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.Tzadik catalogue
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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. 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
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