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.Tzadik catalogueMasada World - Balan: The Book of Angels, Volume 5, accessed September 24, 2023]
Reception The Allmusic review by Thom Jurek awarded the album 4 stars, calling it an "entrancing, ingenious, and by all means exotic recording".Jurek, T. Allmusic Review, accessed August 1, 2011.
Track listing All compositions by John Zorn. "Zuriel" - 4:18 "Suria" - 7:56 "Lirael" - 6:07 "Kadosh" - 2:43 "Haniel" - 5:02 "Jehoel" - 5:17 "Asbeel" - 5:05 "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
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