Filmworks XX: Sholem Aleichem
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{{Infobox album
| name = Filmworks XX: Sholem Aleichem
| type = Soundtrack
| artist = John Zorn
| cover = Filmworks XX.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 16, 2008
| recorded = 2008
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| studio =
| genre = avant-garde, jazz, classical
| length = 44:32
| label = Tzadik TZ 7369
| producer = John Zorn
| chronology = John Zorn
| prev_title = The Art of Memory II
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum
| next_year = 2008
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Filmworks
| type = Soundtrack
| prev_title = Filmworks XIX: The Rain Horse
| prev_year = 2008
| title = Filmworks XX: Sholem Aleichem
| year = 2008
| next_title = Filmworks XXI: Belle de Nature/The New Rijksmuseum
| next_year = 2008
}}
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Filmworks XX: Sholem Aleichem features a score for film by John Zorn. The album was released on Zorn's own label, Tzadik Records, in 2008 and contains music that Zorn wrote and recorded for a documentary on the 19th century Jewish writer Sholem Aleichem.[http://www.tzadik.com/index.php?catalog=7369 Tzadik catalogue]
Reception
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The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars stating "Musically, this project, for being centered on the folk themes from Eastern European Jewry, dating as early as the 18th century, is also wonderfully modern and diverse... The music here is accessible, evocative, and yes, as is almost always the case for Zorn, thoroughly engaging".Jurek, T. [http://allmusic.com/album/filmworks-xix-the-rain-horse-r1271484/review Allmusic Review] accessed July 18, 2011
Track listing
All compositions by John Zorn
- "Shalom, Sholem!" - 2:11
- "Luminous Visions" - 4:12
- "Mamme Loshen" - 3:18
- "Beyond the Pale" - 2:25
- "Mekubolim" - 4:36
- "Portable Homeland" - 4:06
- "Wandering Star" - 3:19
- "Jewish Revolutionaries" - 4:59
- "Shtetls" - 3:02
- "Lucky Me, I'm an Orphan!" - 3:47
- "Nicht Gefährlich" - 3:42
- "Talking Through Oblivion" - 4:46
Personnel
- Mark Feldman - violin
- Carol Emanuel - harp
- Rob Burger - accordion
- Erik Friedlander - cello
- Greg Cohen - bass
References
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Category:Tzadik Records soundtracks
Category:Albums produced by John Zorn
Category:John Zorn soundtracks