Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass (album)

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Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
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Studio album by
Released21 June 2005
Genre Avant-garde, Contemporary classical music, Jazz, Kletzmer
Length65:36
Label Tzadik
Producer John Zorn
Cracow Klezmer Band chronology
Bereshit
(2003)
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
(2005)
Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5
(2006)

Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass is an album by the Cracow Klezmer Band performing compositions written by John Zorn in tribute to the Polish writer Bruno Schultz. [1] [2]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Meshakh" – 4:55
  2. "Galgalim" – 5:14
  3. "Tirzah" – 10:40
  4. "Yesod" – 4:45
  5. "Pagiel" – 7:34
  6. "Adithaim" – 6:45
  7. "Hamadah" – 6:17
  8. "Regalim" – 4:45
  9. "Demai" – 9:08
  10. "Meholalot" – 5:39
All compositions by John Zorn.

Personnel

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