702397837329

Les Maudits

John Zorn

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Format: CD

Cat No: CDTZA8373

Release Date:  24 July 2020

Label:  Tzadik

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  702397837329

Genres:  Jazz  Avant-garde  

  • Description

    Demolishing all boundaries and pushing the artistic envelope beyond all expectations Ubu is one of Zorn's greatest and most outrageous creations'a bizarre musical portrait of the subversive writer Alfred Jarry and his powerful Pataphyisical figure Ubu. The Ubu plays were a powerful precursor to many of the European avantgarde experiments of the early 20th century (Dada, Surrealism, Theatre of the Absurd, Futurism, postmodernism) and Zorn captures the vulgar, rebellious, gluttonous, childish and revolutionary spirit of Ubu in this major new studio composition. Accompanying this work are two pieces performed by the International Contemporary Ensemble under the direction of David Fulmer. A concerto grosso in three movements inspired by the work of radical French poet Charles Baudelaire, and Oviri ('savage' in Tahitian) a touching elegy to Paul Gauguin, the influential and complex artist who helped redefine painting in the 20th century.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Ubu
      • 2. Baudelaires (Paris Spleen, Flowers of Evil, Artificial Paradises)
      • 3. Oviri