Cartoon S/M

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Cartoon/S&M
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 24, 2000
RecordedApril 8, 1998-February 22, 2000
Genre Avant-garde, contemporary classical music
Length111:35
Label Tzadik TZ 7330
Producer John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
Xu Feng
(1999)
Cartoon/S&M
(2000)
Filmworks IX: Trembling Before G-d
(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]

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Reception

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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.

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

Personnel

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References

  1. Tzadik catalogue
  2. Masada World: Kol Nidre, accessed November 21, 2023
  3. 1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review accessed August 1, 2011.