Chimeras (album)

Chimeras
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 22, 2003
RecordedJanuary 3 & 4, 2003, SUNY Purchase, New York
"Postlude" recorded July 8, 2009, Jordan Hall, Boston
GenreAvant-garde, contemporary classical music
Length33:44
LabelTzadik TZ 7085
ProducerJohn Zorn
John Zorn chronology
Voices in the Wilderness
(2003)
Chimeras
(2003)
The Unknown Masada
(2003)
2010 Reissue

Chimeras (sub-titled A Child’s Adventures in the Realms of the Unreal) is an album of contemporary classical music by American composer John Zorn featuring a 12 part piece inspired by Arnold Schoenberg's atonal composition "Pierrot Lunaire".[1] In 2010 the album was revised and re-recorded, with an additional "Postlude".[2]