Filmworks XXV: City of Slaughter/Schmatta/Beyond the Infinite is an album of solo piano pieces composed by John Zorn and performed by Zorn, Omri Mor and Rob Burger which was recorded in New York City in 2009 and 2012 and released on the Tzadik label in January 2013.[1] The album was the last in Zorn's Filmworks series.

Filmworks XXV: City of Slaughter/Schmatta/Beyond the Infinite
Soundtrack album by John Zorn
Released	January 29, 2013
Recorded	June 15 & December 2009 and May 11, 2012
Genre	Avant-garde, Jazz, Contemporary classical music
Length	55:35
Label	Tzadik TZ 8305
Producer	John Zorn
John Zorn chronology
The Concealed (2012) Filmworks XXV: City of Slaughter/Schmatta/Beyond the Infinite (2013) Lemma (2013)
Filmworks chronology
Filmworks XXIV: The Nobel Prizewinner (2012) Filmworks XXV: City of Slaughter/Schmatta/Beyond the Infinite (2013)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Free Jazz Collective	[3]

Allmusic said "This is a beautiful recording by virtually any standard".[2] Martin Schray stated "All in all these are typical Zorn compositions presented in an unusual context".[3]

Track listing

All compositions by John Zorn

1. "The End of Tradition" - 3:40
2. "The Oath" - 2:13
3. "Modernity" - 1:27
4. "Island/Ghetto" - 2:34
5. "New Choices" - 2:10
6. "Revolution" - 3:32
7. "New Currents" - 2:43
8. "Loss" - 1:53
9. "Hopes and Dreams" - 1:33
10. "The Bund" - 2:32
11. "City of Slaughter" - 4:44
12. "Anti-Semitism/Pogrom" - 1:24
13. "Pale of Settlement" - 3:03
14. "Requiem" - 2:52
15. "Schmatta" - 1:40
16. "Pins and Needles" - 3:12
17. "Collapse" - 3:06
18. "Hanging by a Thread" - 2:58
19. "Beyond the Infinite" - 8:19

Personnel

• John Zorn (tracks 15-18), Omri Mor (tracks 1-14), Rob Burger (track 19) - piano

Production

• Marc Urselli - engineer, audio mixer
• John Zorn and Kazunori Sugiyama – producers

References