John Zorn - Hen to Pan (2015)

Jay Campbell, Michael Nicolas, Tyshawn Sorey, Chris Otto, Steve Gosling. An astonishing collection of three concert music miniatures featuring a tight crew of virtuosos from Zorn's inner circle. Focusing on the brilliant cellist Jay Campbell, soon to be a new music superstar, along with the equally masterful Michael Nicolas, Chris Otto and Stephen Gosling, these three powerful compositions take chamber music to a whole new level of intensity. Featuring three realizations of Zorn's infamous composition for 2 celli Ouroboros (two featuring guest percussionist Tyshawn Sorey) along with his canonic puzzle Occam's Razor and the nine metaphysical aphorisms comprising the piano trio The Aristos, this some of Zorn's very best music for cello―visceral, intense and emotionally powerful.