Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10

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Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 18, 2008
RecordedDecember 9, 2007
Genre Avant-garde, contemporary classical music
Length54:37
Label Tzadik
TZ 7367
Producer John Zorn
Book of Angels chronology
Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9
(2008)
Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10
(2008)
Zaebos: Book of Angels Volume 11
(2008)
John Zorn chronology
The Dreamers
(2008)
Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10
(2008)
The Stone: Issue Three
(2008)

Lucifer: Book of Angels Volume 10 is an album by the Bar Kokhba Sextet performing compositions from John Zorn's second Masada book, "The Book of Angels".

Contents

Reception

The Allmusic review by Sean Westergaard awarded the album 4½ stars stating "Honestly, with this material and these players, you just can't go wrong. There are highlights aplenty, starting with Ribot and Baptista on the opening track. Friedlander and Feldman shine on both "Dalquiel" and "Quelamia." Joey Baron tears it up on "Gediel" and does some great brushwork on "Azbugah." The playing all the way around is just fantastic. You could even play this album for your grandmother, something you can't say about much of the rest of the Zorn catalog. Whether you like all his projects or not, John Zorn's output has been of consistently high quality. Lucifer: Book of Angels, Vol. 10 is among the finest offerings in his discography, and a very accessible one at that". [1]

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Track listing

  1. Sother - 5:58
  2. Dalqiel - 6:07 - misspelled as "Dalquiel" on album sleeve [2]
  3. Zazel - 3:22
  4. Gediel - 6:12
  5. Rahal - 3:49
  6. Zechriel - 7:54
  7. Azbugah - 3:02
  8. Mehalalel - 9:53
  9. Quelamia - 4:59
  10. Abdiel - 3:24
All compositions by John Zorn.

Personnel

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References

  1. 1 2 Westergaard, S. Allmusic Review accessed June 2, 2011
  2. Masada World - Lucifer: The Book of Angels, Volume 10 accessed 25 January 2021