with extensive notes, scores, and appreciations by the musicians. 1. Cat O’ Nine Tails 2. Dead Man 3. Memento Mori 4. Kol Nidre 5. Necronomicon 6. The Alchemist 7. The Remedy of Fortune 8. The Unseen 

En vrac (156) - Octobre 2024

 

Chroniques de disques :
- John Zorn, Shir hashirim (Guts of Darkness).

Cobra, Roulette, 11 octobre :
- Photos : 1 - 2 - 3 
- Courtes vidéos : 1 - 2 - 3 
- Vidéo : 1 

Concerts :
- New Masada Quartet, Village Vanguard, 15 décembre.
- Cobra dirigé par Brian Marsella, The New School, 2 décembre.

Courte vidéo :
- John Zorn et Dave Lombardo, Le Louvre, 2017.

Vidéo - Garth Knox and Kimya Ensemble play John Zorn, Amhiel

Vidéo - John Zohn’s Cobra 40 anniversary concert in Oct 13,2024.

 

Brian Marsella Trio, Ou Phrontis

 À paraître en décembre : Brian Marsella Trio, Ou Phrontis.

Ou Phrontis means “Who Cares” in Greek. Inscribed on the lintel above the door of T.E. Lawrence’s cottage at Clouds Hill it symbolized a place where Lawrence felt at home, free from the cares of the world. This fourth CD from the dynamic piano trio of Brian Marsella, Jorge Roeder, and Ches Smith (Suite for Piano, The Fourth Way, Ballades), presents eight challenging Zorn compositions inspired by stoic philosophy and science. The telepathic interplay and virtuosity of these remarkable musical masters is on full display here—a stunning collection of music that makes you think as much as it makes you feel. 1. The Seven Pillars 2. Noumena 3. The Fourold Root 4. A Faithful Longing 5. Tautologies 6. Paralipomena 7. The Arrow of Time