Masada Anniversary Edition Vol. 4: Masada Recital is the fourth album in a series of five releases celebrating the 10th anniversary of John Zorn

John Zorn

John Zorn is an American avant-garde composer, arranger, record producer, saxophonist and multi-instrumentalist. Zorn is a prolific artist: he has hundreds of album credits as performer, composer, or producer...

's Masada

Masada (band)

Masada is a musical group with rotating personnel led by American saxophonist and composer John Zorn since the early 1990s.Masada is as much a "songbook" as a group, comprising more than 500 relatively brief compositions...

 songbook project. It features 12 Masada songs performed by Sylvie Courvoisier

Sylvie Courvoisier

Sylvie Courvoisier is a Swiss composer and pianist.Courvoisier was born and raised in Switzerland. In 1998, she moved to Brooklyn, New York, where she currently resides. She co-leads the Sylvie Courvoisier/Mark Feldman Quartet and leads her own quintet, Lonelyville, and the Trio Abaton...

 on piano and Mark Feldman

Mark Feldman

Mark Feldman is an American jazz violinist.Feldman worked in Chicago from 1973 to 1980, and in Nashville, Tennessee from 1980 to 1986. He worked in New York City and Western Europe from 1986. Feldman often works with John Zorn, Sylvie Courvoisier, John Abercrombie, The Masada String Trio, Dave...

 on violin. It was released in 2004 on Zorn's Tzadik Records

Tzadik Records

Tzadik Records is a record label based in New York City specialising in avant-garde and experimental music. The label was established by the eclectic composer and saxophonist John Zorn in 1995; Zorn is the executive producer of all Tzadik releases...

 as part of the Radical Jewish Culture Series.

Reception

Allmusic music critic Sean Westergaard wrote "Each also brings a wealth of extended techniques to the proceedings, which helps the players to really make the songs their own. In fact, some listeners may be surprised that only piano and violin are being used, given the range of sounds and tones produced... A nice mix of inside and outside playing, Masada Recital is another winning entry in the ever-expanding catalog of Masada performances."

Track listing

1. "Kanah" – 4:15
2. "Socoh" – 3:46
3. "Mahshav" – 5:39
4. "Karet" – 2:05
5. "Abidan" – 3:06
6. "Malkut" – 2:17
7. "Azekah" – 6:05
8. "Nezikin" – 2:13
9. "Karaim" – 8:55
10. "Hath Arob" – 2:12
11. "Aravot" – 3:47
12. "Mahlah" – 4:52

All compositions by John Zorn.

Recorded at Hit Factory, New York City on February 17, 2004