Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5

Balan: Book of Angels Volume 5
Studio album by Cracow Klezmer Band
Released	23 May 2006
Recorded	February 13 and March 1, 2006
Genre	Avant-garde, Contemporary classical music, Jazz, Kletzmer
Length	40:00
Label	Tzadik
Producer	Cracow Kletzmer 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)

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]

Reception

The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, calling it an "entrancing, ingenious, and by all means exotic recording".^[2]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

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 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