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Uri Caine Ensemble - The Othello Syndrome (2008)

Addressing the output of classical composers seems eventually to have become the dominant thrust of keyboardist Uri Caine's work. Schumann, Wagner, Bach, Beethoven and Mahler have fallen to sometimes radical re-posturing of their grand scores. Caine messes with the old assumed interpretations, deliberately distorting the usual expectations of performance by inserting elements of jazz, rock, funk, soul, blues, hip hop and electronica, always utilizing a cast of players from a broad range of backgrounds.

Now, it's a Verdi mash-up. Othello is similarly dissected, analyzed, reshuffled and responded to, making an opera that could possibly possess appeal among the united front of opera-loathers. The expected schizophrenic changes ensue, quite like a lyrically marshmallowed John Zorn. Or like a house-trained Frank Zappa. Or even like a Hal Willner project from Beyondsville. This work debuted at the 2003 Venice Biennale and was mostly recorded two years later, aside from the odd overdubbed drop-in.

Caine seeks grandiloquent melodrama one moment, komic kapering vaudeville the next. He preserves the pomp, but also sets off the pearl necklace detonators at the soiree. His vocalists arrive from diverse zones: Bunny Sigler (Philly soul on the Met stage), Dhafer Youssef (taking Moorish flight), Sadiq Bey (rap-poetic toughness), Josefine Lindstrand (ethereal balladry), Marco Paolini (Italian theatricality) and Julie Patton (cooled narration). Musicians include Ralph Alessi (trumpet), Zach Danziger (drums), Joyce Hammann (violin), Nguyen Le (guitar), Tim Lefebvre (bass), Stefano Bassanese and Bruno Fabrizio Sorba (electronics), although several more are on-hand for guest appearances. Buy It at Lowest Price on Amazon

Uri Caine - Piano, keyboards

Ralph Alessi - Trumpet

Achille Succi - Clarinet

Chris Speed - Clarinet (9, 13)

Nguyên Lê - Guitar

Zach Danziger - Drums

Joyce Hammann - Violin

Jim Black - Drums (9, 13)

Tim Lefebvre - Bass and electric bass

John Hebert - Bass (9, 13)

Stefano Bassanese - Electronics

Brundo Fabrizio Sorba - Electronics

Bunny Sigler - Voice (1, 4, 7, 10, 15)

Dhafer Youssef - Voice (1, 14)

Josefine Lindstrand - Voice (4, 9, 13)

Marco Paolini - Voice (6, 8)

Julie Patton - Voice (4, 14)

Sadiq Bey - Voice (6, 12, 14)

1. Othello's Victory

2. Fire Song

3. Drinking Song

4. Love Duet with Othello and Desdemona

5. Introduction to Act II

6. Iago's Credo

7. She's the only one I love

8. Iago's Web

9. Desdemona's Lament

10. Am I a Fool?;

11. The Lion of Venice;

12. Othello's Confession;

13. The Willow Song/Ave Maria;

14. Murder;

15. The Death of Othello.

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