Nominee 51st Grammy Awards 2009:
Category Best Classical Crossover Album
HiFi Muzyka Poland
Record of the Year 2008
DownBeat: Five Stars
"Uri Caine's composer projects are in a league by themselves. [...] This is Caine's best to date for its conceptual audacity, fidelity to its subject and impeccable craftsmanship."
November 2008
Jazzthing: "Eine nicht nur intellektuell, sondern auch musikalisch hoch spannende Bilanz zeitgenössischer Musik."
June-August 2008
Bühne: "Uri Caine setzt seine CD-Serie der Paraphrasen klassischer Meisterwerke mit einer radikalen Neudeutung von Giuseppe Verdis Othello fort."
June 2008
Concerto: Five Points
"The Othello Syndrome hat sich zu einem genialen Werk entwickelt. Nie war die Verbindung zwischen Jazz und Klassik spür- und hörbarer... alles verblasst und verschwindet im Nebel der Versenkung, wenn man einmal […] diese Bearbeitungen gehört hat."
N° 3, 2008
Ralph Alessi [trumpet]
Stefano Bassanese [electronics]
Sadiq Bey [voice]
Jim Black [drums]
Uri Caine [piano, keyboards]
Zach Danziger [drums]
Joyce Hammann [violin]
John Hebert [acoustic bass]
Nguyên Lê [guitar]
Tim Lefebvre [acoustic and electric bass]
Josefine Lindstrand [vocals]
Marco Paolini [voice]
Julie Patton [voice]
Bunny Sigler [vocals]
Bruno Fabrizio Sorba [electronics]
Chris Speed [clarinet]
Achille Succi [clarinet]
Dhafer Youssef [vocals]
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 [lyrics: Arrigo Boito, Sadiq Bey]
7. She's the only one I love [lyrics: Bunny Sigler]
8. Iago's Web [lyrics: Arrigo Boito]
9. Desdemona's Lament
10. Am I a Fool? [lyrics: Bunny Sigler]
11. The Lion of Venice
12. Othello's Confession [lyrics: Sadiq Bey]
13. The Willow Song/Ave Maria
14. Murder [lyrics: Sadiq Bey, Julie Patton]
15. The Death of Othello [lyrics: Bunny Sigler]
Music composed and adapted by Uri Caine after Giuseppe Verdi
