Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra

Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra
Studio album by John Zorn
Released	September 15, 1998
Genre	Avant-garde, Contemporary classical music
Length	33:18
Label	Tzadik TZ 7037
Producer	John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
Masada: Yod (1998) Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra (1998) The Bribe (1998)

Aporias: Requia for Piano and Orchestra is an album of contemporary classical music by American composer and saxophonist/multi-instrumentalist John Zorn performed by Stephen Drury, the Hungarian Radio Children's Choir and the American Composers Orchestra.^[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

The Allmusic review by Joslyn Layne awarded the album 3½ stars stating "With a range of bass drums, Eastern percussion hints, and interjections of orchestral warm-up moments, this short composition slips by in the shadows, remaining obscured even while enunciating.".^[2]

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn.

1. "Prelude" - 6:40
2. "Impetuoso" 3:31
3. "Con Mistero" - 2:58
4. "Languendo" - 2:33
5. "Risentito" - 2:50
6. "Freddamente" - 2:33
7. "Religioso" - 2:04
8. "Drammatico" - 4:52
9. "Postlude" 4:21
10. "Coda" - 0:49

Personnel

• Stephen Drury – piano
• American Composers Orchestra conducted by Dennis Russell Davies
• Hungarian Radio Children's Choir

References

1. Tzadik catalogue
2. Layne, J. Allmusic Review accessed February 17, 2012