Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5

Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5 is an album by the Cracow Klezmer Band performing compositions from John Zorn's second Masada book, The Book of Angels.[1] [2]

Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5
Studio album by
Cracow Klezmer Band
Released23 May 2006
RecordedFebruary 13 and March 1, 2006
GenreAvant-garde, contemporary classical music, jazz, klezmer
Length40:00
LabelTzadik
ProducerCracow Klezmer Band
Book of Angels chronology
Orobas: Book of Angels Volume 4
(2006)		 Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5
(2006)		 Moloch: Book of Angels Volume 6
(2006)
Cracow Klezmer Band chronology
Sanatorium Under the Sign of the Hourglass
(2005)		 Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5
(2006)		 Remembrance
(2007)

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, calling it an "entrancing, ingenious, and by all means exotic recording".[3]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]

Track listing
All compositions by John Zorn.
  1. "Zuriel" - 4:18
  2. "Suria" - 7:56
  3. "Lirael" - 6:07
  4. "Kadosh" - 2:43
  5. "Haniel" - 5:02
  6. "Jehoel" - 5:17
  7. "Asbeel" - 5:05
  8. "Aniel" - 3:48
  • Recorded at Studio 2002 in Kraków on February 13, February 19 and March 1, 2006

Personnel
  • Jaroslaw Bester – bayan
  • Oleg Dyyak – percussion
  • Wojciech Front – double bass
  • Jaroslaw Tyrala – violin
  • Jorgos Skolias – vocal
  • Ireneusz Socha – computer instruments
  • Special Guests - the DAFO string quartet
  • Anna Armatys – cello
  • Danuta Augustyn – violin
  • Justyna Duda – violin
  • Aneta Dumanowska – viola

References
  1. Tzadik catalogue
  2. Masada World - Balan: The Book of Angels, Volume 5, accessed January 25, 2021]
  3. Jurek, T. Allmusic Review, accessed August 1, 2011.
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