Nosferatu (John Zorn album)

Nosferatu
Studio album by John Zorn
Released April 20, 2012
Recorded June 2011
Genre Avant-garde experimental music
Length 61:14
Label Tzadik TZ 7397
Producer John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
Pruflas: Book of Angels Volume 18
(2012)		 Nosferatu
(2012)		 Templars: In Sacred Blood
(2012)

Nosferatu is an album by John Zorn released on the Tzadik label in April 2012 on the 100th Anniversary of Bram Stoker's death.[1]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
All About Jazzfavorable[3]

Allmusic said "With the ever-changing nature of its music and the relatively short cues, Nosferatu feels much shorter than it is; it's a deeply focused work that holds together easily. While its very subject matter dictates sinister overtones, the music found here, with few exceptions, is quite pleasurable and accessible listening; when taken together, its cues suggest a new kind of American Gothic".[2] All About Jazz stated "Zorn's Nosferatu is a generally haunting album, but the composer punctuates the doom and gloom with moments of grandeur, aggression and even outright jazziness... Nosferatu doesn't present any surprises or musical innovation. Nevertheless, the ambient album flows well, and is a solid addition to Zorn's catalog of musical scores with a couple examples of great sax playing".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn

No. Title Length
1. "Desolate Landscape"   4:32
2. "Mina"   3:35
3. "The Battle of Good and Evil"   5:14
4. "Sinistera"   3:22
5. "Van Helsing"   3:25
6. "Fatal Sunrise"   3:17
7. "Hypnosis"   2:10
8. "Lucy"   2:46
9. "Nosferatu"   2:27
10. "The Stalking"   7:33
11. "The Undead"   4:00
12. "Death Ship"   2:00
13. "Jonathan Harker"   5:29
14. "Vampires at Large"   4:17
15. "Renfield"   3:31
16. "Stalker Dub"   3:24

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "John Zorn : Nosferatu". Tzadik.com. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  2. 1 2 Jurek, T. Allmusic Review, accessed November 8, 2013
  3. 1 2 Carroll, T., All About Jazz Review, All About Jazz, May 14, 2012
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