''Shir Hashirim'' is an album of

vocal music Vocal music is a type of singing performed by one or more singers, either with instrumental accompaniment, or without instrumental accompaniment (a cappella), in which singing provides the main focus of the piece. Music which employs singing but ...

John Zorn John Zorn (born September 2, 1953) is an American composer, conducting, conductor, saxophonist, arrangement, arranger and record producer, producer who "deliberately resists category". His Avant-garde music, avant-garde and experimental music, ex ...

, written in 2008, recorded in New York City in September 2010, and released on the

Tzadik Tzadik ( ''ṣaddīq'' , "righteous ne; also ''zadik'' or ''sadiq''; pl. ''tzadikim'' ''ṣadīqīm'') is a title in Judaism given to people considered righteous, such as biblical figures and later spiritual masters. The root of the word ...

label in December 2013.Tzadik Catalog
accessed May 22, 2014 The album features compositions inspired by the

Song of Songs The Song of Songs (), also called the Canticle of Canticles or the Song of Solomon, is a Biblical poetry, biblical poem, one of the five ("scrolls") in the ('writings'), the last section of the Tanakh. Unlike other books in the Hebrew Bible, i ...

and cover art by

Auguste Rodin François Auguste René Rodin (; ; 12 November 184017 November 1917) was a French sculptor generally considered the founder of modern sculpture. He was schooled traditionally and took a craftsman-like approach to his work. Rodin possessed a u ...

.Discogs album entry
accessed May 22, 2014

Track listing

''All compositions by John Zorn'' # "Kiss Me" - 4:08 # "Rose of Sharon" - 3:11 # "At Night in My Bed" - 3:46 # "How Beautiful You Are" - 3:07 # "I Have Come Into My Garden" - 5:22 # "Where Has Your Lover Gone" - 3:45 # "Dance Again" - 3:36 # "O, If You Were Only My Brother" - 4:07

Personnel

The Sapphites: *Abigail Fischer, Kathryn Mulvehill, Kirsten Sollek, Lisa Bielawa, Martha Cluver -

voice The human voice consists of sound made by a human being using the vocal tract, including talking, singing, laughing, crying, screaming, shouting, humming or yelling. The human voice frequency is specifically a part of human sound produ ...

Production

*Marc Urselli - engineer, audio mixer *Scott Hull - mastering *John Zorn and Kazunori Sugiyama – producers

References

{{Authority control 2013 albums John Zorn albums Albums produced by John Zorn Tzadik Records albums