Frank Zappa - The Yellow Shark (1993) [EAC-FLAC]

Frank Zappa - The Yellow Shark (1993) [EAC-FLAC]*
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During his last years, Frank Zappa concentrated on his "serious music," trying to impose himself as a composer and relegating the rock personality to the closet. His last two completed projects topped everything he had done before in this particular field. The Yellow Shark, an album of orchestral music, was released only a few weeks before he succumbed to cancer (the computer music/sound collage album Civilization Phaze III was released a few months later). This CD, named for a plexiglas fish given to Zappa in 1988, culls live recordings from the Ensemble Modern's 1992 program of the composer's music.

The range of pieces goes from string quartets ("None of the Above") to ensemble works, from very challenging contemporary classical to old Zappa favorites. The latter category includes a medley of "Dog Breath Variations" and "Uncle Meat," "Pound for a Brown," "Be-Bop Tango," and the Synclavier compositions "The Girl in the Magnesium Dress" and "G-Spot Tornado" transcribed for orchestra. Being more familiar, these bring a lighter touch, but the real interest of the CD resides in the premiere recordings. "Outrage at Valdez," the piano duet "Ruth Is Sleeping," and "Food Gathering in Post-Industrial America, 1992" are all the gripping works of a mature composer, strongly influenced by Varèse and Stravinsky but overwhelmed by them.

But the crowning achievement is "Welcome to the United States," a more freeform piece based on the U.S. visa form. Zappa shined when ridiculing stupidity. The average fan of the man's rock music will most probably feel lost in The Yellow Shark, but for those with interests in his serious music it is an essential item, more so than the London Symphony Orchestra and Orchestral Favorites albums.

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Tracklist:
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01. Intro
02. Dog Breath Variations
03. Uncle Meat
04. Outrage At Valdez
05. Times Beach II
06. III Revised
07. The Girl In The Magnesium Dress
08. Be-Bop Tango
09. Ruth Is Sleeping
10. None Of The Above
11. Pentagon Afternoon
12. Questi Cazzi Di Piccione
13. Times Beach III
14. Food Gathering In Post-Industrial America, 1992
15. Welcome To The United States
16. Pound For A Brown
17. Exercise, No. 4
18. Get Whitey
19. G-Spot Tornado

*1995 Rykodisc | RCD 40560


Personnel:
Frank Zappa – conductor, producer, performer
Peter Rundel – conductor, violin
Wolfgang Stryi – bass clarinet, tenor saxophone, contrabass trombone, clarinet
Todd Yvega – synclavier assistance
Herman Kretzschmar – celeste, harpsichord, voices, piano
Uwe Dierksen – trombone
Friedemann Dahn – violoncello
Thomas Fichter- contrabass, fichter electric upright bass
William Formann – cornet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, trumpet
Rumi Ogawa-Helferich – cymbalom, percussion
Franck Ollu – horn
Jürgen Ruck – banjo, guitar
Claudia Sack – violin
Veit Scholz – bassoon, contrabassoon
Hilary Sturt – voices, violin
Michael Svoboda – euphonium, didjeridu, alphorn, trombone
Mathias Tacke – violin
Detlef Tewes – mandolin
Ellen Wegner – harp
Ueli Wiget – cello, harp, harpsichord, piano
Andreas Bottger – percussion
Daryl Smith – tuba
Dietmar Wiesner – flute
Michael Gross – cornet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet, trumpet
and others...



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